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Discove r Cit yV iewN C.co m's fre s h up d ate d loo k ! | 43 PROFESSIONAL OPTICIANS 910.483.0548 1635 Owen Drive Fayetteville, NC 28304 www.professionalopticiansnc.com CoCo Song PoetS eyewear Lindberg exCLuSive deaLer & SPECIAL PRICING 12 issues delivered to your door $24.00 Subscribe online at www.city viewnc.com To charge by phone call 910-423-6500 FREE DIGITAL ACCESS! CityView Fayetteville's Lifestyle Magazine | www.CityViewNC.com February 2020 BLOODY MARY BRUNCH | PICKLEBALL MEET FSU INTERIM CHANCELLOR PEGGY VALENTINE Valentine's THE ISSUE "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen "Pride and Prejudice" is considered by some to be the most beloved of all the classic love stories. e first line of the book grabs us, "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." Soon we are introduced to Elizabeth Bennett and Mr. Darcy, and must decide whether one is to marry for love or money. Can one do both? "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë Poor Jane Eyre becomes the governess to a young girl in a mysterious situation that includes a dark and brooding master, Edward Rochester. ere are secrets all around, and Jane must come to understand them before truly giving herself to love. Arguments abound as to whether "Pride and Prejudice" or "Jane Eyre" is the better love story. You decide for yourself and let me know. "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy Perhaps the greatest novel of all time, "Anna Karenina" is a classic story of love and adultery set in the upper class of Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Beautiful but frustrated housewife Anna finds true, passionate love and runs off with her lover Count Vronsky. Because of the rules of society, we know this is going to end badly. Tolstoy presents this and the themes of desire, betrayal, faith, family, marriage, and society. ose Russians really know how to tell a love story! "Gone with the Wind" by Margaret Mitchell is was the first really long book I ever read, and it still tops my list of favorites. Even with all her faults, there has never been such a strong female character as Scarlett O'Hara. When I first read it, I read it as a love story and will always remember it that way. However, I do readily accept the criticisms of its stereotypical and derogatory portrayal of African-Americans in the 19th century South and its sanitized treatment of slavery. But as a love story, nothing is better than waiting to see if Scarlett finally wakes up to realize who she truly loves.

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