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The quiet little woman: three enchanting Christmas stories
Par Louisa Alcott, C. Dudash, Louisa Alcott. 1999
Stories by Alcott from the 1870s. In The Quiet Little Woman, thirteen-year-old Patty, an orphan, dreams of being adopted but…
is placed as a servant in the large Murray household. Through Aunt Jane's intervention on Christmas day, the Murrays begin to appreciate Patty's loving nature. For grades 4-7 and older readers. 1999Lolita
Par Vladimir Nabokov. 1992
Poignant, witty novel of erotic obsession by a master stylist. Middle-aged professor Humbert Humbert, incarcerated and awaiting trial, tells of…
his fascination with "the perilous magic of nymphets"--girls on the cusp of adolescence--and his bizarre journey into the heart of America with twelve-year-old Dolly Haze. Some descriptions of sex and some violence. 1955Enchanted night
Par Steven Millhauser. 1999
At the magic hour of midnight on a hot summer night in Connecticut, the moonlight beckons. While dreams and reality…
mingle, a series of tableaux unfolds: teenagers roam, a store window mannequin comes to life, and a thirty-nine year old bachelor defends a vulnerable young woman. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 1999The life of insects: a novel
Par Viktor Pelevin. 1998
A Russian novel set in a seaside resort where the characters change from human to insect form. In one episode…
two Russians, Arnold and Arthur, meet a visiting American businessman, Sam Sacker. They fly off as mosquitoes, and Sam insists on imbibing the blood of a man who is drunk on cologne, with unfortunate consequences for Sam. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexThe President
Par Miguel Asturias. 1963
The president of the republic, an unnamed Latin American country, plots against his political enemy, General Eusebio Canales. The president's…
assistant Miguel Angel Face is involved in the dictator's intrigues but is redeemed by his love for a young woman. Originally published in Mexico in 1946 by the Nobel laureateEva's man (Black women writers series)
Par Gayl Jones. 1976
An African American woman, forty-three and in prison, is on the edge of insanity and searching for her lost innocence.…
Eva Medina tells how she landed behind bars a second time and about the men who put her there. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sexThe winter of our discontent
Par John Steinbeck. 1961
Canone inverso: a novel
Par Paolo Maurensig. 1998
As the protagonist contemplates his newly acquired seventeenth-century violin in a London hotel, he is interrupted by a stranger who…
missed the Christie's auction. The visitor recounts the tragic story behind the instrument, involving two musicians and their destructive rivalry. 1998The lion, the witch and the wardrobe
Par C. S Lewis. 1997
Four English children find their way through a huge wardrobe in an old house to the mysterious land of Narnia,…
which is under the spell of the White Witch. Prequel to Prince Caspian, the Return to Narnia (BR 07238). For grades 4-7 and older readersThe town
Par William Faulkner. 1957
More of the Snopes family has moved to Jefferson, Mississippi, increasing their clan. Determined to own the county, Flem Snopes…
maneuvers his family to run businesses and farm the land. Sequel to The Hamlet (BR 11482). Some strong languageThe roman spring of Mrs. Stone
Par Tennessee Williams. 1950
American Mrs. Stone--former actress, wealthy, middle-aged, and widowed--is biding her time in Rome when the Contessa, a female pimp, introduces…
her to Paolo, a handsome young gigolo. At first, Mrs. Stone laments her fading beauty and the end of her stage career. Then she muses on the demise of her way of life and of her husband, and enjoys her current affair. Finally, Mrs. Stone must deal with her attempt to replace real life with fantasyThe complete stories (Schocken classics)
Par Franz Kafka. 1988
Twenty of Kafka's longer stories make up most of this collection, followed by fifty-five short stories and sketches. Included are…
all the stories published during his lifetime (1883-1924) and several others selected from his literary estateThe hamlet: the corrected text
Par William Faulkner. 1940
Portrait of a decaying South after the Civil War set in a fictional county in Mississippi. The story deals with…
the shrewd Snopes family, one of the author's notable creations. Prequel to The Town (BR 11470). Some strong languageFirst love, and other stories
Par Ivan Turgenev. 1994
These three stories by the nineteenth-century Russian author are somewhat autobiographical. In "First Love," written in 1860, a father and…
son fall in love with the same woman. Written in 1872, "Spring Torrents" portrays a middle-aged person looking back on the folly of youth. "A Fire at Sea," written in 1883, tells of Turgenev's personal experienceMaggie, a girl of the streets: and selected stories
Par Stephen Crane. 1991
Six stories by the author of the Red Badge of Courage (BR 1449). In "Maggie," written in 1893, Crane portrays…
the sordid life and downfall of a poor Irish girl from the Bowery. Other selections depict small-town life and the experiences of young men in battle. For senior high and older readersTobacco road
Par Erskine Caldwell. 1995
The famous saga, first published in 1932, of Jeeter Lester and his shiftless family. Their ribald adventures along Tobacco Road,…
once a flourishing plantation, attract a lusty preacher, Sister Bessie. Explicit descriptions of sexThe ladies from St. Petersburg: three novellas
Par Nina Berberova. 1998
Three stories about Russian lives disrupted by wars. Written in 1927, the title piece depicts a mother and daughter on…
vacation in the country, just as political turmoil erupts. Their fateful trip marks the young girl's sudden transition to maturity. 1998Amerika
Par Franz Kafka. 1946
First written in German in 1927, this novel expresses the author's rejection of the capitalist system. Karl Rossmann, a young…
immigrant to America, is snubbed by his relatives, robbed by tramps, and ridiculed in his attempt to find work. Includes an introduction by E.L. DoctorowTransparent things (Vintage international)
Par Vladimir Nabokov. 1972
American Hugh Person retraces an itinerary in Switzerland where he first met Armande Chamar, as if he could find the…
past shining through the objects he had encountered previously. Person's woeful tale gradually unfolds as his memories are evokedThe queen of spades (Penguin classics)
Par Aleksandr Pushkin. 1958
Four stories by the nineteenth-century Russian writer. The Queen of Spades, written in 1833, tells of a young officer's obsession…
with winning at cards. His subterfuge, intended to learn an elderly countess's secret for success, has dire consequences for both of them