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Talking of snappy dialogue there\u2019s more in this. Snap Happy, an early romcom by Fiona Walker. Juno and Jay get together for a sizzling one night stand right at the beginning and then gradually fall for one another. Much hilarity ensues! I read it when I want to get nostalgic about my London life in the 90s.<\/p>\n\n\n
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And, if you\u2019re after London life, there\u2019s more in this. One Day by David Nicholls. After the fabulous TV series, it doesn\u2019t need much explanation, however, I still haven\u2019t forgiven the author the ending \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n
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Another old favourite, Flowers of the Field by Sarah Harrison. I read it when it first came out in 1980. It\u2019s about three young women: sisters Thea and Dulcie, and their servant Primmy and how they deal with the changes World War One brings. It\u2019s not a romance as such but, each time I read it, I\u2019m begging the couple to get together and, when they do, it\u2019s supremely satisfying. Read it. It\u2019s the first in a trilogy and the best.<\/p>\n\n\n
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Two classics now. Hard to choose which Jane Austen but Persuasion is arguably the most tender and melancholy. Who can forget that heartfelt declaration of love in Wentworth\u2019s letter? It\u2019s a book where we desperately root for its underdog heroine.<\/p>\n\n\n
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I probably won\u2019t read any Thomas Hardy ever again – far too wordy and too much description for me these days – but when I did read the classics this was my favourite of his. Why? I challenge you to read Far From the Madding Crowd and not fall in love with Gabriel Oak. Silly Bathsheba really doesn\u2019t deserve him!<\/p>\n\n\n