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A wrinkle in time
Par Madeleine L'Engle. 1962
When an atomic physicist disappears, his children begin a bizarre search. Led by three whimsical characters, Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who,…
and Mrs. Which, they manage their interplanetary journey by "wrinkling" to span space and time. For grades 5-8. Newbery MedalThe scarlet letter
Par Nathaniel Hawthorne. 1962
First published in 1850, this symbolic novel set in Puritan New England traces the effects of one particular sin on…
the lives of four people. Hester Prynne is forced to wear her sin openly in the form of a scarlet letter "A" for adultery. The other characters are Hester's child; her husband, who seeks vengeance; and the minister, who conceals his guiltThe good earth
Par Pearl Buck. 1931
Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by a winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Describes the rise of Wang Lung, a poor…
Chinese peasant. The story begins with his wedding day, as he ponders his good fortune that now he will have a woman to take over the chore of lighting a fire to heat the water for his bath. With the help and patience of his new wife, O-lan, Wang Lung becomes a rich landowner. For high school and older readersThree classics
Par Willa Cather, Edith Wharton, Kate Chopin. 1990
These novels were first published around the turn of the century. The Awakening is the story of a woman's growing…
awareness of her love for a man who is not her husband. Ethan Frome is a tale of retribution about a couple whose lives change when the wife's cousin joins their household. O Pioneers portrays the struggles of immigrantsTristram Shandy
Par Laurence Sterne. 1991
This classic tale, written in 1760, created a scandal when it was first published. Masquerading as an autobiography, Tristram's novel…
is a chaotic and droll account of his life from the time of his conception. In mock disdain for all rules of writing a novel, he creates highly original characters, digresses to offer his opinions at the slightest whim, and yields to suggestive humorNorthanger Abbey ; Lady Susan ; The Watsons ; and Sanditon
Par Jane Austen. 1990
A collection of four works from the early nineteenth century. In "Northanger Abbey", the daughter of a well-to-do clergyman is…
taken to Bath for the season by friends and there falls in love with a man, but causes difficulties by conjuring up a gruesome mystery about his eccentric father. "Lady Susan" is written in the form of letters. "The Watsons" was left incomplete by choice and "Sandition" by the author's deathGerminal
Par Emile Zola. 1991
Novel, originally published in 1885, about life in the mines of France and the grim struggle of the poor. Etienne…
Lanier, a socialist who is forced to work in the mines, becomes a strike leader. He counsels moderation, but low wages, fines, and hunger drive the miners to desperation, and several men are killed when violence erupts. Lanier is deported, and the miners are forced to return to the old slaveryTyphoon and other stories
Par Joseph Conrad. 1991
Three short stories that provide psychological portraits of men who face tests of physical or moral courage. In "Typhoon," a…
ship's captain faced with mutiny and a typhoon deals shrewly and bravely with his men and his ship. "The Nigger of the "Narcissus" is about a man dying of tuberculosis, and "The Shadow-Line" deals with the the effect of a mental or a moral shock on a young manRiceyman steps
Par Arnold Bennett. 1923
First published in 1923, this James Tait Black Memorial Prize winner depicts a miserly London bookseller's life with his new…
wife and their kindhearted maid. The husband's frugality causes him and his wife to fall ill with malnutrition and reduces the servant to stealing household food and delaying living her own life with her troubled ex-soldier loverOtis Spofford
Par Beverly Cleary. 1953
Mischievous but lovable Otis, the class cut-up, is given his come-uppance by gentle, timid Ellen Tebbits in this humorous story…
about elementary schools, PTA meetings, and antics of children. For grades 3-6The awakening, and selected stories (Penguin American library)
Par Kate Chopin. 1984
First published in 1899, The Awakening is a novel about a liberated young woman who rebels against the constraints of…
marriage and engages in extramarital love. The results are disastrous, in the book and on the career of the author. In an introduction to the novel and the twelve short stories in this collection, the editor reflects on Chopin's continuing impact on feminist literatureLetters from my windmill (Penguin classics)
Par Alphonse Daudet. 1978
A collection of short, humorous stories by the French author Daudet, first published in 1869. Daudet lived alternately in Paris…
and Provence, and his fiction explores the difference between the northern and the southern characters and temperaments. One of the most successful novelists in France, Daudet's work was admired by Flaubert, Dickens, and Henry JamesCousin Bette
Par Honoré Balzac. 1991
First published in France in 1846, this classic novel paints colorful scenes of mid-nineteenth-century Parisian life. Lisbeth Fischer, or Cousin…
Bette, an eccentric, poor relative who works in gold and silver lace, is jealous of her beautiful cousin Adeline, wife of Baron Hector Hulot. Cousin Bette's deceptive behavior develops into a revengeful plot against her patronizing relativesA sportsman's notebook
Par Ivan Turgenev. 1992
These sketches from a hunter's album were first published in Russia between 1847 and 1852. The stories are noted for…
their poetic country settings, their contrasts between hero and heroine, and their objective portrayal of heroes of the Russian intelligentsia. A hatred of injustice marks all of Turgenev's writings, and it is believed that this book inspired the uprising of the serfs in 1861Thimble summer
Par Elizabeth Enright. 1938
One scorching day in the middle of a drought, Garnet Linden finds a silver thimble which she believes to be…
magic. Good luck begins that night with a rainfall that saves her father's crops. For grades 4-7. Newbery MedalThe secret agent: a simple tale
Par Joseph Conrad. 1984
First published in 1907. Set in a London back street, amid a group of anarchists. Focuses on Verloc, an agent-provocateur…
in the employ of the Russian embassy in London. Conrad paints a satirical picture of Verloc's relationships with his employers, with indolent civil servants, with corrupt police inspectors, with revolutionary anarchists, and above all with members of his own familyClayhanger
Par Arnold Bennett. 1989
First published in 1910. Edwin Clayhanger is the central figure in this portrayal of Victorian lower-middle-class society. A shy young…
man, Edwin is bullied by his father, Darius, but he succeeds in developing his interests in spite of a restrictive environment. One of Edwin's interests is Hilda Lessways, a young woman from Staffordshire. Hilda proves to be independent and enigmatic, while Edwin proves that there are many ways to look at loveDeath in Venice and other stories
Par Thomas Mann. 1991
The title story was first published in Germany in 1913. English translations of Death in Venice and other stories were…
first published in 1930. This collection of writings by the German author develops the themes of the past's influence on the present, the meaning of death, the alienation of the artist, and the inner struggle of intellectualism versus sensualismMiss Hickory
Par Carolyn Bailey. 1946
The adventures of Miss Hickory, a country doll made of an applewood twig with a hickory nut for a head,…
and her unusual neighbors. Left behind when her owner goes to school in Boston, Miss Hickory must spend the long New Hampshire winter alone. For grades 3-6. Newbery MedalCranford
Par Elizabeth Gaskell. 1972
First printed in the 1850s in serial form in Household Words, a periodical published by Charles Dickens. The Jenkyns family…
is at the center of life in the English village of Cranford, surrounded by characters ranging from the genial to the vulgar, each attempting to lead a genteel life. But Cranford is subject to the dramas of everyday life, complete with the unexpected quirks of human behavior