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The history of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia (Penguin English library)
Par Samuel Johnson. 1976
Allegory written in 1759 upon the death of the author's mother. Tells how the prince escapes from his happy valley…
in quest of a satisfactory object in life but returns to his paradise accepting human limitationsGuy Mannering (Waverly novels #v. 2)
Par Walter Scott. 1999
Young Harry Bertram, heir to the Ellangowan estate, is kidnapped and sent away from England by an unscrupulous lawyer who…
covets the property. Years later, when Harry returns to England after military service in India, he is recognized by an old gypsy woman and learns the secret of his past. 1814The farther adventures of Robinson Crusoe
Par Daniel Defoe. 1999
After the death of his wife, Crusoe and his man, Friday, set sail from London to return to his beloved…
island. This 1719 sequel to Robinson Crusoe (RC 27138, BR 9250) contains an introduction and editorial notes by Joe Wheeler for Tyndale House PublishersVanity Fair: a novel without a hero
Par William Thackeray. 1999
Great Britain, early nineteenth century. Two young women--wellborn, humble Amelia Sedley and social-climbing, amoral Becky Sharp--meet at boarding school. Both…
marry, but Amelia's husband wants to leave her for Becky until he is killed at the Battle of Waterloo. 1847The great stone face
Par Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1991
A young boy is told that one day a great man will appear whose face resembles the features of a…
towering rock formation near his home. He grows to old age awaiting the man's arrival, unaware that it is he himself who resembles the Stone FaceThe snows of Kilimanjaro, and other stories
Par Ernest Hemingway. 1995
Ten stories written between 1927 and 1936. The title piece portrays a thwarted writer facing death on an African plain…
and composing in his mind all the tales he will not live to tell. Includes several selections about Nick Adams, an autobiographical characterA hazard of new fortunes
Par William Howells. 1994
New York City, 1880s. Basil March and Mr. Fulkerson establish a new cultural magazine sponsored by self-made millionaire Mr. Dryfoos.…
Dryfoos's son reluctantly becomes the publisher, although his socialist beliefs conflict with the magazine's policy. Tragedy strikes during a violent clash between protesting streetcar workers and policeMary Poppins (Mary Poppins Ser. #No. 1)
Par Mary Shepard, P. L Travers, P. Travers. 1997
An extraordinary English woman blows in on the East Wind with her parrot-headed umbrella and magic carpetbag to become the…
Banks family's new nanny. Mary Poppins introduces her elder charges, Jane and Michael, to some delightful people and experiences. Prequel to Mary Poppins Comes Back (DB 50918, BR 5488). For grades 4-7. 1934Anna Karenina (Oxford world's classics)
Par Leo Tolstoy. 1999
In the 1870s in Russia, Anna flaunts convention by having an adulterous affair with Count Vronsky. Preferring the allure of…
romance to her stifling marriage with Alexis Karenin, Anna's happiness disintegrates as she loses her peace of mind. Originally published in 1877. Translated by Louise and Aylmer Maude. 1999Kidnapped
Par Robert Stevenson. 1994
Young David Balfour relates his adventures of 1751 when he was kidnapped and marooned after a shipwreck, his journey through…
the wild highlands of Scotland, his friendship with the Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart, and his suffering at the hands of his uncle Ebenezer Balfour of Shaws. For senior high and older readersThe pilot: a tale of the sea (The Writings of James Fenimore Cooper)
Par James Cooper. 1986
Mr. Popper's penguins
Par Richard Atwater. 1938
When his pet penguin, "Captain Cook," becomes lonely, Mr. Popper gets another penguin to keep him company. Before long, there…
are ten more penguins in the Popper household and things are never quite the same again. For grades 3-6The silver chair (Chronicles Of Narnia Ser. #6)
Par C. S Lewis. 1994
English children Eustace and Jill undergo hair-raising adventures as they go on a search-and-rescue mission for the missing Prince Rilian,…
who is held captive in the underground kingdom of the Emerald Witch. Sequel to The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (BR 13948). For grades 4-7. 1953The yearling (Illustrated Classics Ser.)
Par Marjorie Rawlings, N. C. Wyeth. 1938
Classic story about the Baxter family, who make a precarious living on a backwoods farm in northern Florida. Their young…
son, Jody, tames an orphaned fawn. When the deer begins to eat the family corn, Jody is ordered to shoot him. Pulitzer Prize. For grades 5-8 and older readersThe horse and his boy (Chronicles Of Narnia Ser. #3)
Par C. S Lewis. 1994
A boy and his talking horse share an adventurous and dangerous journey to Narnia to warn of invading barbarians. Sequel…
to The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (BR 11912). For grades 4-7. 1954Omoo: adventures in the South Seas (Pacific Basin books)
Par Herman Melville. 1985
This realistic novel recapitulates the ending of Typee (RC 9738), as a British whaler rescues Melville, an American sailor. He…
and the ship's doctor become fast friends and share many adventures in the South Pacific: mutiny, imprisonment, and a beachcombing existence in TahitiStuart Little (Stuart-Little Ser.)
Par E. B White. 1945
Mr. and Mrs. Little's second son is a mouse. Stuart is happy with his human family, but his size of…
just over two inches and the family cat are causes of some misadventures. Then Stuart falls for a little bird named Margalo. For grades 4-7. 1970 Laura Ingalls Wilder Award. 1945Gone with the wind
Par Margaret Mitchell. 1936
A romantic Civil War epic in which Scarlett O'Hara, a forceful and ruthless heroine, and Rhett Butler, a war profiteer,…
play out their tempestuous love affair against the background of the war-torn South. Pulitzer PrizeThe Europeans: a sketch
Par Henry James. 1985
A fortune-hunting European countess and her charming brother come to visit their straight-laced cousins near Boston. Their rich and imaginative,…
but immoral, way of living is contrasted with the dull, but upright, American way. First published in 1878These happy golden years: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Little House Ser. #8)
Par Laura Wilder. 1943
Laura Ingalls and Almanzo Wilder, the town's most eligible bachelor, enjoy a delightful romance while Laura teaches school. When her…
last term ends, they marry and look forward to a long and happy life together. Sequel to Little Town on the Prairie (BR 11326). For grades 5-8 and older readers