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Wessex tales (The World's classics)
By Thomas Hardy, Kathryn R King. 1991
In his first collection of short stories, Hardy sought to record the legends, superstitions, local customs and lore of Wessex.…
He also portrays the social and economic stresses of Dorset. First published in 1888. 1991.Washington Square (Recorded Books classics library)
By Henry James. 1997
Set in the exacting social landscape of New York City at the turn of the twentieth century, "Washington Square" is…
the tale of a wealthy but shy young woman caught between conflicting family expectations. 1997.Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras (Les mondes connus et inconnus)
By Jules Verne, Olivier Sauzereau. 2005
Dans ce roman, décrit par Théophile Gautier comme étant l'absolue sensation de la réalité, Jules Verne nous fait vivre une…
extraordinaire aventure dans les régions glaciales du pôle Nord. Écrit juste après le succès de Cinq semaines en ballon, ce roman est en réalité le véritable ouvrage fondateur de la série des " Voyages extraordinaires ". 2005, c1866.Uncle Tom's cabin
By Harriet Beecher Stowe. 2010
First published in 1852, abolitionist Stowe's depiction of the moral injustice of slavery and the evils of materialism. Tom saves…
little Eva's life, and years later she tries to help him gain his freedom. Eventually, Tom's protection of runaway Eliza costs him his life at the hands of the brutal ex-Yankee Simon Legree. 2010.The years
By Virginia Woolf. 1937
The woman in white (Everyman's Library)
By Wilkie Collins. 1985
The voyage out (Classic, 20th-century, Penguin Ser.)
By Virginia Woolf. 1915
The tenant of Wildfell Hall (Penguin classics)
By Anne Brontë, Stevie Davies. 1996
The small house at Allington (Barsetshire novels. #5.)
By Anthony Trollope, James R Kincaid. 1989
Trollope depicts the pleasures and troubles of nineteenth century country life with digressions into London, Todger's boarding house, and high…
society. Mr. Crosbie, a snobbish and cowardly trifler; Lily Dale, the jilted maiden; Johnny Eames; and the aristocratic doll, Lady Dumello are among the characters. Sequel to "Framley parsonage". Followed by "The last chronicle of Barset". 1989.The second jungle book (The World's classics)
By Rudyard Kipling, W. W Robson. 1895
Presents the further adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the…
jungle. Also includes other short stories set in India. Sequel to "The jungle book" (DC04437). Grades 4-7. c1895.The prisoner of Zenda (Everyman's library ; no. 1637)
By Anthony Hope. 1953
Romantic adventure in which Rudolf Rassendyll, an Englishman who bears a striking resemblance to the ruling house of Ruritania, decides…
to attend the coronation of the king. When Rudolf arrives, he discovers a plot against the king and is persuaded to impersonate him. A novel of romantic escapades, duels, conspiracies, and other intrigues. First published in 1894. 1953.The prime minister (Palliser novels.)
By Anthony Trollope, John McCormick, Jennifer S Uglow. 1983
Romantic and political intrigue in Victorian England. Focuses on the unhappy marriage of Emily Wharton to a Portuguese adventurer and…
the affairs of the Prime Minister and his wife. Sequel to "Phineas redux" (DC14826) Followed by "The Duke's children" (DC14836). Fifth in the series of Palliser novels. 1983.The Oxford book of English ghost stories
By Michael Cox, R. A Gilbert. 1986
A selection of 42 stories written between 1829 and 1968, which represents a range of the English tradition of the…
literary ghost story by demonstrating its historical development as well as major themes and characteristics. 1986.The man that corrupted Hadleyburg (Recorded Books classics library)
By Mark Twain. 1994
The title story of this collection of short stories features the tale of the "most honest and upright" town of…
Hadleyburg, whose residents boast of their unsmirched moral character. A stranger, offended by the pious reputation of the town, devises a plan to bring its honoured residents to shame. Is there even one righteous man in Hadleyburg? Junior and Senior High. 1994.The man who would be king, and other stories (The World's classics)
By Rudyard Kipling, Louis L Cornell. 1987
Arranged in the order of their original publication and written during Kipling's time as a journalist in India, these seventeen…
short stories explore the themes of isolation and abandonment and the effects of the Indian caste system on society. Along with the title piece, the volume includes "Gemini," "A Wayside Comedy," "The Hill of Illusion," "Only a Subaltern," "Baa, Baa, Black Sheep," "Black Jack," and others. 1987, originally published in 1888.The last man (World's classics)
By Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Morton D Paley. 1994
In the late twenty-first century, a plague ravages the world, gradually exterminating the entire human race but leaving one man,…
Lionel Verney, a young Englishman and onetime delinquent. First published in 1826. 1994.The landleaguers (Pocket Classics Ser.)
By Anthony Trollope. 1991
When Englishman Philip Jones buys two estates in the "wild and distant" country of Ireland, he thinks he has made…
a wise investment. But when his son, Fabian, makes a seemingly harmless conversion to Catholicism, he finds that there is a high price to pay on his purchase, not least of which is the unity and happiness of his family. 1991.The kill
By Émile Zola. 1985
The incestuous affair of Renée Saccard and her stepson, Maxime, is set against the frenzied speculation of Renée's financier husband,…
Aristide, in a Paris becoming a modern metropolis and "the capital of the nineteenth century." In the end, setting and story merge in actions that leave a woman's spirit and a city's soul ravaged beyond repair. For senior high readers. 1985. Uniform title: Curée.The jungle books II (Recorded Books classics library)
By Rudyard Kipling. 1991
Presents more adventures of Mowgli, a boy reared by a pack of wolves, and the wild animals of the jungle.…
Also includes other short stories set in India. Grades 5-8. 1991. Uniform title: Jungle book.The jungle books (Recorded Books classics library)
By Rudyard Kipling. 1981