In this powerful piece of early feminist literature a woman waits 14 years for the man she loves to return from the mines where he has gone to make their fortune so they can be married- but when he returns, she finds her ordered life and routine preferable to marriage.

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A wealthy woman reaches out to help her grown son and his girlfriend after her son asks her to intervene on his behalf, having been turned down with his marriage proposal. In the process of trying to unite the two the woman finds out that her own life has been built on shaky foundations.

The story is deep, introspective, and takes some twists and turns, while making for interesting reading.

A young man proposes by mail to a young girl whose picture has been given to him by his close friend- only to find out upon meeting her that she is not the girl in the photograph.

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A high school boy who the teachers can't seem to reach finally runs away from his drab home in Pittsburgh and heads for New York City, taking money from his empoloyer to finance his trip. In a world where the very rich live a lavish lifestyle he idolizes them and wants to spend just a few days knowing what it's like to live like them- and a ritzy hotel offers him that chance.

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A single man living in a small town is the subject of a wild gossip campaign that has him marrying a woman down the road that he hardly knows. Despite his best efforts to laugh it off, he can't stop the rumor, and even starts thinking marriage might be the right idea.

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The deacon had but one goal in life and that was to beat the squire in a carriage race. He had lost to the squire in matters of love and so far in horses as well- but this time he had help he had never expected from a widow with a kind heart,a load of courage, and a notion that it was time to get married again.

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Have you ever felt unwanted or unaccepted in a given situation? Have you ever befriended someone whom others have avoided due to their strangeness? In this classic story, a poor emigrant man survives a shipwreck only to land on a strange shore- where people cannot understand him and therefore fear him.

Only one person, a quiet, homely farm girl named Amy Foster- has the courage and heart to show him sympathy and love. Be sure to catch "Amy Foster" by Joseph Conrad at 1001 Greatest Love Stories now!

Have you ever felt unwanted or unaccepted in a given situation? Have you ever befriended someone whom others have avoided due to their strangeness? In this classic story, a poor emigrant man survives a shipwreck only to land on a strange shore- where people cannot understand him and therefore fear him.

Only one person, a quiet, homely farm girl named Amy Foster- has the courage and heart to show him sympathy and love.

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