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'From Jane Eyre' to Thoreau, gifts for lovers of lit

It's a neat trick, one I fall for every time. Take a great work of literature - like "Jane Eyre" or "Sense and Sensibility" - and wrap the words up in a handsomely designed hardcover binding. Maybe sew in a ribbon bookmark. I want the books that matter most to me to travel with me my whole life long; for all their convenience and economy, paperbacks can't always promise endurance.

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