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Youth, and, The end of the tether
By Joseph Conrad.
Both of these stories sprang from Joseph Conrad's own experience sailing in the Far East with the merchant navy. In…
'Youth' Conrad captures a young man's exhilaration in the face of danger and the unknown. In 'The End of the Tether' Captain Whalley, aging but still afloat, compromises his principles without understanding what can follow. Life, like the sea, is unsparing, and the captain's fate arrives in due course.Robinson Crusoe
By Daniel Dafoe.
Robinson Crusoe, set ashore on an island after a terrible storm at sea, is forced to make do with only…
a knife, some tobacco, and a pipe. He learns how to build a canoe, make bread, and endure endless solitude. That is, until, twenty-four years later, when he confronts another human being.The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen (A Dedalus classic)
By Rudolf Erich Raspe. 2012
A collection of tall tales first published in 1785. Raspe, a rogue and a rascal, embellished the memoirs of the…
real Baron Munchausen, a cavalry officer in the Russian army, and created a mythical character. In one adventure, when hunting in Ceylon, the Baron, attacked by a lion--with a lake on one side and a precipice on the other--is saved when the lion jumps over his head and into the mouth of a crocodileThe lily of the valley
By Honoré De Balzac. 2011
Felix, a young man from the Loire valley, reluctantly sheds his reticence and attempts to explain his penchant for long…
silences to Natalie, his fiancee. In a long letter he writes freely of his education in matters of the heart. He is not prepared for the letter he receives in response. Balzac admitted to favoring this novel, in which he shares a somewhat autobiographical account of his youthWellingborough Redburn makes his first voyage to Liverpool, where there is widespread poverty and a lack of democracy. He enjoys…
a wild excursion in London and faces a harrowing voyage home. Based on the author's first voyage in 1837Breakfast at Tiffany's: a short novel and three stories
By Truman Capote. 1958
Twice twenty-two: a medicine for melancholy
By Ray Bradbury. 1966
The building of Jalna
By Mazo De la Roche. 1944
In the first book of the Jalna series, 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 humor of the family are describedHeidi
By Johanna Spyri. 1984
Heidi loves her old grandfather and their simple life high in the Swiss Alps. When she is sent to the…
city to be a companion to the ailing Klara, Heidi almost dies from homesickness. For grades 4-7Captains Courageous
By Rudyard Kipling. 1982
The spoiled son of an American millionaire falls off an ocean liner and is rescued by a Gloucester fishing schooner.…
Forced to work aboard ship, he begins to develop maturity and responsibilityThe portrait of a lady
By Henry James. 1947
Anne of Windy Poplars
By L. M Montgomery. 1936
Anne moves to Summerside, where she has a position as high school principal. There she encounters the Pringles, the "royal…
family" of Summerside. Anne's many letters to her sweetheart, Gilbert, reveal how the town seems to be "under the Pringle Thumb"--until Anne manages to get the Pringle clan under her thumb! Sequel to "Anne of the Island." For grades 5-8 and older readersEmily of New Moon
By L. M Montgomery. 1951
When her father dies, eleven-year-old Emily believes that she is all alone. But her mother's family, who never forgave her…
mother for eloping with her father, are there to care for her. It is decided by the drawing of lots that Emily will go to New Moon, the century-old family farm, with two of her aunts. There cousin Jimmy encourages her in her writing. For grades 6-9 and older readersThe lion and the puppy and other stories for children
By Leo Tolstoy. 1988
Leo Tolstoy was a great nineteenth-century Russian author who opened a school for peasant children and wrote stories especially for…
them. The twenty-seven stories in this book are taken from his "Azbuka" (Primer). Some are based on Aesop's fables, others on Russian folktales, nature studies, and the work of children themselves. For grades 5-8 and older readersThe optimist's daughter
By Eudora Welty. 1978
Laurel Hand, a middle-aged widow since World War II, returns home to a small Mississippi town after the death of…
her beloved father, a judge. There she confronts her past to gain a better understanding of herself and her parents. Pulitzer Prize, 1973Emily's quest
By L. M Montgomery. 1955
Emily Starr is determined to become a successful writer while living in her home, New Moon, the source of her…
inspiration. When Dean Priest condemns her first novel in order to claim her undivided attention, Emily burns her manuscript. But she cannot desert her writing forever, nor can she abandon the search for real love. For grades 6-9 and older readersChance: a tale in two parts (The World's classics)
By Joseph Conrad. 1988
A novel written when the suffragette movement was first bringing women's rights to public attention. It is the story of…
Flora de Barral, who is left without resources when her father is sent to prison. Later, she is exploited by Mrs. Fyne, a "feminist," who attempts to mold Flora for her own purposes. And, finally, Flora is at the mercy of a husband who casts her in a dependent roleBasil (World's classics)
By Wilkie Collins. 1990
This psychosexual novel shocked many readers when it was first published in 1852. The story's hero is emotionally torn between…
his passionate love for the beautiful, dark-haired Margaret and his chaste love for his fair sister, Clara. Basil's marriage to Margaret remains a secret and unconsummated for a year, during which time Basil learns of her infidelityWard number six and other stories (The World's classics)
By Anton Chekhov. 1974
Seven short stories written in the late 1800s by noted Russian author Anton Chekhov. The title story is of Dr.…
Ragin, the director of a mental hospital, whose own alcoholism and eccentric behavior lead to his committal to the hospital. Other stories in the collection are "The Butterfly," "Ariadne," "A Dreary Story," "Neighbours," "An Anonymous Story," and "Doctor Startsev."The Swiss family Robinson
By Johann Wyss. 1960
When they are shipwrecked on a desert island, a Swiss clergyman, his wife, and their four sons use their ingenuity…
to overcome all dangers and to make a happy home. For grades 5-8