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Tess of the d'Urbervilles is a novel about a poor young woman named Tess Durbeyfield whose father sends her to work for the rich Stoke-d'Urberville family

it tells of loyalty and courage

On your desk are a series of invitations to half-baked literary events around the world

So when one November morning a chatty young couple with two chatty young daughters move in next door and accidentally flatten Ove's mailbox

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