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Brideshead revisited: the sacred and profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder, a novel
By Evelyn Waugh. 1945
While an undergraduate at Oxford University, Charles Ryder becomes involved with the charming, but eccentric, Sebastian Flyte and his aristocratic…
Roman Catholic family. Set between the first and second World Wars.Herself surprised: a novel
By Joyce Cary. 1941
Master of the world
By Jules Verne. 1965
Three men from earth set out to find and capture the elusive "master of the world" who holds an incredible…
machine with which he can control the entire world. Originally published in 1904. 1965.Lolita
By Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov. 1955
Middle-aged Humbert desires a 12-year-old girl whom he calls Lolita, so he marries her mother. After the mysterious death of…
his wife, he and Lolita embark upon a journey during which Humbert yields to his obsession. 1977, c1955.Le Père Goriot (Macmillan's modern language texts)
By Honoré De Balzac. 1946
The history of Mr Polly
By H. G Wells. 1910
Mr Polly has spent years as a respectable shopkeeper. His life has little to offer but more tedium and poverty.…
So he settles on the idea of suicide and plans a fire that will destroy him. But in the mayhem that ensues, he forgets to kill himself and finds a whole new world waiting for him. 1910.Tristram Shandy
By Laurence Sterne. 1791
Beginning with an account of his own conception (because his father had forgotten to wind the clock!) this parson-turned-writer uses…
the story of his birth and early years as a vehicle for many bizarre and hilarious digressions. These include - amongst others - his Uncle Toby, nursing his 'wound in the groin' and playing war games with Tristram's father, and Dr. Slop, whose delivery technique gave the author a birthday present of a bent nose. 1791.Voyage in the dark
By Jean Rhys. 1934
1914. Anna, 18 and independent both by circumstance and by character, has exchanged the West Indian island of her childhood…
for the cold, grey island of England, with its narrow streets and narrow rules. She comes to understand a world where people offer you no help unless there's something they want. 1934.The making of a Marchioness
By Frances Burnett. 1901
The author describes this book as 'a picture of a nice simple, sweet prosaic soul who arrives at a good…
fortune almost comic because it is in a way so incongruous. Its heroine is a sort of Cinderella with big feet instead of little ones.'. 1901.The ambassadors: an authoritative text, the author on the novel, criticism
By Henry James. 1983
A newspaper editor is sent to Paris by his wealthy fiancee to bring home her son. He is confronted with…
the conflict between American and European values. First published in 1903. 1983.The man in the iron mask
By Alexandre Dumas, Sidney Dark. 1847
Youth ; The end of the tether
By Joseph Conrad. 1975
Contains "Youth" and "The end of the tether." In "Youth," second mate Marlow dreams of seeing Bangkok. But the grim…
realities of life at sea cause troubles aboard the old steamer. The story is based on Conrad's first Asian voyage. In "The end of the tether," aging Captain Whalley buys a share in, and the right to command, a coastal steamer. The scene is set for conflict between Whalley's fine, elevated actions and the shipowner's anti-social behaviour. Originally published in 1902. 1975.The histories of Gargantua and Pantagruel
By François Rabelais, J. M Cohen. 1963
First published in the early sixteenth century, this five-part satirical work describes the life of the giant Gargantua and his…
son Pantagruel as they come into conflict with the oppressive institutions of France: the church and the educational and legal systems. Strong language. 1963.The golden bowl
By Henry James. 1972
The warden (Barsetshire novels. #1.)
By Anthony Trollope, G. C Rosser. 1966
The atmosphere and manners of a 19th century English cathedral town are presented with humour. An inquiry into the finances…
of Hirma's hospital disrupts the town's tranquility. First published in 1855. Followed by "Barchester Towers".The old curiosity shop
By Charles Dickens. 1975
Little Nell Trent lives with her grandfather in his "curiosity shop" until he loses everything by gambling. They are forced…
to roam the country as beggars. First published in 1841. 1975.The jungle book
By Rudyard Kipling. 1894
Short stories about the animals of India and the life of Mowgli, the jungle boy who is adopted by a…
wolf pack and taught the laws of the jungle by a panther and a bear. Followed by "The second jungle book". Grades 4-7. 1984, c1894.The Master of Ballantrae: a winter's tale
By Robert Louis Stevenson. 1957
Story of a tragic bitter feud between two Scottish brothers. The elder brother, believed to have died in battle, returns…
home to persecute his younger brother, who has succeeded him to his title and estate and married his betrothed. 1957.The past recaptured (In search of lost time ; #7)
By Marcel Proust. 1971
This seventh and final volume of Remembrance of things past follows the narrator and his characters to the time of…
World War I. After showing the effects of war on their lives and attitudes, Proust concludes with a discourse on his philosophy of fiction. Sequel to "The sweet cheat gone" (DC30887). 1971. (In search of lost time ; 7) Uniform title: Temps retrouvé.