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This side of paradise
Par F. Fitzgerald. 1920
The Aspern papers and other stories
Par Henry James. 1983
First published in 1888, "The Aspern Papers" is set in a crumbling Venetian palazzo, where a determined scholar tries to…
charm its inhabitants--the Misses Bordereau--out of a collection of letters by the American poet Aspern. Three short stories first published in the 1890s complete the collectionCannery Row
Par John Steinbeck. 1945
The story of a happy-go-lucky colony of bums on the Monterey, California, waterfront and of their friends, ladies of easy…
virtue in a nearby establishment. A sentimental theme is treated with realism and with the philosophy that poverty-stricken independence is better than commercial success. Some strong languageThe long winter: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Little House Ser. #6)
Par Laura Wilder. 1953
The Ingalls family moves from their stake on the Dakota prairie to their store in town to escape the severe…
winter. One blizzard follows another until trains stop running and the community, isolated for months, faces starvation. Sequel to By the Shores of Silver Lake (BR 11324). For grades 4-7Tender is the night
Par F. Fitzgerald. 1995
An American psychiatrist, studying in Europe in the 1920s, falls in love with a beautiful, wealthy patient in this 1934…
novel about rich American expatriates. In their marriage, he reacts against her great dependence on him as both husband and doctor before he realizes his equal dependence on herThe professor's house (Vintage classics)
Par Willa Cather. 1925
The rise of Silas Lapham
Par William Howells. 1996
Across the river and into the trees
Par Ernest Hemingway. 1950
In Hemingway's final novel, which is set in Venice near the end of the second World War, an aging and…
battle-scarred American colonel finds a renewed spirit for life when he falls in love with a young Italian countess. Some strong languageDiary of a madman, and other stories (Penguin classics)
Par Nikolaĭ Gogolʹ. 1972
These stories, by the father of Russian realism, are set both in his native Ukraine and in St. Petersburg, the…
city that was to have an obsessive effect on him. Critics have acclaimed the early nineteenth-century writer for his uncanny understanding of the development of mental illnessLittle town on the prairie: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Little House Ser. #7)
Par Laura Wilder. 1941
In 1881 Mary, who is blind, is finally able to leave for college, and Laura gets a job in town…
helping a seamstress. She also continues her schooling so she can receive her teaching certificate. Sequel to The Long Winter (BR 11325). For grades 4-7By the shores of Silver Lake: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Little House Ser. #5)
Par Laura Wilder. 1939
The Ingalls family moves westward once more, this time to the Dakota territory, where Pa finds a job in a…
railroad camp and the family takes up a homestead. Sequel to On the Banks of Plum Creek (BR 11323). For grades 4-7 and older readersLittle house in the big woods (Little House #1)
Par Laura Wilder, Garth Williams. 1953
Wisconsin, 1871. The Ingalls family experiences pioneer life in a little log house, miles from any settlement. They feel safe…
and secure despite blizzards, wolves, and the loneliness of the big woods. Prequel to Little House on the Prairie (DB 10929). For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1932The vicar of Wakefield: a tale supposed to be written by himself
Par Oliver Goldsmith. 1981
A pastoral tale written in the 1760s, told by an unworldly, generous, and kindly vicar. He and his family are…
forced to move to humbler dwellings. The vicar's fortitude prevails despite the seduction of his daughter and his imprisonment for debtOn the banks of Plum Creek: A Newbery Honor Award Winner (Little House Ser. #4)
Par Laura Wilder. 1953
The pioneering Ingalls family leaves the prairie for a farm and a primitive sod hut in Minnesota, where they must…
battle a flood, a blizzard, and a devastating plague of grasshoppers. Sequel to Little House on the Prairie (BR 10510). For grades 4-7 and older readersWashington Square (The World's classics)
Par Henry James. 1982
Classic American novel written in 1881. Shy, plain Catherine is courted by a dashing Morris Townsend. When her suitor learns…
that Catherine's wealthy, sardonic father will disinherit her if she marries him, Townsend deserts the heartbroken young womanA lost lady
Par Willa Cather. 1923
The Blithedale romance (Bedford cultural editions)
Par Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1996
Hawthorne's novel is based on his experiences living on Brook Farm, the experimental transcendentalist community in Massachusetts. The novel tells…
of Zenobia's love for Hollingsworth, an egotistic reformer who does not return her affection. First published in 1852What Maisie knew
Par Henry James. 1996
Each of the divorced parents of a perceptive twelve-year-old girl subsequently remarries, and she continues to spend six months of…
the year with each family. She observes the same adulterous activities by her stepmother and stepfather as she saw by her parents, but this knowledge matures rather than corrupts her. Written in the 1890sDaisy Miller
Par Henry James. 1995
Tales of mystery and imagination (The Everyman library)
Par Edgar Poe. 1996
Forty-six popular tales including "The Tell-Tale Heart," "The Premature Burial," "The Black Cat," "The Pit and the Pendulum," "The Murders…
in the Rue Morgue," "The Fall of the House of Usher," "The Masque of the Red Death," "The Oblong Box," and "The Purloined Letter." Some violence