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Women in love
Par D. H Lawrence. 1921
Set in Midlands mining country against a background of class consciousness, the development of the love affairs of two sisters…
is examined through their relationship with each other and through the feelings between the men with whom they are in love. 1921.Within a budding grove (In search of lost timet ; #2)
Par 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)Whistle down the wind
Par Mary Hayley Bell. 1997
A classic novel about a group of siblings who find a man in a barn who they believe is Jesus,…
and they keep the secret to themselves until the adults find out and suspect the man is a recently escaped convict. Grades 3-6. 1997, c1961.When we were very young & Now we are six
Par A. A Milne. 2004
Poems about the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace; the three little foxes who kept their handkerchiefs in cardboard…
boxes; and, of course, Christopher Robin, named for A. A. Milne's son. Read about the naughty Mary Jane and bears on the corners of London's streets. Grades K-3. First published in 1924. 2004.Wakefield's course (Whiteoaks of Jalna saga ; #12)
Par 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)Vie et mort d'un cochon ((Le Livre de poche : Jeunesse ; 9).)
Par Robert Newton Peck, Marie-Alyx Revellat. 1974
A douze ans, Robert fait presque le travail d'un homme. Quand il trouve la vache du voisin en train de…
s'étouffer et le veau qui n'arrive pas à naître, il sait la tirer d'affaire, même si c'est dur. En récompense,, il recevra un petit cochon, un animal doux et rose, rien que pour lui. Mais dans une ferme si pauvre, comment garder une bête seulement pour le plaisir ? Pour les lecteurs d’école secondaire. Titre uniforme: A day no pigs would die.Ulysses (Twentieth Century Classics Ser.)
Par James Joyce. 1922
Ulysses is the epic reconstruction of the minutiae of a single day in Dublin--June 16, 1904. It records in immense…
detail the events of the day as Leopold Bloom wanders through Dublin. Strong language and explicit descriptions of sex. 1922.Typhoon and other stories (Twentieth Century Classics Ser.)
Par 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.Two on a tower: a romance
Par Thomas Hardy, Sally Shuttleworth. 1999
Lady Constantine breaks all the rules of social decorum when she falls in love with the beautiful youth Swithin St…
Cleeve, her social inferior and ten years her junior. The tower in question is a monument converted into an astronomical observatory where together the lovers 'sweep the heavens'. Science and romance are destined to collide, however, as work, ambition and the pressures of the outside world intrude upon the pair. 1999.To have and have not
Par 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.An old favourite about a kind-hearted doctor who loves animals so much that he learns their language. The story of…
his trip to Africa to cure the monkeys of a terrible sickness is full of humorous improbabilities. Grades 4-7. 1988.The sound and the fury: The Corrected Text With Faulkner's Appendix (Modern Library 100 Best Novels Ser.)
Par William Faulkner. 1992
In 1928 Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, the Compson brothers - Quentin, Jason, and the "idiot" son Benjy - narrate events that…
trace the gradual disintegration of the family, including the ostracism of their wanton sister, Caddy. 1992, c1929.The Oxford book of English ghost stories
Par Michael Cox, R. A Gilbert. 1986
A selection of 42 stories written between 1829 and 1968, which represents a range of the English tradition of the…
literary ghost story by demonstrating its historical development as well as major themes and characteristics. 1986.The master of Jalna (Whiteoaks of Jalna saga ; #10)
Par 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)The long winter (Little house books ; #5)
Par Laura Ingalls Wilder. 1940
The Ingalls family moves into the town of DeSmet to weather the dangerous winter ahead. As the snow mounts, Laura…
and her family must ration their food and coal as they wait in vain for a train to arrive with supplies. Almanzo Wilder and his brother realize that if something isn't done soon, everyone will starve. Grades 4-7. Sequel to "By the shores of Silver Lake" (DC39033). Followed by "Little town on the prairie" (DC02005). 1941 Newbery Honor book. 1971, c1940. (Little house books ; 5)The little prince
Par Antoine de Saint Exupéry. 1971
After crashing in the desert, an airplane pilot meets the Little Prince. The prince describes his adventures on other planets…
as he attempts to learn about the universe. For all ages. First published in 1943. 1971. Uniform title: Petit prince.The left hand of darkness (The hainish Ser.)
Par Ursula K Le Guin. 1969
An envoy from a galactic community arrives on the world of Winter where all humans are hermaphrodites. Drawn into the…
local politics, the envoy is forced to reconsider attitudes toward human relationships. 1976, c1969.The jungle (Penguin classics)
Par Upton Sinclair. 1985
Upton Sinclair's dramatic and deeply moving story exposed the brutal conditions in the Chicago stockyards at the turn of the…
nineteenth century and brought into sharp moral focus the appalling odds against which immigrants and other working people struggled for their share of the American dream. Denounced by the conservative press as an un-American libel on the meatpacking industry, the book was championed by more progressive thinkers, including then President Theodore Roosevelt, and was a major catalyst to the passing of the Pure Food and Meat Inspection act, which has tremendous impact to this day. 1985.The House on the borderland
Par William Hope Hodgson. 2000
Two young backpackers discover a decaying diary among the ancient ruins of an Irish manor house. They read aloud from…
it, hearing a harrowing tale of inexplicable evil and violent struggle against terrors. In the winding cellar corridors of the decrepit house, Byron Gault, his sister, and their dog fight off savage attacks by cloven-hoofed half-humans erupting from the depths of the mansion's foundations. Or do they? Some descriptions of violence. 2000, c1908.The house of mirth
Par Edith Wharton. 1985
The beautiful Lily Bart lives among the nouveaux riches of New York City. She seeks a husband who can satisfy…
her needs for admiration and wealth, but in her morally bankrupt world, she finds only scandal. 1985.