A Farewell to Arms
An American ambulance driver, an English nurse, and the Italian front — the Great War's great love story.
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Atonement
by Ian McEwan
Two lovers may never get the time they deserve.
- 2001
The story, briefly
Spoiler-freeA false accusation separates two new lovers before the Second World War makes reunion harder still.
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A restrained companion
Two lovers may never get the time they deserve.
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