The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C. S. Lewis
1950
Books with the “Redemption Arc” trope
A flawed or villainous character tries to atone for past wrongs.
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Plot twists · Redemption Arc
Books with this trope
Speaker for the Dead
Orson Scott Card
1986
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
2003
Shantaram
Gregory David Roberts
2003
Schindler's Ark
Thomas Keneally
1982
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
1908
Going Postal
Terry Pratchett
2004
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1866
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