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(Easy one first). 'It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife'.

Pride and Prejudice. Written by Jane Austen, first called 'First Impressions.' If you picked 'Sense and Sensibility' right author - but wrong book.

'Mrs Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow...'

Anne of Green Gables &. Written by L. M. Montgomery about that endearing red-headed orphan and the Cuthberts.

This is the story of a Polish family, and of what happened to them during the Second World War and immediately afterwards.

The Silver Sword. By Ian Serraillier and very sad...I cried!

'Once upon a time there was a little chimney-sweep, and his name was Tom'.

The Water Babies. By Charles Kingsley. The others are all excellent books too, especially 'Goodnight Mister Tom' (boo hoo hoo - I'm crying already).

'It began with the day when it was almost the Fifth of November....'

The Phoenix and the Carpet. By E. Nesbit, a sequel to 'Five Children and It'.

'Not long ago, there lived in London a young married couple of Dalmatian dogs....'

The Hundred and One Dalmatians & A Hundred and One Dalmatians & 101 Dalmatians. If you didn't guess it then I am amazed!

'The Mole had been working very hard all the morning, spring-cleaning his little home'.

The Wind In The Willows & Wind In The Willows & Wind in the Willows. By Kenneth Grahame. He was Scottish you know.

'Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again'.

Rebecca. Such a famous beginning....by the way, the house across the road from me is also called Manderley, but it can't be the real Manderley - can it?

'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents'.

Little Women. Written by Louisa May Alcott and supposedly based on the experiences of herself and her sisters during the American Civil War.

'There was no possibility of taking a walk that day'.

Jane Eyre. Charlotte Bronte's famous novel about the governess Jane Eyre. Charlotte, and her sisters Anne and Emily, all wrote novels under the names of Currer, Acton and Ellis Bell. Just thought you'd like to know that.