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By Marcel Proust. 1918
Recollections of a youth in French society at the turn of the century. As the young narrator succumbs to the…
charms of the enchanting Gilberte, we are presented with an unparalleled account of the pangs of adolescent life. Following an illness, Marcel is sent to recuperate at the seaside resort of Balbec, together with his grandmother. Sequel to "Swann's way" (DC31597) followed by "Guermantes way" (DC31599). Some strong language. 1918. (In search of lost time ; 2)By Marcel Proust. 1923
In this fifth part of the autobiographical novel, "Remembrance of things past", Albertine is living with the narrator who is…
tortured by the suspicion and jealousy of her relations with other women. Sequel to "Cities of the plain" (DC31600). Followed by "Sweet cheat gone" (DC30887). 1923. (In search of lost time ; 5)By Mazo De la Roche. 1936
Relations between Renny and his wife Alayne have come to a crisis which threatens to end in tragedy. Finch and…
Sarah return from their honeymoon, and their married life takes a strange course, while the attachment between Wakefield and Pauline Lebraux has unexpected consequences. Uncle Ernest, now more than 80 years old, gets engaged to Alayne's aunt. Sequel to "The master of Jalna" (DC06776). Followed by "Wakefield's course" (DC31473). 1936. (Whiteoaks of Jalna ; 11)By Mazo De la Roche. 1942
It is the year 1939. Renny and his daughter Adeline are visiting Ireland and London, where they meet up with…
Finch and Wakefield. War breaks out and once again the Whiteoaks are united by all the drama and suspense which such an event brings. Sequel to "Whiteoak harvest" (DC31474). Followed by "Return to Jalna" (DC04270). 1942. (Whiteoaks of Jalna saga ; 12)By Ernest Hemingway. 1994
"I don't know who made the laws, but I know there ain't no law that you got to go hungry."…
Harry Morgan was hard, the classic Hemingway hero. He had to be hard, rum-running, gun-running and man-running from Cuba to the Florida Keys in the Depression. He risked stray coastguard bullets and sudden doublecrosses, but it was the only way he could keep his boat, keep his independence and keep his belly full. Descriptions of violence. 1994.By Edith Wharton. 1984
John Amherst, clever, idealistic and poor, is assistant manager of a cotton mill and has the makings of a working-class…
leader. He meets a young nurse, Justine, a woman who shares his aims and dreams. But Amherst is fatally distracted when he encounters a widow of great wealth: Bessy is charming and beautiful - and the new owner of the mill. 1984.By Marcel Proust. 1913
The narrator interrupts reminiscences about his childhood spent in late-nineteenth-century France to recall the affair which a friend of his…
family carries on with young Odette de Crecy. Followed by "Within a budding grove (DC31598). 1913. (In search of lost time ; 1) Uniform title: Du côté de chez Swann.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.By Jean De Brunhoff. 2008
After his mother is killed by a hunter, Babar avoids capture by escaping to the city, where he is befriended…
by the kindly Old Lady. He becomes educated and cultured and, upon his return to the great forest, is crowned King of the Elephants. Grades K-3. Original French edition published in 1931, first English edition 1933. Uniform title: Histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant.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 P. L Travers. 1981
By Boris Pasternak, Max Hayward, Manya Narari. 1958
Classic love story set in Russia at the time of the revolution. Yuri Zhivago, physician and poet, wrestles with the…
new order and confronts the changes cruel experience has made in him, and the anguish of being torn between the love of two women. 1958.By Mazo De la Roche. 1933
After the death of Gran, Renny attempts to retrieve the family fortunes and maintain the traditions established by his grandfather.…
Sequel to "Finch's fortune" (DC30892). Followed by "Whiteoak harvest" (DC31474). 1973, c1933. (Whiteoaks of Jalna saga ; 10)By Joseph Conrad, Paul Kirschner. 1990
In these four stories, written between 1900 and 1902, Joseph Conrad bids a gradual farewell to his adventurous life at…
sea and begins to confront the more daunting complexities of life on land in the twentieth century. Originally published in 1903, 1990.By Joseph Conrad. 1914
Left with no money when her father is imprisoned, Flora de Barral is exploited by Mrs. Fyne, a "feminist" who…
attempts to mold Flora to her own purposes. A novel written when the suffragette movement was first bringing women's rights to public attention. 1914.By L. M Montgomery. 1931
Over the years, members of the Dark and Penhallow families have married and feuded. When Aunt Becky, the eccentric matriarch…
of the Dark and Penhallow families, bequeaths an heirloom, a brown jug, many secrets are revealed. For junior and senior high readers. 1989, c1931.By Samuel Beckett, Patrick Bowles. 2003
Molloy is divided into two sections. In the first section, Molloy goes in search of his mother. In the second,…
he is pursued by Moran, a private detective. Spoken in the first person, the novel raises the questions of being and aloneness that marks so much of Bekckett's work. Molloy was written as a separate novel, but is often regarded as the first part of the Trilogy, followed by "Malone Dies" (DC30088) and "The Unnamable" (DC29767). 2003. (The Trilogy ; 1)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 William Golding, Lola Tranec. 1984
Une bande de garçons de six à douze ans se trouve jetée par un naufrage sur une île déserte. Il…
faut s'organiser. On élit un chef mais bientôt un mécontent se porte à la tête d'une bande rivale. Voici l'aventure des sociétés humaines tragiquement mise en scène par des enfants. Quelques descriptions de violence. 1984, c1954. Titre uniforme: Lord of the flies.By John Steinbeck. 1992
This is the story of itinerant farm workers George and Lennie, one of nimble wits and the other of huge…
physique, whose simple arrangement keeps them in work. However, even his best friend and mentor cannot save Lennie from his own worst enemy - his own strength. 1992.