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Whiteoaks of Jalna (Whiteoaks of Jalna saga ; #8)
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)To the lighthouse
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.Tobacco Road
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.The metamorphosis: and other stories
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.The world of Pooh: the complete Winnie-the-Pooh and The house at Pooh Corner
By A. A Milne, Ernest H Shepard. 1957
The yearling
By Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings. 1953
The velveteen rabbit, or, How toys become real
By Margery Williams Bianco. 1975
The Manchurian candidate
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.The little house (Sandpiper books)
By Virginia Lee Burton. 1969
The fire-dwellers
By Margaret Laurence. 1969
The imperialist
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)The Borrowers afloat (A Voyager/HBJ book)
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.The black stallion (Black stallion. #1.)
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).The call of the wild and other stories
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.The bridge of San Luis Rey
By Thornton Wilder. 1955
A Franciscan brother probes into the lives of five travellers who were hurled to their deaths when a bridge collapsed.…
He discovers that the accident occurred at a crucial moment for each. Winner of the 1928 Pulitzer Prize. 1955, c1928.Sodome et Gomorrhe (À la recherche du temps perdu. #4.)
By Marcel Proust. 2006
Shane
By Jack Schaefer. 1949
Roger Sudden (New Canadian library no. 85)
By Thomas H Raddall. 1944
Roger Sudden, disillusioned with Bonnie Prince Charlie's rebellion, escapes England determined to fulfil his dreams of wealth and power. His…
adventures take him to Halifax and Louisbourg, and to the wilderness where the French, British and Indian forces are fighting. 1972.Le côté de Guermantes (À la recherche du temps perdu. #3.)
By Marcel Proust. 2017
- Monsieur, je vous jure que je n'ai rien dit qui pût vous offenser. - Et qui vous dit que…
j'en suis offensé, s'écria M. de Charlus avec fureur en se redressant violemment sur la chaise longue où il était resté jusque-là immobile, cependant que, tandis que se crispaient les blêmes serpents écumeux de sa face, sa voix devenait tour à tour aiguë et grave comme une tempête assourdissante et déchaînée... Pensez-vous qu'il soit à votre portée de m'offenser ? Vous ne savez donc pas à qui vous parlez ? Croyez-vous que la salive envenimée de cinq cents petits bonshommes de vos amis, juchés les uns sur les autres, arriverait à baver seulement jusqu'à mes augustes orteils ? Suite de "À l'ombre des jeunes filles en fleurs", suivi de "Sodome et Gomorrhe". 2017.Du côté de chez Swann (À la recherche du temps perdu. #1.)
By Marcel Proust. 1987