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1. 1 穆 Marshal Mu’s Mysterious Wife 穆少帅的神秘夫人 Skimming Over the Waves轻舟踏浪Modern Romance227k WordsCompleted Set in the Republican era, this is an alternate history with its own unique world. The plot revolves around three nations and their three warlord rulers in Jiangnan, Jiangzhong, and Jiangbei. The three great warlord families have guarded their respective territories for generations. The Mu family of Jiangzhong is the most powerful, and has long sought to annex Jiangnan and Jiangbei and unify the land. Between Mu Chengyu and Chen Jingshu, the gulf is more than a difference in status. It is also t 6kReads7.4Score373Shelves

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   It's a slightly sadistic story about a man who was forced to marry a wealthy man during the Republic of China. The male protagonist is a dominating warlord, and the female protagonist is the daughter of a Chinese businessman with a congenial love interest. But he saved the hero because of his kindness. I was taken aback by the male protagonist and fell in love at first sight. He uses strong authority to force the heroine to stay with him. The heroine seems to be submissive, but in fact she is very independent and secretly wants to find a chance to leave the hero. Until the heroine's lover appears and wants to take her away. However, the male protagonist found out and imprisoned the female protagonist Zhu Ma. In order to save Zhuma, the heroine promised to give the hero a child "one life for another".

2. 2 薄 Heartless 薄幸 Little Cat Sprout猫小芽Modern Romance481k WordsOngoing [Republican Era Romance] [Reunion After Years Apart] [Possessive Love] [A Love Entangled in Hatred] [The Regretful Husband’s Road to Redemption] [Love and Conflict Between Nation and Family] [Ensemble Cast] Everyone says Fu Qizhen is heartless. She was once the refined young lady of the scholarly Fu family in Jingping, and He Zhiyan’s childhood sweetheart and fiancée. But the year his family was destroyed and his father died in battle, she coldly abandoned him and married into the Cheng family, 69.6kReads8.7Score8.1kShelves

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   I only recommend Bo Xing for the abuse articles written during the Republic of China

3. 3 梦 The Ephemeral Blossoms in My Dreams, A Tribute to You 梦里昙花奠与卿 Green as Snow青青如雪Two Male Leads101k WordsCompleted [A devoted, mute opera performer on the bottom × a short-tempered warlord with a possessive streak on top] Republican-era China / Tragedy / Male-Male Romance / Monogamous, devoted relationship / Happy ending (Love knows no gender; all that matters is whether two people understand each other. But in the end, they lose because they do not.) Shen Qing is a renowned opera performer. For the sake of a promise of deep love, he willingly takes off his costume and marries the warlord Nie Mingze. But 227Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Super sadistic novel of the Republic of China

4. 4 烽 War-Torn Romance: The Young Marshal's Contracted Mistress 烽烟为聘：少帅的契约外室 Dreaming and Soaring漫梦飞翔Modern Romance310k WordsCompleted Jiang Xinyue, the Commander's daughter, was forced to become a surrogate for her older sister. Made to sign a humiliating contract, she became Rong Qiubai, the Governor of Jiangzhong's secret mistress in the military, imprisoned in a gilded cage and cut off from the light of day. She treated him coldly; he had been plotting for a long time. He took her by force, and she was consumed by hatred and love. The warlord's young master, Zheng Hemin, her childhood sweetheart, went mad for her. He used w 784Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Two heroes compete for beauty and pursue their wives in the crematorium!

5. 5 东 Tales of the Northeast: The Child Bride 东北往事之童养媳 Author Jiang Bula作者姜不辣Modern Romance918k WordsCompleted At ten years old, Chun Ni was forced to become a child bride at the Jing family compound. There, she witnessed the tragic lives of the Jing family’s women with her own eyes... During a crisis in the Jing household, bandits captured her. The Long family’s fifth young master rescued her from the mountains, and from then on, she and Long Wu joined the fight against the Japanese... The two of them would be bound together for the rest of their lives. 11kReads9.3Score1.5kShelves

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   It's just very sad! Chuni really made me cry later!!!! Really good-looking, good-looking, good-looking, good-looking

6. 6 春 Spring Thunder, Thoughts Without End 《春霆念未央》 Qi Bu Xiaosheng柒步小生Modern Romance397k WordsCompleted [Unhinged Black Lotus + Sharp-Tongued Young Marshal + Two Strong Leads + Thrilling Power Fantasy + Country and Family] Beneath the romantic moonlight, may we gaze together at the glittering stars and clouds stretching for miles. The Shen family’s eldest daughter appeared out of nowhere and brazenly stole her younger sister’s engagement to the young marshal, only to end up marrying a rooster. As the young marshal’s wife, Shen Nian went on a rampage, even leading the warlord’s troops to surround 239Reads8.8Score—Shelves

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   Sweet first, then cruel! Completed! Rush

7. 7 春 Spring Flames: A Heartbreaking Republican-Era Romance 春焰（民国虐恋情深） Lotus Bathed in Dawnlight莲沐初光Modern Romance233k WordsCompleted [Republican-era romance + thrilling spy intrigue + tragic, all-consuming love + mutual salvation] A notorious socialite VS a two-faced warlord Bai Chunyan is a flower, blooming from the battlefield of a cruel world. Fu Qingxiang is a general, a cold-blooded young major who can seem human one moment and demonic the next. One stormy night in a small Jiangnan town, he saved her from danger, and from then on, a tangled vine took root in her heart. For him, she was willing to be a pawn, moving betwee 4.3kReads9.3Score387Shelves

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   In the turmoil of the Republic of China, Shura socialite Bai Chunyan was fatefully entangled with the double-faced Major General Fu Qingxiang. The righteousness of family and country destroys the love between children, the heartbeats are accompanied by the light of swords, the flames of spring burn away the darkness, and love in troubled times finally finds its way home. The love between family and country is full!

8. 8 和 After Divorcing His Political Marriage Bride, the Warlord Wept Until His Eyes Were Red 和亲夫人离婚后，督军哭红眼 Skimming Over the Waves轻舟踏浪Modern Romance410k WordsCompleted [Marriage Before Love + Nurturing Romance + Age Gap] [Overbearing, Brooding Young Marshal VS Spoiled Young Madam] After her elder sister dies unexpectedly, Shen Ruowei, the youngest daughter of the Southeastern Marshal, is forced to marry Feng Hezhi, the Southwestern Young Marshal, as a bride in a political alliance. The empire he wants to conquer is the homeland she wants to protect. As warlords battle and flames of war spread, which matters more: the land or the woman he loves? Shen Ruowei: “I 5.5kReads6.9Score331Shelves

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   A slightly sadistic, Republican-era romance, in which the dominant male protagonist bows his head for love.

9. 9 民 Republican Era: The Young Marshal's Wife Is Dangerous and Alluring 民国：少帅夫人危险又迷人 Meng Ge梦舸Modern Romance377k WordsCompleted There’s no such thing as a chance encounter or love at first sight. It’s all the result of someone’s carefully laid plans... [Marriage First, Love Later + Two Strong Leads + Each with Their Own Agenda + Both Inexperienced in Love + One-on-One] Also known as: “After My Childhood Sweetheart Broke Off Our Engagement, I Turned Around and Married the Young Marshal” [The author is letting loose and writing whatever comes to mind. Feel free to read it casually. Having fun is what matters most, so don’t 308Reads—Score—Shelves

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   Fake overseas high-achieving student richest lady × fake loyal minister and filial son warlord marshal [1] Yang Shiyan found that Fu Wanqing was different from the girls he had met. Fu Wanqing is beautiful, smart, has a broad vision, knows business, understands chemistry, and has some knowledge of medicine. But her name couldn't be found on the graduation list, and he didn't know who she was or what her purpose was. After experiencing countless life-and-death situations, they finally met honestly. Only then did Yang Shiyan realize that Fu Wanqing was fake from beginning to end, only loving him was true. [2] "It's raining, it seems that it's almost Qingming Festival..." A gust of early spring wind blew with a chill, Fu Wanqing folded her collar and looked at the Martyrs Cemetery on the hilltop in the distance. "In these troubled times, it's time for Qingming..." [3] The emperor's banner is divided into half. Wind and rain from all directions will meet in Zhongzhou. How can we spend the spring dynasty hand in hand? The city is full of wind and rain and Qingming is approaching.

10. 10 夜 Listening to Zen Night After Night, Desire Awakens with Every Step 夜夜听禅，步步生欲 A Passing Guest in the Flow of Time往事流年稍作客Modern Romance158k WordsCompleted #Tomato's most tempting Buddhist-monk romance#Qipao beauty vs. unhinged monk#Captivity/stand-in/agonizing regret#From Buddha to demon 🩸 The night he snapped his prayer beads, I knew that this Buddha of mine was filthy through and through. 🩸 Everyone says Shen Tingchan is the cleanest man in Beiping. He devotes himself to meditation in the Buddhist hall and avoids women. Even the prayer beads around his wrist are steeped in sandalwood incense. Until that night of torrential rain, when he pinned 121Reads—Score104Shelves

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    [Make a face][make a face][make a face][blow a kiss]

11. 11 穿 Transmigrating to Republican-Era China: I Become a God Through Composition 穿越民国：我靠编曲封神 Ji Qingchun纪青椿Modern Romance255k WordsCompleted A top student in the theory and composition department of a modern music conservatory, someone who made a living by ear, had somehow transmigrated into... a tone-deaf person? And in the Republican era, no less? In a failing, rundown opera troupe? A modern music whiz versus a good-for-nothing opera apprentice. “Three days! I'm giving you three final days! If you still can't find your voice and sing like a proper person, pack your things and get out of the Qingyun Troupe!” “Sing, or I'll throw yo 29Reads—Score—Shelves

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    It's really sad and touching, ah ah ah, I wiped my tears while watching it.

12. 12 婉 Wanwan Bends the Green Pine 婉婉折青松 Xun Bai荀柏Modern Romance607k WordsOngoing The Coldhearted Warlord and His Charming Wife [Republican-Era Romance + Tragic Love + Love at First Sight] Word had it that Zhou Songyu had met his end in Beiping. Zhou Songyu was dead. On the day of her wedding, Duan Yiwan was supposed to marry Shen Zhuqing, but her stepmother and older sister, Duan Yibao, switched the brides, sending her to the Zhou family instead. Little did she know that three years later, Zhou Songyu would return, and that it was Shen Zhuqing who had died. Zhou Songyu was 98Reads—Score—Shelves
13. 13 雪 Xue Wutong 雪梧桐 Xun Bai荀柏710k WordsCompleted [Republican-era ensemble cast + love of country + two powerful leads + older man/younger woman + sweet romance + pursuit of love + powerful man bows his head + heartbreaking angst + bad ending] In the Republican era, Nanjing was home to two renowned romantics. I do not believe in Buddha, but I would kneel at every temple in Nanjing if only Heaven would give me back my wife. Zhou Qingshi, courtesy name Changyu, was the eldest son and eldest grandson of the Zhou family, and ninth in birth order. 369Reads8.6Score—Shelves
14. 14 穿 Transmigrate and Write Novels 穿越写小说 Mo Tianyan, Who Loves Shrimp and Loofah爱吃虾仁丝瓜的莫天焱Modern Romance278k WordsCompleted (A strong heroine in the Republican era: the birth of a generation-defining woman writer) A village girl unexpectedly transmigrates into the life of a wealthy young lady in the Republican era. Her three brothers, the ones who could stand up for her, are all on the battlefield. Her fiancé keeps pressuring her to call off the engagement. This is too much! Liu Maohua can only pick up her dreams again, writing about the decadent extravagance of high society, the struggle of ordinary people to surviv 137Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Blowing kiss][admiration][admiration]

15. 15 落 Sorrow Written in Ink 落墨殇 Simo Ran思墨染Modern Romance336k WordsCompleted [In Republican-era stories, nine out of ten end in heartbreak] Su Moran and Chu Luochen fell in love at first sight and were devoted to each other. They had hoped to spend the rest of their lives together in peace, but Qiu Yuze’s mad obsession with Moran and Mohan’s possessive, resentful love for Luochen ultimately tore the two apart, leaving them separated by life and death and lovesick to the point of illness. Moran lived her whole life holding on to the memory of Luochen. She treasured the 740Reads—Score109Shelves

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    Jinjiang literary style, delicate writing style, super beautiful, highly recommended

16. 16 月 The Moon Falls and Becomes a Flower, While Divine Power Hides in the Demon Bones 月陨成花，妖骨藏神 Simo Ran思墨染Fantastical Romance248k WordsCompleted [Xuanhuan Romance] [Devoted Love and Angsty Romance] [Past and Present Lives] [Humans, Gods, and Demons] In her previous life, she was an aloof ancient Moon Goddess who sacrificed her soul to protect him. In this life, she falls into the path of demons and becomes a flower spirit with divine power hidden in her demonic bones. In his previous life, he was an ancient God of War whose blood stained the Heavenly Realm. He died fighting to protect the Three Realms, his bones carved away. In this life 77Reads—Score—Shelves
17. 17 民 Butterfly Shadows in the Republican Era: No Return for the Green Bamboo 民国蝶影：青竹无归期 Fusang You扶桑忧Modern Romance15k WordsCompleted Shadows of Butterflies in the Republican Era: Green Bamboo, No Return Date 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The Kuomintang and the Communist Party are both powerful and the Japanese and puppets still stand for love.

18. 18 俏 The Story of Haitang, the Beautiful Widow 俏寡妇海棠的故事 Spring Returns to the Grass and Trees草木回春Urban410k WordsCompleted The novel The Great Family: Spirit and Flesh, also known as The Story of Haitang the Pretty Widow, is a sweeping epic with a female protagonist and a rural setting, set against the backdrop of historical change. Volume One, Storms over Dianbei, follows three storylines: Haitang’s growth as she struggles against fate forms the main plot, supported by two secondary threads that deepen the narrative. One traces the trials and tribulations of the Fate-Changers, led by Wenzhiwu, while the other follo 215Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A very interesting love story of the Republic of China

19. 19 七 Military Marriage in the 1970s: After Joining the Army, She Became the Talk of the Family Compound 七零军婚：随军后她风靡家属院 Yan Hui胭回Modern Romance1.1M WordsCompleted [Stunning artist x tough, prison-style military officer] [Pocket dimension, limited appearances + sweet romance + satisfying wish fulfillment + no awful characters] Shi Tingyu is a young painter with a modest reputation. One day, she transmigrates to the 1970s and becomes the daughter of a weapons researcher. Before she can enjoy her new life, her parents face the prospect of being reported and sent down to the countryside. Unwilling to let her suffer, her parents quickly arrange a blind date fo 69.5kReads9.5Score7.7kShelves

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    This book is highly recommended 🔥 It is set in the Republic of China era, sweet pet, cool writing, the female protagonist is a beautiful painter, and the male protagonist is an officer. Don't regret it if you don't watch it

20. 20 春 Blood of the Spring Champion 春魁血 Born Under a Lucky Star八字过硬Modern Romance810k WordsCompleted [Republican-era setting + gloomy warlord male lead + earth-mother-style assassin heroine] [Happy ending + dark humor + ensemble cast + everyone is a little crazy] [Business before romance + no good men or women + high-stakes warning] Long Chun was delighted when she married Han Ziyi. At last, she thought, she was no longer the unlucky assassin who made a living taking lives. With Han Ziyi’s army protecting her, she could pursue lucrative ventures without holding back and become a respectable bus 13.7kReads9.3Score2.2kShelves

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    "Madam, who are you going to kill tonight?" Warlord Han Ziyi handed over the list. Long Chun glanced at it and chuckled: "Three? The bride price is not enough." On the wedding night, bullets were loaded, and the wedding candle was dyed red with blood. This marriage was full of calculations from the first night.

21. 21 晋 Tales of Jincheng 晋城往事 Meow Meow Fish喵喵鱼76k WordsCompleted Tales of Jincheng 30Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The Republic of China, slightly cruel.

22. 22 蝶 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: Sold into Prostitution by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 蝶影归尘：被婆母卖入风尘，前夫寻了我整整十年 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼55k WordsCompleted The Butterfly’s Shadow Returns to Dust: Sold into a Life of Vice by My Mother-in-Law, My Ex-Husband Searched for Me for Ten Years 306Reads—Score—Shelves

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    The ceiling of abusive literature in the Republic of China. There is no brainless nonsense, and the story of troubled times can't help but be written deeply into the bones. Three men have three kinds of love, obsessed with possessing, silently guarding, and waiting all their lives, but no one can hold Dieer up for half her life. The butterfly shadow will eventually return to dust, and the lovesickness will never return. So good to cry

23. 23 潇 Memories of Xiaoxiang: The Golden Branch Rises from the Ashes 潇湘忆之涅槃金枝 Zither Echoes Through the Secluded Bamboo Grove琴啸幽篁Modern Romance867k WordsCompleted [Late Qing to early Republic | Strong female lead seeks revenge | Family intrigue and political schemes | Completed] On a blood-red autumn night, the entire Qian family is slaughtered, and Luan Ci, the pampered second young lady, becomes a lone fugitive overnight. She escapes over a pile of corpses and takes refuge in the Ling residence, her sworn enemy's home, carefully plotting each step as she endures humiliation to survive. Everyone thinks she is a pawn they can manipulate, but none suspect 20Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Book shortage rescue! The romance between the hegemonic president of the Republic of China is so annoying! Qian Luanci, the second young lady of the down-and-out Qian family, became the love interest of Jin Youruan, the second young boy of the Jin family, and she pursued her with forced love. The warlord overlord Lou Yanxiang also fell in love with her, and the three of them were entangled in love and hate in troubled times. "Xiaoxiang Yi Zhi Nirvana Golden Branch", romance party, watch it now!

24. 24 我 I Am the Paper Doll Offered as a Sacrifice 我是被献祭的纸人 Pale Yisu苍白一夙Modern Romance139k WordsOngoing [A Slow-Burning, Carefully Savored Story | Fated by the Era | Entangled Feuds | A Devastating Aftermath] In the twentieth year of the Republic, Meixi Town in Jiangnan suffers a hundred days of drought, leaving thousands of miles of barren land. To consolidate its power and reassure the people, the powerful Chen family revives a century-old evil sacrificial rite. Seven-year-old orphan Shen Yangzi is treated as a stand-in for the drought demon. Bound like a paper effigy, she is sunk into the deep —Reads—Score—Shelves

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    A super sadistic book, a book that will make you wake up crying in the middle of the night

25. 25 民 Turbulent Times of the Republic: A Journey That Began With a Japanese Baron 民国风云：从日本男爵开始的征程 Free and Far Beneath the Clouds逍遥云天远Urban54k WordsOngoing In 2025, overworked office drone Huo Dongting wakes up as the son of a wealthy Jinan merchant in 1900. From childhood, he studies under a high monk at Puzhao Temple, mastering profound internal arts and the Stele-Pushing Hand. In 1912, he travels east to Japan and shakes up Tokyo with modern business tactics: he amasses wealth through a pyramid scheme, wins over the Takahashi family, and even talks his way into the title of Japanese baron by fabricating an aristocratic lineage, making a vast for 4Reads—Score—Shelves

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    See if you don't suffer a loss

26. 26 蝶 Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: My Husband's Enemy Seizes Me by Force 蝶影归尘：丈夫的的仇人对我强娶豪夺 Ni Ah Ni Ge Ni氼啊氼个氼15k WordsCompleted Butterfly Shadows Return to Dust: My Husband's Enemy Forces Me into Marriage 27Reads—Score—Shelves

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    [Almost crying] The ceiling of sadomasochism in the Republic of China "Butterfly Shadow Returns to Dust"|"Sir, you have recognized the wrong person" - with one sentence, she cut off his ten-year obsession. At the age of fifteen, she was Lin Dieer, a daughter of a famous family. She was forced to marry a man with dark skin, a square face and thick eyebrows. On their wedding night, she tearfully swore that she would rather die than obey. Later, she was the young wife of the Zhang family. He spent four months sleeping in a study and building a floor, without ever crossing the line. Until that slap fell - he was the first to rush forward and protect her behind him, tremblingly caressing her red and swollen cheeks, and asking with red eyes: "Does it hurt?" At that moment, she suddenly couldn't tell whether it was resentment, hatred, or affection. She had just gathered up the courage to tell him "I am pregnant with your child", but her mother-in-law sold her to her husband's illegitimate half-child in the name of profit. Later, she was a prisoner in a deep house. He was imprisoned in a separate hospital and tortured day and night until he gave birth to a son. The man didn't know - the child was not his. She gritted her teeth and survived, just to let him raise children for her enemy for the rest of her life. Then there is the brothel prostitute. It's Japanese spy Kaoru Chiba. Finally, there is the dead soul who blocks the gun for others. Six identities, three names. Only the three words "Lin Die'er" belong to her until death. After ten years of ups and downs in troubled times, we meet again on the long street. His temples were white with frost, and he rushed forward like crazy and grabbed her wrist. But she just withdrew her hand coldly and said in unfamiliar Japanese: "Sir, you have recognized the wrong person." Turning the corner, she leaned against the cold wall, covered her mouth, and cried silently. He didn't know until his death that the child named Yi'an he held in Xiao's house was his and her only son. She never knew until her death who she loved most in her life. The wind and moon in the world cannot wait for us to stay together forever, and the shadow of the butterfly returns to the dust, and there is no return date to wait for.

27. 27 黄 Sunset on the Yellow River 黄河落日 Liu Jin刘瑾Urban244k WordsCompleted Sunset over the Yellow River is a work set against the 1938 Huayuankou Incident. The story unfolds against a backdrop of warfare and follows two love stories experienced by a woman who cannot speak... 61Reads—Score—Shelves

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    Republic of China period.

28. 28 北 North Gate, South City 北门南城 Liu Jin刘瑾Urban226k WordsCompleted The front line stretches from north to south, and the story begins in a small town in the Northeast. Decline, hope, redemption, hardship, pain, and love reaching ever farther: it all feels like a dream. The story unfolds through its male and female leads, depicting the helplessness of wartime. 39Reads—Score—Shelves
29. 29 山 Wild Pansy 山堇花 Liu Jin刘瑾Modern Romance165k WordsCompleted Lin Meng escaped the great bombing of Wuhan, only to be kidnapped and sold to a wealthy household in the countryside as the bride of an idiot. Her life was full of misfortune, yet she found a different kind of happiness... 25Reads—Score—Shelves

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