Persuasion
by
Jane Austen

Extraordinary book. Is the heroine an avatar for Jane herself, who may have wondered what would have happened had the man she rejected returned to give her a second chance for love and marriage? 

 

 

The Count of Monte Cristo
by
Alexandre Dumas

 

 

 

Chéri
by
Colette

 

 

 

Essays
by
Michel de Montaigne