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“I must love and be loved. I must feel that my dear and chosen friends are happier through me. When I have wandered out of myself in my endeavour to shed pleasure around, I must again return laden with the gathered sweets on which I feed and live. Permit this to be, unblamed—permit a heart whose sufferings have been, and are, so many and so bitter, to reap what joy it can from the necessity it feels to be sympathized with—to love.”

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Book:The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: A Romance

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The Fortunes of Perkin Warbeck: A Romance

This novel delves into the life and adventures of Perkin Warbeck, a man who claimed to be the rightful king of England. Set against the backdrop of the Tudor period, it narrates his rise and fall, intertwining historical events with a romantic narrative. more

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