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By Edgar Rice Burroughs, John D Seelye. 1914
Lord and Lady Greystoke are cast ashore on the African coast after a shipboard mutiny. They later die in the…
jungle, but their infant son survives (nursed by a family of great apes) to become Tarzan. 1914.By Mazo De la Roche. 1945
Adeline, an impulsive bride with an Irish temper, and her husband, Captain Whiteoak, select Lake Ontario as the site of…
their home. The building of the house, the swimming and skating parties, and the jealousies and humour of the family are described. Followed by "Morning at Jalna" (DC31471). 1945. (Whiteoaks of Jalna saga ; 1)By John Steinbeck. 1939
Depression farmers and their families are driven from the dust bowl of their Oklahoma farms to the promised land of…
California to find work. Winner of the 1940 Pulitzer Prize for the novel. Strong language. 1939.By Franz Kafka, Breon Mitchell. 1998
On his thirtieth birthday, Josef K., a conscientious bank official, is arrested in his lodgings on unstated charges. He is…
constantly thwarted in his attempts to clarify his situation, even in court. A new translation by Breon Mitchell based on the restored 1914 text. 1998. Uniform title: Prozess.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.By W. O Mitchell, William Kurelek. 1947
By Mazo De la Roche. 1929
Finch, the awkward, misunderstood musical genius of the family, is the centre of this novel. Events reach a climax when…
the eccentric old grandmother dies and leaves her fortune to him. Sequel to "Jalna" (DC31470). Followed by "Finch's fortune" (DC30892). 1929. (Whiteoaks of Jalna saga ; 8)By Virginia Woolf. 1927
A stream-of-consciousness novel about the Ramsays, an English family living in the Hebrides, Scotland. In the middle of the story…
there is an interlude of ten years, in which sea winds and caretakers have their way with the house. Afterwards, the tale resumes with the same characters changed and viewed from different angles. Textbook format. 1977, c1927.By Erskine Caldwell. 1932
The famous saga of Jeeter Lester and his shiftless family. Their ribald adventures along Tobacco Road, once a flourishing plantation,…
attract a lusty preacher, Sister Bessie. Explicit descriptions of sex. 1995, c1932.By Franz Kafka, Joachim Neugroschel. 1994
First published in the early part of the twentieth century. The translator explains the origins of Kafka's Prague German in…
the introduction. In "Metamorphosis" - a three-part novella - a man awakens one morning from agitated dreams to find himself transformed into a monstrous insect. This collection also contains sketches, stories, and other short works by a writer known for his ability to capture the essence of the human condition in a short story. 1994.By A. A Milne, Ernest H Shepard. 1957
By Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. 1953
By Margery Williams Bianco. 1975
By Richard Condon. 1959
An American soldier, Raymond Shaw, is captured during the Korean War and brainwashed by his communist captors. Hypnotized to commit…
crimes on command, Shaw returns home where he is hailed as a hero, but the time-bomb in his subconscious involves him in political intrigue. 1959.By Virginia Lee Burton. 1969
By Margaret Laurence. 1969
By Sara Jeannette Duncan. 1971
The personal ideas and experiences of the author, a rebel of her times, surface in this novel which deals openly…
with Victorian morals, American imperialism and the Canadian national character. First published in 1904. 1971. (New Canadian library ; no. 20)By Mary Norton. 1959
The Borrowers, a family of miniature people, journey down a drain, live briefly in a teakettle, and are swept away…
in a flood before finding a new home. Sequel to "The Borrowers Afield" (DC04420). Followed by "Borrowers aloft" (DC04489). Grades 4-7. 1959.By Walter Farley. 1941
Pulled to a desert island by a wild black stallion he has freed during a shipwreck at sea, then rescued…
by a southbound freighter, a seventeen-year-old boy befriends the horse, trains him by night, and rides him to victory. Followed by "Black stallion returns" (DC04369). Grades 4-7. 1969, C1941. (The black stallion ; 1).By Jack London. 1962
Buck, a St. Bernard dog, is stolen and trained to be a sled dog in the Alaskan Gold Fields. Abused…
by both men and dogs, Buck learns to fight ruthlessly until he finds in John Thornton a master he loves and respects. Grades 5-8. 1962.