Classics Reading List
Freshmen English
Mr. Koenig’s Classes
Achebe, Chinua. Things Fall
Apart. World Classic. First published in 1959.
Set in an Ibo village in
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A funny, satiric best-seller about the end of the world
and the days that follow it. Seconds
before Earth is destroyed to make room for a galactic freeway, a young man is
rescued by an alien friend who whisks him away on a space-traveling adventure.
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Joy Adamson describes the remarkable relationship she
and her husband had with Elsa, a lion cub they cared for during the late 1950s
in
F Age Agee,
James. Death in the Family, A. American Classic. First
published in 1957.
The story of a family for the first few days after the
accidental death of the 35-year-old husband and father. The novel shows how such a loss affects the young widow,
her two children, her atheistic father and the dead man’s alcoholic brother.
F Alb Albom, Mitch. Five People You Meet in Heaven, The. American Classic. First
published in 2003.
A bitter eighty-three-year-old war veteran who believes
his life is meaningless dies while trying to save a little girl's life and
finds himself in heaven, where five people from his past--some loved ones, some
strangers--explain what his years on Earth really meant, and whether or not he
succeeded in saving the child.
378.1 Alb Albom, Mitch. Tuesdays with Morrie. American Classic. First
published in 1997.
The author, an alumnus of
Alcott,
Louisa May. Jo’s Boys. American Classic. First
published in 1886.
A sequel to "Little Men," which follows the
further adventures, successes, and failures of the young men of
F Alc Alcott, Louisa May. Little Men. American Classic. First
published in 1871.
Follows the adventures of Jo March and her husband
Professor Bhaer as they try to make their school for boys a happy, comfortable,
and stimulating place.
F Alc Alcott,
Louisa May. Little Women. American Classic. First published in 1868.
ebook The
four March sisters experience joys and sorrows as they grow into young women in
nineteenth century
F Ald Aldrich, Bess. Lantern in Her
Hand, A. American Classic. First
published in 1928.
Tells the story of Abbie MacKenzie, who gives up the
promise of a comfortable city life to face the challenge of homesteading on the
American frontier.
B Ang Angelou,
Maya. I know Why the Caged Bird
Sings. American Classic. Biography. First published in 1969.
Poet Maya Angelou chronicles her early life, focusing
on her childhood in 1930s rural
F Asi Asimov, Isaac. Fantastic Voyage. American Classic. Science
Fiction. First published in 1966.
Five people are miniaturized and sent on a rescue
mission through a man's body where they have sixty minutes to reach and break
up a blood clot in his brain.
F Asi Asimov, Isaac. I, Robot. American Classic. First
published in 1950.
"The Robot Series.” Dr. Susan Calvin, the first great
practitioner of the new science of robopsychology in 2008, looks back on her
career with U.S. Robotics on the occasion of her retirement fifty years later,
telling stories of how the mechanical race developed.
Attaway,
William. Blood on the Forge. American Classic. First
published in 1969.
Three Moss brothers, Melody, Big Mat, and Chinatown,
left their home in
F Aue Auel, Jean M. Clan of the Cave Bear. American Classic. First
published in 1080
Ayla, clearly a member of the Others, is raised by the
Clan of the Cave Bear, a rival race of humanoid creatures living in prehistoric
Austen,
Jane. Emma. World Classic. First published
in 1815.
ebook Emma,
a self-assured young lady in Regency England, is determined to arrange her life
and the lives of those around her into a pattern dictated by her romantic
fancy.
Austen, Jane.
ebook Fanny Price, a teenaged girl of low social rank brought
up on her wealthy relatives' countryside estate, feels the sharp sting of
rejection when her cousin Edmund, the only person who treats her as an equal,
is won over by a flirtatious, exciting--and unprincipled--London girl.
Austen,
Jane. Persuasion. World Classic. First published
in 1817.
ebook Anne
Elliot, persuaded by family and friends that the charming and handsome
Frederick Wentworth is not worthy of her regard, questions her decision to send
him away until he returns seven years later, his circumstances much improved.
F Aus Austen, Jane. Pride and
Prejudice. World Classic. First published in 1813.
ebook In
early nineteenth-century
F Aus Austen,
Jane. Sense and Sensibility. World Classic. First published
in 1811.
ebook Two
sisters of opposing temperaments come to a closer understanding of each other
through the shared sufferings of tragic love affairs, but true love finally
triumphs.
F Bal Baldwin, James. Go Tell it on the Mountain. American Classic. First
published in 1953.
Describes a day in the life of several members of a
Barrett,
William E. Lilies of the Field, The. American Classic. First
published in 1962.
A young African-American man driving through the
Southwest helps a group of German refugee nuns build a church.
Barth,
John. Giles Goat-Boy. American Classic. First
published in 1966.
An orphan raised by goats is the only hope for New
Tammany College, a school held hostage by WESCAC, its computer system, which
has become disturbingly human.
F Bau Baum, L. Frank. Wizard of Oz. American Classic. First
published in 1900.
ebook After a cyclone transports her to the land of Oz,
Dorothy must seek out the great wizard in order to return to
Beckett,
Samuel. Waiting for Godot:
tragicomedy in 2 acts. World Classic. Drama. First published in 1952.
Two old tramps
wait on a bare stretch of road near a tree for Godot.
F Bel Bellamy, Edward. Looking Backward: 2000 – 1887. American Classic. First
published in 1888.
Presents Edward Bellamy's utopian novel, originally
published in 1888, which follows the adventures of Julian West after he falls
asleep in 1887 and awakens to find
Bellow,
Saul. Adventures of Augie March. American Classic. First
published in 1953.
A Jewish boy in Depression-era
F Bel Bellow, Saul. Herzog. American Classic. First
published in 1964.
A mid-twentieth-century Jewish man who has failed in
all of his major professional and personal endeavors sets out on a philosophical
letter writing campaign to anyone and everyone who will read his
thoughts--friends, enemies, and strangers.
F Bel Bellow, Saul. Humbolt’s Gift. American Classic. First published in 1975.
Charlie Citrine has failed to live up to his potential,
until Humboldt's gift arrives, a mocking gift from the grave that sends Charlie
groping towards redemption.
F Bel Bellow, Saul. Mr. Sammler’s Planet. American Classic. First
published in 1970.
Arthur Sammler, a gentleman, an intellectual, and a
Holocaust survivor, struggles to come to terms with modern life and its
attendant sorrows.
F Bel Bellow, Saul. Seize the Day. American Classic. First
published in 1956.
A portrait of one day in the life of Tommy Wilhelm, a
man on the brink of despair.
812.54 Bli Blinn,
William. Brian’s Song. American Classic. Screenplay
written in 1971.
A drama about football star Brian Piccolo, who died at
twenty-six after a seven-month battle against cancer.
822 Bol Bolt,
Robert. Man for All Seasons, A. World Classic. Drama. First published in 1961.
A play
based on the historical relationship between Henry VIII and Thomas More whom he
appointed Bishop of Canterbury.
F Bor Borland, Hal. When the Legends Die. American Classic. First
published in 1963.
An orphaned Ute Indian boy wins stardom on the rodeo
circuit but, disillusioned by his success, returns to the ways of his
ancestors.
F Bra Bradbury, Ray. Dandelion Wine. American Classic. Science
Fiction. First published in 1957.
In a small town in 1928, a twelve year-old boy savors
the magic of childhood and the wonders of summer.
F Bra Bradbury, Ray. Fahrenheit 451. American Classic. Science
Fiction. First published in 1953.
A story set in the future about a society in which all
books are banned. Deals with issues that
the morally, socially, or politically aware human being must face today.
F Bra Bradbury,
Ray. Martian Chronicles, The. American Classic. Science
Fiction. First published in 1950.
The first Earth people to attempt the colonization of
Mars try to build their new world in the image of the civilization they left
behind.
F Bra Bradbury,
Ray. Something Wicked This Way Comes. American Classic. Science Fiction. First published in 1962.
Two boys, best friends in a small midwestern town,
finally come to understand that of all the terrors threatening them from Cooger
and Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show the greatest menace exists within
themselves.
373.42 Bra Braithwaite,
E. R. To Sir, With Love. World Classic. First
published in 1959.
A book about the problems and joys of a black teacher
from British Guiana, teaching in a school for difficult teenagers in a white
slum in
F Bro Bronte,
ebook When
a penniless governess falls in love with the brooding master of Thornfield, she
is unaware of the tragic events that will follow.
F Bro Bronte,
Emily.
ebook Forced
by a storm to spend the night at the home of the somber Heathcliff, Mr.
Lockwood uncovers a tale of terror and hatred on the
970.4 Bro Brown, Dee. Bury My Heart at
Documented account of the systematic plunder of the
American Indians during the second half of the nineteenth century.
Brown,
William Wells. Clotel. American Classic. First
published in 1853.
Fictional account of the
life of the illegitimate, mulatto daughter of Thomas Jefferson, who was sold
into slavery.
F Buc Buck,
The story of a Chinese peasant and his passionate,
dogged accumulation of land during famine, drought, and revolution.
F Bur Burdick, Eugene. Fail-safe. American Classic. First
published in 1962.
A malfunction in a computer defense system leads to a
nuclear cataclysm between two superpowers.
Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Return
of Tarzan. American Classic. First
published in 1913.
ebook Tarzan encounters dangerous situations when he goes to
the rescue of La, the priestess of Opar, the lost outpost of Atlantis.
F Bur Burroughs, Edgar Rice. Tarzan of the Apes. American Classic. First
published in 1914.
ebook Tarzan, abandoned as a baby in the jungle of
F But
ebook Traces the relationship between parents and children
through several generations of a middle-class English family.
F
Caught in the grip of forces he does not understand, a
quiet, ordinary clerk in
364.1 Cap Capote, Truman. In Cold Blood. American Classic. First
published in 1965.
Examines the lives and deaths of four members of the
Clutter family of
F Car Card,
Orson Scott. Ender’s Game. American Classic. Science
Fiction. First published in 1985.
Young Ender Wiggin may prove to be the military genius
Earth needs to fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race that will
determine the future of the human race.
F Cat Cather, Willa. Death Comes for the Archbishop. American Classic. First
published in 1927.
The
literal and spiritual journey of two French priests who come to the American
Southwest as missionaries in the mid-1800s.
F Cat Cather, Willa. My Antonia.
American Classic.
First published in 1918.
ebook The heroin, Bohemian immigrant Antonia Shimerda, is
forced to work as a servant on the farms of her neighbors after her father
kills himself in despair at his failure to become a successful farmer. She eventually becomes the patient and strong
wife of a Bohemian farmer, the mother of a large family, and a typical woman of
the pioneer West.
F Cat Cather, Willa. O Pioneers! American Classic. First
published in 1913.
ebook Alexandra, daughter of a Swedish immigrant farmer in
F Cer Cervantes, Miguel de. Don Quixote. World Classic. Published in
1605, 1615.
F Bar Epic tale of an eccentric country gentleman and his
companion who set out as a knight and squire of old to right wrongs and ebook punish evil in
sixteenth-century
891.7 Che Chekhov,
Anton. Cherry Orchard, The. World Classic. Drama. Written in 1904.
891.72 Che An
aristocratic Russian family struggles to maintain their status in a changing
world as they are faced with the prospect of selling 808.82 Tuc the
family estate to a land developer in order to pay off their debts.
Chesnutt,
Charles W. Colonel’s Dream. American Classic. First
published in 1905.
Colonel French returns to his hometown of
Chesnutt,
Charles W. House Behind the Cedars.
American Classic. First
published in 1900.
John and Rena Walden, two young African-Americans,
decide to cross the color line in the post-Civil War South by attempting to
pass for white.
F Chr Christie, Agatha. And Then There Were None (Ten little Indians). American Classic. Mystery. Originally published in 1940 in the
Ten strangers--each with a sordid past--are summoned by
an absent millionaire to a private island off the coast of Devon and begin to
die one by one upon arrival.
Christie,
Agatha. Dead Man’s Folly. American Classic. Mystery. First published in 1956.
Hercule Poirot is summoned by his old acquaintance,
writer-detective Ariadne Oliver, to attend a "Murder Hunt" at Nasse
House in
F Cla Clark, Mary
Higgins. Stranger is Watching, A. American Classic. Mystery. First published in 1977.
The family of a murder victim, a journalist opposed to
capital punishment, and the man convicted of the killing find their lives bound
together as the execution hour approaches, while the person who knows the truth
about the murder waits to plunge them into an abyss of terror.
F Cla Clark, Walter Van Tilburg. Ox-Bow
Incident, The. American Classic. First published in 1940.
When a group of citizens discover that one of their
members has been murdered by cattle rustlers, they form an illegal posse,
pursue the murderers and lynch them.
Clarke,
Arthur C. 2001: A Space Odyssey. World Classic. Science
Fiction. First published in 1968.
The spacecraft Discovery journeys to the outer edge of
the solar system, and two navigators become uneasy when Hal, the craft's
talking computer system, demonstrates unusual behavior.
F Cla Clarke, Arthur C. Childhood’s
End. World Classic. Science Fiction. First published in 1953.
When the Overlords first came to Earth, they brought
peace and prosperity with them, but it soon became apparent that their purpose
was the elimination of the human race.
F
ebook English
police Sergeant Cuff tries to locate a fabulous diamond that might have been
stolen by a group of Hindus who regard it as a sacred stone.
Collins, Wilkie. Woman in
White, The. World Classic. First published in 1859.
ebook Art
master Walter Hartright comes to the aid of his student, Laura, whom he has
fallen in love with, after the woman's husband steals her fortune and identity,
and while helping her, Walter finds a connection between Laura's situation and
a mysterious woman in white.
Conrad, Joseph. Heart of
Darkness. World Classic. First published in 1899.
ebook Marlow
comes face to face with the corruption and despair that lies at the heart of
human existence when he undertakes a journey on behalf of a Belgian trading
company up the
F Con Conrad,
Joseph. Lord Jim. World Classic. First
published in 1899.
ebook A man who has been branded a coward earns the respect
of the Malay people.
Conrad,
Joseph. Secret Agent, The. World Classic. First
published in 1907.
ebook In
turn-of-the-century
Conroy,
Pat. Prince of Tides, The. American Classic. First published
in 1986.
Tells the story of the
narrator's struggle to overcome the psychological damage inflicted by his
dysfunctional childhood in
F Coo Cooper, James Fennimore. Last of the Mohicans, The. American Classic. First published in
1826. Sequel to The ebook Deerslayer.
The second of the Leatherstocking
Tales. The plot revolves around
the efforts of Alice and Cora Monro to join their father, the British commander
at Fort William Henry. Their course is
blocked by Magua, the leader of a group of Hurons, who are leagued with the
French against the British.
F Coo Cooper, James Fennimore.
Pioneers, The. American Classic. First published in
1822. Sequel to The Pathfinder.
Natty Bumppo makes his first
appearance as an older man who has witnessed the coming of civilization to the
wilderness. The central conflict in the
book concerns the opposition between the laws of nature, upheld by Natty, and
the laws of civilization.
F Coo Cooper, James Fennimore.
Prairie, The. American Classic. First published in 1827.
This historical novel is the third
novel written by Cooper that features
Natty Bumppo, his fictitious frontier hero.
Chronologically, The Prairie is
the fifrth and final installment of the Leatherstocking Tales and depicts
Natty in the final year of his life still proving helpful to people in distress
on the American frontier.
F Cor Cormier, Robert. Chocolate
War, The. American Classic. First published in 1974.
A high school freshman
discovers the devastating consequences of refusing to join in the school’s
annual fund raising drive, arousing the wrath of the school bullies—an
underground gang called the Vigils.
F Cor Cormier,
Robert. I am the Cheese. American Classic. First published in 1977.
A young boy's desperate
search for his father leads him to discover secrets of his past that might very
well threaten his life.
F Cra Crane, Stephen. Red Badge of Courage. American Classic. First
published in 1895.
ebook One of the great novels of the Civil War. A young Union soldier, Henry Fleming, tells
of his feelings when he is under fire for the first time during the battle of
F Cra Craven, Margaret. I Heard the Owl Call My Name. American Classic. First
published in 1967.
Sent to live with an Indian tribe in
Curie,
Eve. Madame Curie. World Classic.
Biography. First published in
1937.
A biography, written by her daughter, about the life of
Madame Curie, her scientific work, her background and her private life.
910.4 Dan Dana, Richard. Two years before the mast. American Classic. First
published in 1840.
ebook Recounts the joys and hardships of a sailor's life in a
daily journal written on a journey around Cape Horn to
Dennis,
Patrick. Auntie Mame. American Classic. First
published in 1955.
This novel chronicles the madcap adventures of a boy,
Patrick, growing up as the ward of his deceased father’s eccentric sister, Mame
Dennis.
F Def Defoe,
Daniel. Robinson Crusoe. World Classic. First
published in 1719.
ebook As
the sole survivor of a shipwreck, an
Englishman lives for nearly thirty years on a deserted island.
Dickens,
Charles. Bleak House. World Classic. First
published in 1852.
ebook Novel
which tells the story of several generations of the Jarndyce family who wait in
vain to inherit money that is tied up in a legal dispute in England's
notoriously slow-moving Court of Chancery.
F Dic Dickens,
Charles. Christmas Carol, A. World Classic. First
published in 1843.
ebook A
Christmas story in which the subject is the conversion of Scrooge, “a grasping
old sinner,” by a series of visions of Christmases past, present and to come.
F Dic Dickens, Charles. David
Copperfield. World Classic. First published in 1850.
ebook A
young boy in nineteenth-century
F Dic Dickens, Charles. Great
Expectations. World Classic. First published in 1861.
ebook Pip,
an orphan in Victorian England, learns that a mysterious benefactor has ensured
that he will be educated and raised as a gentleman.
F Dic Dickens, Charles. Oliver
Twist. World Classic. First published in 1837.
ebook In
nineteenth-century
F Dic Dickens, Charles. Tale of Two
Cities, A. World Classic. First published in 1859.
ebook Historical
novel set in Paris and London during the French Revolution, in which a French
nobleman, Charles Darnay, renounces his position and leaves his country, then
returns during the Terror to save the life of a servant, putting himself in
grave danger.
F Doc Doctorow, E. L. Ragtime. American Classic. First
published in 1975.
This work of historical fiction is mostly set in
F Dor Dorris, Michael. Yellow Raft on Blue Water, A. American Classic. First
published in 1987.
A saga of three generations of Indian women, beset by
hardship and torn by angry secrets, yet joined by the indissoluble bonds of
kinship.
F Dos Dostoyevsky, Fyodor. Crime
and Punishment. World Classic. First published in 1866.
ebook Raskolnikov,
an impoverished Russian student, murders a despicable old pawnbroker, reasoning
that his evil act is outweighed by humanitarian good, but he discovers the
fault in his theory when he is plagued by horror and guilt over his actions.
Includes a selection of study aids.
Douglass,
ebook 1855.
Presents the 1855 autobiography of Frederick Douglass,
telling of his experiences as a slave and discussing his life after he was able
to escape to freedom.
B Dou Douglass,
An autobiographical account by the runaway slave
Frederick Douglass that chronicles his experiences with his owners and
overseers, and discusses how slavery affected both slaves and slaveholders.
F Doy Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. Hound
of the Baskervilles. World Classic. First published in 1902.
ebook Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle's classic Sherlock Holmes mystery, "The Hound of the
Baskervilles," about a legendary monster that haunts the moor.
Doyle,
Sir Arthur Conan. Study in Scarlet, A. World Classic. First
published in 1887.
ebook Sherlock Holmes and his assistant, Dr. Watson, investigate
the murder of an American and his private secretary.
F Dre Dreiser,
Theodore. American Tragedy, An. American Classic. First
published in 1925.
The story of a young man whose
troubles with women and the law take him from his religious upbringing in Kansas City to the fictional town of
F Dre Dreiser, Theodore. Sister Carrie. American Classic. First
published in 1900.
ebook The story of a young woman from
Du Bois, W.
E. B. John Brown. American Classic. Biography. First
published in 1909.
Biography of the
abolitionist who led the raid on Harper's Ferry at the beginning of the Civil
War.
301.451 DuB Du Bois, W. E. B.
Souls of Black Folk, The. American Classic. First published
in 1953.
ebook A classic work dealing
with the spiritual dimension of the black man's struggle for dignity and
self-realization.
F DuM Du
Maurier, Daphne. Rebecca. World Classic. First
published in 1938.
For months after her death, the memory of Rebecca de
Winter continues to dominate everyone at her former
home, Manderley,
one of the most famous English country houses.
F Dum Dumas,
Alexandre. Count of Monte Cristo. World Classic. First
published in 1845-1846.
ebook The
classic novel about Edmond Dantes, a young sailor who is falsely imprisoned,
escapes, and assumes a new identity on the
F Dum Dumas, Alexandre. Three
Musketeers, The. World Classic. First published in 1844.
ebook Alexandre
Dumas's classic novel about the nobleman D'Artagnan who, along with three
Musketeers, defend the honor of Anne of Austria against the plots of Cardinal
Richeliu during the reign of France's King Louis XIV.
F Eli Eliot, George. Mill on the Floss, The. World Classic.
First published in three volumes in 1861.
Young Maggie Tulliver's loyalty to her beloved older
brother, Tom, and to the rest of her family, is tragically tested when she
falls in love with the son of her father's bitterest enemy.
F Eli Eliot, George. Silas Marner. World Classic.
First published in 1861.
ebook Embittered
by a false accusation and disappointed in friendship and love, the weaver Silas
Marner retreats into a life alone with his loom and his gold. Fate steals his
gold and replaces it with a golden-haired child.
822 Eli Eliot, T.
S. Murder in the Cathedral. Classic. Drama. First published in 1935.
808.82 Tuc A drama of the conflict between church
and state in 12th century
F Ell Ellison, Ralph. Invisible
In the course of his wanderings from a Southern college
to
F Erd Erdrich, Louise. Love Medicine. American Classic. First
published in 1984.
Presents the story of the Kashpaws and the Lamartines,
two extended families who live on and around a Chippewa reservation in
Esquivel,
Laura. Like Water for Chocolate : a
novel in monthly installments, with recipes, romances, and home remedies. World Classic. First
published in 1989.
A romantic and poignant tale of love and family life in
turn-of-the-century
Farrell, J.
G.
A novel centered around an influential merchant firm
during the late 1930's and World War II, which has existed for fifty years in
the Crown Colony of Singapore, before the city falls during the war and changes
the lives of all involved.
F Fas Fast, Howard. April Morning. American Classic. First
published in 1961.
Adam Cooper signs up on the muster roll of the
Lexington Militia on April 19th, 1775, and then lives through the first day of
conflict with the British, during which his father is killed.
F Fau Faulkner, William. As I Lay Dying. American Classic. First published in 1930.
Describes a family's struggle to get their mother
properly buried, while they encounter catastrophes of flood and fire, as well
as the chaos of their own feelings.
F Fau Faulkner, William. Intruder in the Dust. American Classic. First
published in 1948.
Charles, a sixteen-year-old white boy, repays a debt he
owes to an elderly black man, Lucas. After Lucas is accused of murdering a
white man, Charles proves his innocence and saves him from a lynching in a
southern town.
F Fau Faulkner, William. Sound and
the Fury, The. American Classic. First published in 1929.
The members of a genteel Southern family are portrayed
as petty failures, drunkards, and pathological liars.
F Fau Faulkner, William. Unvanquished.
American Classic.
First published in 1934.
Set in
F Fer Ferber, Edna.
Follows the adventures of newspaper editor and lawyer
Yancey Cravat, his wife Sabra, and their young son Cim, in Osage,
F Fer Ferber, Edna. Giant. American Classic. First
published in 1952.
A novel about Leslie Benedict, a New England woman who
meets and marries a Texas rancher whose life is consumed by a rivalry with Jett
Rink, a former employee who made good.
Ferber,
Edna. Saratoga Trunk. American Classic. First
published in 1941.
Follows the adventures of Mr. and Mrs. Clint Maroon as
they travel to
Ferber, Edna. Show Boat. American Classic. First published in 1926.
Tells the story of Magnolia Ravenal and of her marriage
to the river gambler, Gaylord Ravenal, black sheep son of an aristocratic
family. It is also the story of their daughter Kim, who became a famous
Broadway actress.
F Fer Ferber, Edna. So Big. American Classic. First published in 1924.
The story follows the life of Selina De Jong, her
marriage, widowhood, eventual success as a truck farmer. Circumstances force Selina to take over
working on the farm to give her son Dirk a future.
Fielding,
Henry. The history of Tom Jones, a
foundling. World Classic. First
published in 1749.
ebook A
comic novel in which Tom Jones, abandoned as an infant, is adopted by Squire
Allworthy and amuses himself with amorous escapades until the day he decides to
leave home and seek his fortune and real identity.
Fielding,
Henry. Joseph Andrews. World Classic. First
published in 1742.
Joseph, a footman in eighteenth-century
F Fit Fitzgerald,
F. Scott. Great Gatsby, The. American Classic. First published in 1925.
Tells the tragic love story of Gatsby and Daisy
Buchanan, a dashing, enigmatic millionaire obsessed with an elusive, spoiled
young woman.
Fitzgerald,
F. Scott. This Side of
ebook The coming of age story of, Amory Blaine, a young college
man in his twenties including his years in prep school and his times at
Flanagan,
Thomas. Year of the French, The. American Classic. First
published in 1979.
In 1798, Irish patriots determined to free their
country from
F For Forbes,
Esther. Johnny Tremain. American Classic. First
published in 1943.
After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in
F For Forster, E.
M. Passage to
A classic account of the clash of cultures in
940.54 Fra Frank, Anne. Anne Frank: Diary of a Young Girl. World Classic.
First published in 1947.
A thirteen-year-old Dutch-Jewish girl records her
impressions of the two years she and seven others spent hiding from the Nazis
before they were discovered and taken to concentration camps. Includes entries previously
omitted.
F Fra Frank,
Pat. Alas,
The story of a group of people who rely on their own
courage and ingenuity to survive in a small
F Gai Gaines,
Earnest. Autobiography of Miss Jane
Pittman, The. American Classic. First published in 1971.
The narrator of this story, a 110-year-old
African-American woman reminisces about her life, which has stretched from the
days of slavery to the black militancy and civil rights movements of the 1960s.
F Gai Gaines,
Earnest. Lesson Before Dying, A. American Classic. First
published in 1993.
Tells the story of a young African-American man
sentenced to death for a murder he did not commit, and a teacher who tries to
impart to him his learning and pride before the execution.
F Gar Gardner,
John. Grendel. American Classic. First
published in 1971.
Grendel, the monster, tells his side of the Beowulf
story, and compares his values with the chief values of human beings.
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Gib Gibson,
William. Miracle Worker, The. American Classic. Drama. First published in 1957.
William Gibson's play about teacher Annie Sullivan's
determined quest to give twelve-year-old Helen Keller, blind, deaf, and mute,
the gift of language.
B Gil Gilbreth,
Frank B. Cheaper by the Dozen. American Classic. First
published in 1948.
Reveals the family life of the twelve Gilbreth children
and their engineer father who runs the household with his unique methodology.
Gilman,
Charlotte Perkins. Yellow Wallpaper,
The. American Classic. First
published in 1892.
Classic 19th century
psychological short story of a woman who is prevented from becoming a writer
and is imprisoned in her bedroom.
F Gol Golding, William. Lord of the Flies. World Classic. First
published in 1954.
After a plane crash strands them on a tropical island
while the rest of the world is ravaged by war, a group of British schoolboys
attempts to form a civilized society but descends into brutal anarchy.
Goldman,
William. Princess Bride, The. American Classic. Fairy
tale. First published in 1973.
Westley, a farm boy, goes off to seek his fortune
shortly after declaring his love for Buttercup, the most beautiful woman in the
world, but their relationship is put to the test when his ship is captured by
pirates and she is summoned to become the bride of the prince.
F Gre Greene,
Bette. Summer of My German Soldier. American Classic. First
published in 1973.
When German prisoners of war are brought to her
Grey,
Zane. Riders of the Purple Sage. American Classic. First
published in 1912.
ebook Jane Withersteen, a wealthy young woman and ranch owner
in Mormon Utah in the late 1800s, having angered the Church elders by refusing
to marry, is championed by Lassiter, a gunman who has a special dislike for the
Mormons.
301.45
Gri
The author, a white man, recounts his experiences when
he darkened his skin and traveled through the South as an African-American man.
F Gri Grisham,
John. Painted House, A. American Classic. First
published in 2003.
Seven-year-old
F Gri Grisham,
John. Time to Kill, A. American Classic. First
published in 1996.
In
F Gue Guest,
Judith. Ordinary People. American Classic. First
published in 1976.
After spending eight months in a mental institution
following a suicide attempt, seventeen-year-old Conrad returns home and finds
that he must rebuild his life.
B Gun Gunther,
John. Death Be Not Proud: a Memoir.
American Classic. First
published in 1949.
A biography of the author's son, who died at seventeen
after a fourteen-month illness caused by a brain tumor.
Haggard, H.
Rider. King Solomon’s Mines. World Classic. First
published in 1885.
The story of three men who trek to the remote interior
of
B Hal Haley,
Alex. Roots: the Saga of an American Family. American Classic. First published in 1976.
A black American traces his family's origins back to
the African who was brought to
Hall,
Oakley. Warlock. American Classic. Western. First published in 1958.
After Deputy Canning is shot down, the people of
Warlock send for Clay Blaisedell, a newly hired gun-slinging lawman who tries
to restore order to the mythical silver mining town of
F Ham Hammett,
Dashiell. Maltese Falcon, The. American Classic. First
published in 1930.
In
F Ham Hammett,
Dashiell. Thin Man, The. American Classic. First
published in 1934.
Detectives Nick and Nora
Charles investigate a murder.
812 Han
A three-act play concerned with the tensions in a
middle- class African American family living on
Hardy, Thomas. Far From the Madding Crowd. World Classic. First
published in 1874.
Gabriel Oak, in love with the beautiful heiress
Bathsheba Everdene, waits patiently while she works her way through the hearts
of local men.
F Har Hardy,
Thomas. Jude the Obscure. World Classic. First
published in 1895.
ebook The
story of Jude Fawley, an impoverished stonemason who aspires to the ministry
and fails to fulfill the opposite expectations of the two women he loves in
Victorian society.
F Har Hardy,
Thomas. Mayor of Casterbridge. World Classic. First
published in 1886.
ebook Michael
Henchard, an unemployed farmhand, gets drunk and sells his wife and baby
daughter. Years later, when he is the Mayor of Casterbridge, his past is
brought back to haunt him, and he reverts to drinking.
Hardy,
Thomas. Tess of the d’Urbervilles. World Classic. First
published in 1891.
ebook A
young woman who attempts to restore her family's fortunes, is seduced by a
heartless aristocrat, and is punished by society's double standards when she
gets a chance at real love.
F Haw Hawthorne,
Nathaniel. House of the Seven Gables. American Classic. First published in 1854.
ebook Follows
the Pyncheon family who lived for generations under a dead man's curse until
his death restored their house.
F Haw Hawthorne,
Nathaniel. Scarlet Letter, The. American Classic. First published in 1850.
ebook Classic tale about Hester Prynne, her lover, their
child, and Hester's husband, and the effect of sin on the mind and spirit of these
characters.
Head,
Ann. Mr. And Mrs. Bo Jo Jones. American Classic. First
published in 1967.
A pregnant sixteen-year-old bride and her
seventeen-year-old groom have serious problems adjusting to their new life.
F Hei Heinlein, Robert A. Citizen
of the Galaxy. American Classic. Science Fiction. First published in 1957.
A youth who has known only the primitive life of a
galaxy slave is purchased by a beggar who turns out to be a man with many
extracurricular activities.
F Hei Heinlein, Robert
A. Have Space Suit—Will Travel. American Classic. Science
Fiction. First published in 1958.
A high school senior wins a space suit in a soap jingle
contest, takes a last walk wearing "Oscar" before cashing him in for
college tuition, and suddenly finds himself on a space odyssey.
F Hei Heinlein,
Robert A. Starman Jones. American Classic. Science Fiction. First published in 1953.
When his stepmother's remarriage drives him from home,
Max and a hobo fake their way into the Space Stewards, Cooks, and Purser's
Clerks brotherhood to get an opportunity for space travel in an age when only
the wealthy are privileged.
F Hei Heinlein,
Robert A. Stranger in a Strange Land. American Classic. Science
Fiction. First published in 1961.
After his arrival on Earth from his home on Mars,
Valentine Michael Smith becomes the founder and pastor of a new religious sect.
F Hel Heller,
Joseph. Catch 22. American Classic. First published in 1961.
Captain
Yossarian, a paranoid bomber pilot stationed in the Italian theater during
World War II, faces a "catch-22" in this comic novel when he wants to
fly fewer combat missions.
F Hem Hemingway,
Ernest. Farewell to Arms, A. American Classic. First published in 1929.
An American ambulance officer serving on the
Austro-Italian front deserts to join an English nurse after the retreat of
Caporetto.
F Hem Hemingway,
Ernest. For Whom the
The story of an American, Robert Jordan, who fought
during the Civil War in
F Hem Hemingway,
Ernest. Old Man and the Sea, The. American Classic. First published in 1952.
An old fisherman battles the sea and sharks to bring
home the giant marlin he caught.
F Hem Hemingway, Ernest. Sun Also
Rises, The. American Classic. First
published in 1926.
Focuses on a "lost generation" of Americans
who fought in
F Her Herbert,
Frank. Dune. American Classic. Science
Fiction. First published in 1965.
Dune tells the story of young
Paul Atreides, as he and his family accept control of the desert planet
Arrakis,
the only source of the spice melange, the most important and valuable
substance in the universe.
B Her Herriot, James. All
Creatures Great and Small. World Classic.
Autobiography. First published in
1972.
Presents the
first-hand account of a young English veterinarian starting his career in the
Yorkshires nearly forty years ago.
F Her Hersey,
John.
During World War
II an American Major is placed in charge of the Italian
940.54
Her Hersey, John.
An account of the dropping of an atomic bomb on
F Hes Hesse,
Hermann. Siddhartha. World Classic. First published
in German in 1923, translated in 1951.
A moral allegory, set in ancient
Hesse,
Hermann. Steppenwolf. World Classic. First published
in German in 1927.
Harry Haller, a joyless, reclusive intellectual,
finally learns to reconcile the warring parts of his personality after meeting
Hermine, a woman who knows how to enjoy life.
F Hil Hilton,
James. Goodbye, Mr. Chips. World Classic. First published
in 1934.
A retired teacher reminisces about his years at
F Hil Hilton,
James. Lost Horizon. World Classic. First published
in 1933.
Conway, one of four people whose plane crashed while
they were fleeing a civil war in a foreign land, is rescued along with the rest
of his group by a mysterious Chinese man who takes them to safety in
Shangri-la, a land of peace and beauty where they are offered near immortality
on the condition that they never leave.
Hinton,
S.E. Rumble Fish. American Classic. First
published in 1975.
A junior high school boy idolizes his older brother, the
coolest, toughest guy in the neighborhood, and wants to be just like him.
Hinton,
S.E.
The love between two teen-age brothers helps to
alleviate the harshness of their usually parentless life as they struggle to
grow up.
Hinton,
S.E. That was Then, This is Now. American Classic. First
published in 1971.
Sixteen-year-old Mark and Bryon have been like brothers
since childhood, but now, as their involvement with girls, gangs, and drugs
increases, their relationship seems to gradually disintegrate.
Howells,
William Dean. Hazard of New Fortunes. American Classic. First
published 1889.
A
novel that juxtaposes people of various classes and places in 1880s
F How Howells,
William. Rise of Silas Lapham, The. American Classic. First
published in 1885.
ebook Yankee
Silas Lapham, a self-made millionaire, attempts to crash
Hughes,
Langston. Tambourines to Glory. American Classic. First
published in 1958.
Classic novel about two women from
F Hug Hugo,
Victor. Hunchback of Notre Dame. World Classic. First published
in French in 1830, translated in 1831.
In fifteenth-century
F Hug Hugo,
Victor. Les Miserables. World Classic. First published
in 1862.
Nineteenth-century French novel about Jean Valjean, a
peasant who is released from prison, where he spent nineteen years for stealing
a loaf of bread for his starving family, only to find himself threatened by
people and events from his past.
F Hur Hurston, Zora
Neale. Their Eyes Were Watching God.
American Classic. First
published in 1937.
An African-American woman searches for a fulfilling
relationship through two loveless marriages and finally finds it in the person
of Tea Cake, an itinerant laborer and gambler.
F Hux Huxley,
Aldous. Brave New World. World Classic. First published
in 1932.
A satirical novel about the utopia of the future, a
world in which babies are decanted from bottles and the great Ford is
worshipped.
839.8 Ibs Isben, Henrik. Doll’s House, A. World Classic.
First published in 1879.
839 Ibs Nineteenth-century
drama that examines the human struggle against the humiliating constraints of
social conformity.
F Irv Irving,
John. Prayer for Owen Meany, A. American Classic. First
published in 1989.
A terrifying and
unforgettable story of what happens in Meany's life as a result of hitting a
foul ball that kills his best friend's mother.
F Jac Jackson, Helen Hunt.
Ramona. American Classic. First published 1884.
Ramona, an illegitimate half-Indian orphan, lives a
privileged life as a ward on the Moreno ranch until her love for an Indian
causes her to leave the ranch and plunges her into the tragedies and poverty of
life among the Indians.
F Jac Jackson,
Shirley. Haunting of Hill House. American Classic. First
published in 1959.
Four visitors to Hill House are unaware that the old
evil mansion will soon choose one of them to make its own.
F Jac Jackson,
Shirley. We Have Always Lived in the
Castle. American Classic. First
published in 1962.
Merricat Blackwood protects her sister, Constance, from
the curiosity and hostility of the villagers after murders occur on the family
estate.
F Jam James,
Henry. Daisy Miller. American Classic. First published in 1878.
ebook Classic novella about a captivating young American,
Daisy Miller, whose behavior causes conflicting feelings in the mind of
would-be suitor, Winterbourne.
F Jam James,
Henry. Portrait of a Lady, The. American Classic. First published in 1881.
In
the late 1800s, American girl Isabel Archer travels to
F Jam James,
Henry. Turn of the Screw, The. American Classic. First published in 1898.
Presents the nineteenth-century short story in which a
governess believes her two charges, ten-year-old Miles and eight-year-old
Flora, are being haunted by the ghosts of former servants.
F Joy Joyce,
James. Portrait of the Artist as a
Young Man, A. World Classic. First published
in 1916.
Traces the
childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood of Stephen Dedalus, a character
based on author James Joyce's life.
830 Kaf Kafka, Franz. Metamorphosis,
The. World Classic. First published in 1915.
A young man wakes up one morning to find himself
transformed into a giant beetle-like insect. He becomes an object of disgrace
to his family and an alienated man.
Kafka, Franz. Trial, The. World Classic.
First published in 1925.
Joseph K. is suddenly arrested and must spend the rest
of his life fighting a charge against him about which he can get no
information.
B Kel Keller,
Helen. Story of My Life, The. American Classic. Biography. First published in 1903.
An
autobiography of Helen Keller, written while she was a young woman, in which
she tells of her early life, her relationship with her teacher Anne Sullivan,
and her struggles to triumph over blindness and deafness.
920
Ken Kennedy, John F.
Profiles in Courage. American Classic. First
published in 1956.
Presents John F. Kennedy's Pulitzer Prize-winning study
of men who, at a risk to themselves, stood fast for a principle, covering John
Quincy Adams, Daniel Webster, Sam Houston, Robert Taft, and others.
F Ker Kerouac,
Jack. On the Road. American Classic. First
published in 1957.
A thinly fictionalized autobiography chronicling the
author’s cross-country adventure across
F Kes Kesey,
Ken. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. American Classic. First published in 1962.
The struggle for power between a head nurse and a male
patient in a mental institution leads to a climax of hate, violence, and death.
F Key Keyes,
Daniel. Flowers for Algernon. American Classic. First
published in 1966.
Charlie Gordon, born with an unusually low IQ, must
face his gradual return to his former state when the astounding results of an
experimental surgery that increased his intelligence prove to be only
temporary.
F Kin Kingsolver,
Barbara. Bean Trees, The. American Classic. First
published in 1988.
A
memoir of the American-born daughter of Chinese immigrants who lived within the
traditions and fears of the Chinese past as well as the realities of the alien
modern American culture.
Kipling,
Rudyard. Captains Courageous. World Classic. First published
in 1897.
A sheltered American heir to a fortune is saved from
drowning by a
F Kip Kipling,
Rudyard. Kim. World Classic. First published
in 1901.
Classic story of
Kim, an Irish orphan who grows up in
F Kno Knowles,
John. Separate Peace, A. American Classic. First published in 1959.
Gene Forrester looks back fifteen years to a World War
II year in which he and his best friend Phineas were roommates in a
305.23 Kot Kotlowitz,
Alex. There Are No Children Here: the
story of two boys growing up in the other America. American Classic. First published in 1991.
Explores life in an inner city
959.704 Kov Kovic, Ron. Born
on the Fourth of July. American Classic. First published in 1976.
A veteran of
917.9804
Kra KraKauer, Jon. Into
the Wild. First published in 1996.
Tells the story of Chris McCandless, a
twenty-four-year-old who walked into the Alaskan wilderness on an idealistic
journey and was found dead of starvation four months later. Attempts to
discover what led the young man to that point.
796.522
Kra KraKauer, Jon. Into
Thin Air. First published in 1997.
The author relates his experience of climbing
LaFarge,
Oliver. Laughing Boy. American Classic. First
published in 1929.
A young silversmith, Laughing Boy, falls in love with
Slim Girl, a beautiful educated Navajo girl; however, their relationship is
threatened by the changing way of life in the American Southwest.
L’Amour,
Louis. Hondo. American Classic. First
published in 1983.
The story of a lonely, harsh man, yet beneath the
harshness and the necessary violence, he was a kind and just man who had come
to terms with the land in which he lived.
F L’Am L’Amour,
Louis. Sackett’s land. American Classic. First
published in 1975.
The adventures of members of the Sackett family in the
frontier West.
L’Amour, Louis. To the Far
Follows the adventures of members of the Sackett family
in the frontier West.
Larsen,
Nella. Passing. American Classic. First
published in 1929.
Irene, an African-American woman with a comfortable
life, is disturbed by the return of a childhood friend, Clare, who has passed
for white since adolescence and now wants to rejoin the African-American
community.
Lawrence, D. H. Sons and
Lovers. World Classic. First published in 1913.
ebook Paul
Morel, a painter from a British working-class family, is unable to choose
between his possessive mother and two young beautiful women.
812
Law Lawrence, Jerome.
Inherit the Wind. American Classic. Drama. First published in 1951.
Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's 1951 play based on
the Scopes Trial in
F Lee Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. American Classic. First published in 1960.
Scout Finch, the young daughter of a local attorney in
the
Leroux,
Gaston. Phantom of the Opera, The. World Classic. First published
in 1909-1910.
ebook A
viscount seeks to unravel the mystery of the Paris Opera House and rescue the
woman he loves from the threat of the phantom of the opera.
F Lew Lewis,
Sinclair. Arrowsmith. American Classic. First
published in 1925.
The story of a doctor who struggles to maintain his
integrity as he is forced to give up successive positions as an instructor in
medicine, small town doctor, and research pathologist-by various obstacles.
F Lew Lewis,
Sinclair. Babbitt. American Classic. First published in 1922.
ebook George Babbitt, a successful middle-aged businessman
living in 1920s
F Lew Lewis, Sinclair.
ebook After marrying doctor Will Kennicott, young,
free-spirited Carol Milford finds it difficult to adjust to life in a small
town in
F Lip Lipsyte,
Robert. Contender, The. American Classic. First
published in 1967.
After a successful start in a boxing career, a
Llewellyn,
Richard. How Green was My Valley. World Classic. First
published in 1939.
Tells the story of Huw Morgan, his gentle but
tyrannical father, his strong-willed brothers and sisters, and his brave and
beloved mother.
F Lon
Humphrey Van Weyden, having endured weeks of brutality
at the hands of Captain Wolf Larsen, decides to take desperate measures to save
himself and rest of the crew aboard the "Ghost."
London,
Jack. Star Rover, The. American Classic. First
published in 1915.
A novel based on
F Lon
ebook Chronicles a wolf-dog's struggles to survive in two
worlds, those of people and other dogs, where he endures abuse and a career as
a vicious fight dog before learning to trust one of the "gods," a
human.
320.1 Mac Machiavelli,
Niccolo. Prince, The. World Classic. First
published in 1532.
Presents fifteenth-century Italian leader Niccolo
Machiavelli's treatise on political power, statecraft, and the qualities of the
ideal ruler.
Malory, Sir
Thomas. Le Morte d’Arthur. World Classic. First
published in 1485.
The standard account of King Arthur and his knights,
the story of the dream of the Round Table, knightly honor, and a just earthly
government, all dissolved through human frailty.
305.4092 Mah Mahmoody, Betty. Not without my daughter. American Classic. First published in 1987.
The true story of Betty Mahmoody's desperate struggle
to survive and to escape with her daughter from the alien and frightening
culture of
F Mal Malamud,
Bernard. Fixer, The. American Classic. First
published in 1966.
Yakov Bok, a Jewish handyman, is accused of the murder
of a young Russian boy and refuses to confess to a crime he did not commit in
spite of the injustices committed against him.
B Mal Malcolm
X. Autobiography of Malcolm X, The.
American Classic. First
published in 1965.
The personal story of the man who rose from hoodlum,
thief, dope peddler, and pimp to become a leader of the Black Revolution of the
1960s.
Mann,
Thomas.
The story of Hans Castorp, an unassuming young engineer
who ponders the meaning of life, time, and love while being treated for
tuberculosis in a sanatorium.
Marquez,
Gabriel Garcia. One Hundred Years of Solitude. World Classic. First
published in 1967.
The rise and
fall, birth and death of the mythical town of
F Mar Marshall,
Catherine. Christy. American Classic. First
published in 1967.
In 1912, nineteen-year-old Christy Huddleston leaves
her comfortable home to teach in a one-room schoolhouse in an isolated area of
the Great Smokies.
F Mau Maugham,
William Somerset. Of Human Bondage. World Classic. First
published in 1915.
ebook An
autobiographical novel about a young man with the doublehandicap of being
clubfooted and an orphan. Philip Carey
is brought up by a self-indulgent Victorian clergyman, sheds his religious
faith as a young man, and begins to study art in
F McC McCullers,
Carson. Heart is a Lonely Hunter, The. American Classic. First
published in 1940.
A deaf mute who has lost his only friend to a hospital
for the insane becomes the recipient of the confidences of several other town
residents.
F McC McCullers,
Carson. Member of the Wedding, The. American Classic. First published in 1946.
Frankie Addams, a motherless twelve-year-old raised by
her father and the family's African-American cook, struggles with conflicting
feelings about her brother's upcoming wedding.
F Mel Melville,
Herman. Bartleby the Scrivener. American Classic. First published in 1853.
Bartleby, a copyist at a
F Mel Melville,
Herman. Benito Cereno. American Classic. First
published in 1855.
ebook A
story of rebellion aboard a slave ship.
F Mel Melville,
Herman. Billy Bud. American Classic. First
published in 1924.
Powerful tale of innocence
victimized by harsh reality on the high seas.
F Mel Melville,
Herman. Moby Dick. American Classic. First published in 1851.
ebook American epic tells a tale about a captain of a whaleship
and his obsession to catch the whale named Moby Dick.
F Mel Melville,
Herman. Typee. American Classic. First
published in 1846.
ebook Story of Toby and Tommo, two sailors who flee their
harsh life as sailors only to fall into the hands of the mysterious Typee
tribe.
812
Mil Miller, Arthur. Crucible,
The. American Classic. Drama. First published in 1953.
A
vengeful teenager in 1692
812
Mil Miller, Arthur. Death
of a Salesman. American Classic. Drama.
First published in 1949.
Pulitzer Prize-winning play in which Willy Loman, a
sixty-three-year-old traveling salesman, is forced to face the reality he has
avoided all his life.
F Mil Miller,
Walter. Canticle for Leibowitz, A. American Classic. Science
Fiction. First published in 1959.
Many years after a nuclear war, scholars seeking the
old learning come to a monastery where much knowledge has been preserved.
F Mit Mitchell,
Margaret. Gone With the Wind. American Classic. First
published in 1936.
After the Civil War sweeps away the genteel life to
which she has been accustomed, Scarlett O'Hara sets about to salvage her
plantation home.
F Mom Momaday, N.
Scott. House Made of Dawn. American Classic. First
published in 1969.
Abel, a young American Indian home from a foreign war,
finds himself torn between his father's world on the reservation and the lure
of industrial
Monsarrat,
Nicholas. Cruel Sea, The. World Classic. First
published in 1951.
The story of the
F Mon Montgomery,
Lucy. Anne of Green Gables. World Classic. First
published in 1908.
Anne, an eleven-year-old orphan, is sent by mistake to
live with a lonely, middle-aged brother and sister on a
Moody,
Anne. Coming of Age in
The personal story of a young African-American woman
growing up in 1940s and 1950s
Morrison,
Toni. Beloved. American Classic. First
published in 1987.
Sethe, an escaped slave living in post-Civil War
F Mor Morrison,
Toni. Bluest Eye, The. American Classic. First
published in 1970.
An eleven-year-old African-American girl in
F Mor Morrison,
Toni. Song of Solomon. American Classic. First
published in 1977.
Follows the life of Macon Dead, Jr., the son of the
richest black family in a midwestern town, as he leaves home on a quest for
personal freedom.
F Mor Morrison,
Toni. Sula. American Classic. First
published in 1974.
Sula Peace returns to her hometown of Medallion, Ohio,
in 1937 after a decade away, bringing danger and controversy into the life of
her childhood friend Nel--now a conventional housewife--with whom she shares a
dark secret.
F Nor Nordhoff,
Charles. Mutiny on the Bounty. American Classic. First
published in 1932.
A fictionalized account of the 1789 mutiny in which the
crew of the "H.M.S. Bounty" rebelled against the tyrannical Captain
Bligh and set him overboard along with eleven other crew members.
O’Brien,
Tim. Going after Cacciato. American Classic. First
published in 1978.
An American soldier in
O’Brien, Tim. Northern Lights. American Classic. First
published in 1975.
In 1970, two brothers, one who went to
F O’Br O’Brien,
Tim. Things They Carried, The. American Classic. First
published in 1990.
A collection related fiction short stories with
recurring characters, interwoven plot and themes told by a foot soldier
retelling his experiences in the Vietnam War.
F O’Co O’Connor, Flannery. Wise
Blood. American Classic. First published in 1952.
After his release from the army at age twenty-two,
Hazel Motes of Eastrod,
O’Neill,
Depicts the struggles of the Tyrone family as they face
drug addiction, alcohol abuse, tuberculosis, and lost dreams in this
semi-autobiographical play.
F Orc Orczy,
Emmuska. Scarlet Pimpernel, The. World Classic. First
published in 1905.
A classic adventure novel in which Sir Percy Blakeney
defies French revolutionaries in order to save innocent men and women from being
put to death in the guillotine.
F Orw Orwell,
George. Animal Farm. World Classic. First
published in 1946.
A
political satire in which the animals take over running the farm but find their
utopian state turning into a dictatorship.
F Orw Orwell, George. 1984. World Classic.
First published in 1945.
Depicts life in a totalitarian regime of the future.
F Par Parks,
Gordon. Learning Tree, The. American Classic. First
published in 1963.
An African-American youth in a small town in
F Pas Pasternak,
Boris. Doctor Zhivago. World Classic. First
published in 1958.
In
F Pat Paton, Alan. Cry, the Beloved
Country. World Classic. First published in 1948.
Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo travels to
F Pec Peck, Robert Newton. Day No
Pigs Would Die, A. American Classic. First
published in 1972.
To a thirteen-year-old Vermont farm boy whose father
slaughters pigs for a living, maturity comes early as he learns "doing
what's got to be done," especially regarding his pet pig who cannot
produce a litter.
Peck,
Richard. Something for Joey. American Classic. Biography. First
published in 1978.
Biography
of football player John Cappelletti, winner of the 1973 Heisman Trophy, and his
younger brother Joey, who fought a losing battle with leukemia.
F Pla Plath,
Sylvia. Bell Jar, The. American Classic. First
published in 1963.
The author presents a first-person narrative that
chronicles the mental break-down of Esther Greenwood from the doctor's office
to the asylum.
Potok,
Chaim. Chosen, The. American Classic. First
published in 1967.
Recounts the story of Reuven Malter and Danny
Saunders--one an orthodox Jew, the other the son of a Hasidic rabbi--and the
course of their friendship as they grow up in
398
Pyl Pyle, Howard. Story
of King Arthur and his Knights, The.
American Classic. First
published in 1903.
Tells of King Arthur, his rise to the throne, the
winning of his queen, and the stories of the three worthies of his court,
Merlin, Sir Pellias, and Sir Gawaine.
F Ran Rand, Ayn. Anthem. American Classic. First
published in 1938.
ebook In a
future world, only one man dares to think, strive, and love as an individual in
the midst of a paralyzing collective humanity.
F Ran Rand,
Ayn. Atlas Shrugged. American Classic. First
published in 1957.
A satire on the follies and dangers of collectivism in
which the
F Ran Rand,
Ayn. Fountainhead, The. American Classic. First
published in 1943.
The story of a gifted young architect, his violent
battle against conventional standards, and his explosive love affair with a
beautiful woman who struggles to defeat him.
F Ran Rand,
Ayn. We the Living. American Classic. First
published in 1936.
In the time of the Russian Revolution, Kira is torn
between two men who love her, one a Communist, the other an aristocrat.
F Rem Remarque, Erich. All Quiet on
the Western Front. World Classic. First published in 1929.
Depicts the
experiences of a group of young German soldiers fighting and suffering during
the last days of World War I.
F Ric Rice,
Anne. Interview with the Vampire.
American Classic. First
published in 1976.
Presents the confessions of Louis, a vampire, and tells
of his relationship with the vampire Lestat.
808.812 Twe Rose, Reginald. Twelve Angry Men. American Classic. Drama. First published in 1954.
A play in which a juror in a murder trial holds out on
a guilty verdict and tries to get the other jurors to look at the situation
without being swayed by their personal prejudices or biases.
842 Ros Rostand,
ebook Classic
play about an unattractive swordsman who falls in love with a beautiful woman,
but courts her for a handsome but slow-witted suitor.
Sabatini,
Rafael. Scaramouche. World Classic. First
published in 1921.
ebook Lawyer
Andre-Louis Moreau, appalled by the death of his best friend at the hands of a
member of the aristocracy, assumes the role of the clown Scaramouche with an
acting troupe in pre-Revolutionary
F Sal Salinger,
J. D. Catcher in the
An adolescent boy, knowing he is about to be dropped by
his school, spends three days and nights in
F Sar Saroyan,
William. Human Comedy, The. American Classic. First
published in 1944.
Working as a telegraph messenger in
F Sch Schaefer,
Jack. Shane. American Classic. First
published in 1949.
A stranger rides into a small
F Sco Scott, Sir
Walter. Ivanhoe. World Classic. First
published in 1819.
ebook Relates
the adventures of the Saxon knight Ivanhoe in 1194, the year of Richard the
Lion-Hearted's return from the Third Crusade.
F Sha Shaara,
Jeff. Gods and Generals. American Classic. Written as a
prequel to The Killer Angels. First published in 1996.
This Civil War novel traces the lives, passions, and
careers of military leaders Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Winfield
Scott Hancock, Joshua Chamberlain, and Robert E. Lee, who all meet on the same
battlefield for the first time at
F Sha Shaara,
Michael. Killer Angels, The. American Classic. First
published in 1974.
A fictional account of four days in July, 1863 at the
Battle of Gettysburg discussing tactics, plans, and preparations for battle
from both the Northern and Southern points of view.
820.8 Pyg Shaw, George Bernard. Pygmalion. World Classic.
First published in 1913.
A play about Eliza Doolittle, an untutored flower girl
who is transformed into a "duchess" with the help of Henry Higgins.
F She Shelley, Mary. Frankenstein. World Classic.
First published in 1818.
ebook Mary Shelley's classic nineteenth-century horror
classic about a crazed doctor who creates a monster from dead body parts.
943.086 Shi Shirer, William
L. Rise and Fall of the Third Reich,
The. World Classic. First
published in 1960.
Describes the rise of Adolf Hitler to power, the birth
of the Nazi party, the Nazification of Germany, the war and the last days of
the Third Reich.
F Shu Shulman, Irving.
Maria, a young Puerto Rican girl living in
F Shu Shute,
Nevil. On the Beach. World Classic. First
published in 1957.
Survivors of an atomic war face an inevitable end as
radiation poisoning moves toward
Shute,
Nevil. Town Like
Tells the story of a young woman, Jean, who sets out on
a journey following the memory of a lost love in
F Smi Smiley, Jane. Thousand Acres,
A. American Classic. First
published in 1991.
Dark truths and long-suppressed emotions come to the
surface in 1979 when a successful
F Sin Sinclair,
ebook Describes
the conditions of the
F Sol Solzhenitsyn, Aleksandr Isaevich. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. World Classic. First published
in 1963.
The story of a man-made hell--the Soviet work camps -
and of one man's struggle to survive in the face of the most determined efforts
to destroy him.
F Ste Steinbeck,
John. Grapes of Wrath, The. American Classic. First
published in 1939.
The story of a farm family's Depression-era journey
from the Dustbowl of Oklahoma to the
F Ste Steinbeck,
John. Pearl, The. American Classic. First
published in 1947.
Terrible events follow the discovery of a magnificent
pearl by a poor Mexican fisherman.
F Ste Steinbeck,
John. Red Pony, The. American Classic. First
published in 1933.
Ten-year-old Jody learns about life and death through
her ownership of a beautiful red pony.
F Ste Steinbeck,
John. Tortilla Flat. American Classic. First
published in 1935.
Above the town of
Stendahl. Red and the Black, The. World Classic. First published
in 1930.
Julien Sorel, the handsome, ambitious son of a country
carpenter in nineteenth-century
F Ste Stevenson,
Robert Louis. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. World Classic. First
published in 1886.
ebook Dr.
Jekyll, a kind and well-respected
F Ste Stevenson,
Robert Louis. Kidnapped. World Classic. First
published in 1886.
ebook In
1751, David Balfour, a Scottish boy, is cheated out of his inheritance by his
uncle, who has him kidnapped, sold as a slave, and thrown onto a ship--but with
the help of a fugitive, David fights his captors, makes a daring escape amidst
a shipwreck, and hopes to survive a treacherous journey home.
F Ste Stevenson, Robert Louis.
ebook Classic
novel about Jim Hawkins, a young boy who finds a treasure map and embarks upon
an exciting journey to find the buried treasure of Captain Flint.
Stewart,
Mary.
Merlin, the son of a Welsh princess, survives a
perilous childhood on his way to fulfill his destiny as mentor, advisor, and
friend to King Arthur.
Stewart,
Mary. Hollow Hills, The. World Classic. Sequel to: The
crystal cave. First published in 1973.
Sequel to: The crystal cave. The second novel in the
Arthurian Saga finds prophet and enchanter Merlin Ambrosius keeping watch over
his orphaned charge, young Arthur Pendragon, until the fateful day when Arthur
fulfills his destiny by pulling a fabled sword from a stone to claim the throne
of
Stewart,
Mary. Last Enchantment, The. World Classic. 3rd
in Arthurian Saga. First
published in 1979.
As King Arthur struggles to achieve unity in
F Sto Stoker, Bram. Dracula. World Classic.
First published in 1897.
ebook Having
discovered the double identity of the wealthy Transylvanian nobleman, Count
Dracula, a small group of people vow to rid the world of the evil vampire.
F Sto Stowe,
Harriet Beecher. Uncle Tom’s Cabin. American Classic. First
published in 1852.
Presents the controversial novel, published in 1852, in
which author Harriet Beecher Stowe offers an indictment of the pre-Civil War
South through the story of Uncle Tom, an elderly slave who maintains his human
dignity in the face of cruelty, suffering, and death.
F Sty Styron,
William. Sophie’s Choice. American Classic. First
published in 1979.
Three friends, Stingo, a twenty-two-year-old writer;
Sophie, a survivor of the Nazi camps; and Nathan, her mercurial lover, share
magical, heart-warming times until doom overtakes them as Sophie's and Nathan's
darkest secrets are revealed.
F Swi Swift,
Jonathan. Gulliver’s Travels. World Classic. First
published in 1726.
The voyages of an Englishman carry him to a land of
people six inches high, a land of giants, an island of sorcerers, and a land
where horses are masters of human-like creatures.
Tada, Joni
Eareckson. Joni: an unforgettable story. American Classic. First
published in 1989.
Christian author and artist Joni Eareckson Tada
describes the physical, emotional, and spiritual struggle she underwent after a
diving accident left her quadriplegic at the age of seventeen.
F Tan Tan,
Amy. Joy Luck Club. American Classic. First
published in 1989.
In 1949 four Chinese women began meeting in
940.54 Ten Boom,
Corrie. Hiding
Place, The. . World Classic. First
published in 1971.
This true story of two sisters sent to a Nazi
concentration camp for helping Jews tells how their faith helped them to
overcome its horrors.
F Tha Thackeray,
William Makepeace. Vanity Fair. World Classic. First
published in 1848.
ebook A
satirical look at Victorian manners recounting the experiences of two finishing
school graduates, Becky Sharp and Amelia Sedley.
F Tol Tolkien, J.
R. R. Fellowship of the Ring. World Classic. Fantasy. Volume I of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
Frodo the hobbit and a band of warriors from the
different kingdoms set out to destroy the Ring of Power before the evil Sauron
grasps control.
F Tol Tolkien, J. R. R. Hobbit, The, or There and Back Again. World Classic.
Fantasy. First published in 1937.
Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives
comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf
chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return.
F Tol Tolkien, J. R. R. Lord of the Rings Trilogy. World Classic. First published in 1954-1955.
A one-volume edition of the trilogy which tells of the
quest undertaken by the hobbit Frodo and his companions to journey across
Middle-earth and cast the evil One Ring, into the Cracks of Doom. Includes
fifty specially commissioned paintings by Alan Lee.
F Tol Tolkien, J.
R. R. Return of the King. World Classic. Fantasy. Volume III of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
Tells of the opposing strategies of the wizard Gandalf
and the evil Sauron as Frodo amd Sam struggle to end the great darkness with
the Ring of Power.
F Tol Tolkien, J.
R. R. Two Towers, The. World Classic. Fantasy. Volume II of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy.
Recounts the deeds of the individual members of the
Fellowship of the Ring after being divided by an attack of orc-soldiers,
following Frodo and his servant Samwise on their continuing quest to destroy
the Ring of Power in the
F Tol Tolstoy, Leo. War and Peace. World Classic.
First published in 1869.
Classic epic novel about the lives of five aristocratic
families in
Trumbo,
A young man who was severely wounded in World War One
thinks about his life and about the horror and futility of war and its toll on
him.
F Cle Twain,
Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. American Classic. First published in 1885.
ebook Huckleberry Finn, the son of the town drunk, and Jim, an
escaped slave, make a break for freedom down the
F Cle Twain,
Mark. Adventures of Tom Sawyer. American Classic. First
published in 1876.
ebook The
tale of a mischievous boy growing up in a nineteenth-century
F Cle Twain,
Mark. Connecticut Yankee in King
Arthur’s Court, A. American Classic. First
published in 1889.
ebook Nineteenth-century mechanic Hank Morgan suffers a blow
to the head and wakes up in King Arthur's Court where he tries to introduce
modern technology and political ideas to the inhabitants.
818 Twa Twain,
Mark. Innocents Abroad, The. American Classic. First
published in 1869.
Mark
Twain's classic 1869 chronicle of his travels with a group of fellow
"pilgrims" through Europe and the
F Cle Twain,
Mark. Life on the
ebook An
account of life on the
F Cle Twain, Mark. Prince and the
Pauper, The. American Classic. First
published in 1881.
ebook When young Edward VI of
F Cle Twain,
Mark. Pudd’nHead
ebook Hoping to ensure a better life for her child, a young
slave woman exchanges her light-skinned baby for her master's.
Twain,
Mark. Tramp Abroad, A. American Classic. First
published in 1880.
ebook An
edited version of Mark Twain's description of his adventures on a walking trip
across
F Tyl Tyler,
Anne. Accidental Tourist, The. American Classic. First
published in 1985.
Macon Leary, the lonely author of guidebooks for
traveling businessmen, has become very set in his ways, but he is forced into
an engagement with life after meeting Muriel, a woman with a talent for finding
adventure.
F Upd Updike,
John. Centaur, The. American Classic. First
published in 1963.
Retells the myth of Chiron, wisest of the centaurs who
gives up immortality for Prometheus, in a modern setting where Chiron is a
high-school science teacher, George Caldwell, and Prometheus is his
fifteen-year-old son, Peter.
Updike,
John. Rabbit at Rest. American Classic. First
published in 1990.
Ex-basketball player Harry "Rabbit" Angstrom
has acquired heart trouble, a second grandchild, and he is looking for a reason
to live.
F Tyl Updike, John. Rabbit Run. American Classic. First published in 1960.
Twenty-six-year-old Harry (Rabbit) Angstrom, unhappy
with his life, deserts his pregnant wife and young son and becomes involved
with another woman, but when his wife gives birth, he returns home, only to be
met by tragedy.
F Ver Verne, Jules.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
World Classic. First published in 1869.
Captain Nemo and his submarine, the Nautilus, find
three men in the sea and take them on a journey to the ocean bottom to see
riches and cities, but the men try to escape when they realize they are not
happy aboard the ship.
F Ver Verne, Jules. Around the World in Eighty Days. World Classic. First published in 1873.
ebook Eccentric
Englishman Phileas Fogg accepts a bet made at his
Voltaire. Candide. World Classic. First
published in 1759.
ebook The story of a simple, optimistic man whose travels
take him from one disaster to another.
F Von Vonnegut,
Kurt Jr. Breakfast of Champions. American Classic. Science
Fiction. First published in 1973.
Dwayne Hoover, a successful automobile dealer in
F Von Vonnegut,
Kurt Jr. Cat’s Cradle. American Classic. Science
Fiction. First published in 1963.
In the year 2000, a young man discovers ice-nine, which
can set off a chain reaction more deadly than a nuclear bomb, and a new prophet
whose teachings sweep the world.
F Von Vonnegut,
Kurt Jr. Sirens of Titan. American Classic. Science
Fiction. First published in 1959.
The richest, most depraved man in
F Von Vonnegut,
Kurt Jr. Slaughterhouse-Five. American Classic. Science
Fiction. First published in 1969.
A fourth-generation German-American is tortured by his
memories of the firebombing of
F Wal Walker,
Tells
the story of two sisters: Nettie, a missionary in
Wallace,
Edgar and Merian C. Cooper. King Kong. World Classic. First
published in 1933.
A novelization of the classic "King Kong"
film about a giant gorilla that was captured from
F War Warren,
Robert Penn. All the King’s Men. American Classic. First
published in 1946.
Willie Stark, a well-intentioned, idealistic,
back-country lawyer is unable to resist greed for power and lust for politics
during his rise and fall as an American demagogue.
301.451
Thr Washington, Booker T.
Up from Slavery. American Classic. First
published in 1901.
ebook Booker T. Washington, the son of a slave woman and a
white man, recounts his rise from slavery to become the most influential black
leader of his time in the
812 Was Wasserman,
Dale. Man of
Based on Don Quixote, this
is a popular and enduring play.
Wells, H.
G. First Men in the Moon, The. World Classic. First
published in 1901.
ebook Cavor,
a scientist, and his materialistic companion Bedford, travel to the moon in a
ship built by Cavor, where they encounter a hostile race of biologically
engineered creatures.
F Wel Wells, H.
G. Invisible Man, The. World Classic. Science Fiction. First published in 1897.
ebook The
tale of a scientist who discovers how to make his body become invisible, but,
when he can't make himself visible again, becomes violently insane.
Wells, H.
G.
Dr. Moreau, a scientist, finds an isolated island that
gives him the freedom to create hideous creatures with human intelligence.
F Wel Wells,
H. G. The Time Machine. World Classic. Science Fiction. First published in 1895.
The Time Traveller journeys 800,000 years into the
future and discovers two bizarre races at war on the Earth, the ethereal Eloi
and the subterranean Morlocks.
F Wel Wells, H.
G. War of the Worlds. World Classic. Science
Fiction. First published in 1898.
ebook As
life on Mars becomes impossible, Martians and their terrifying machines invade
the Earth.
Wells, H.
G. When the Sleeper Wakes. World Classic. Science
Fiction. First published in 1910.
ebook In
the 1890s, Graham, a radical pamphleteer, resorts to medication to help his
insomnia and falls into a deep sleep that lasts two hundred years; when he
awakens he learns he is revered by an adoring population that views him as their
leader.
F Wel Welty,
Eudora. Optimist’s Daughter, The. American Classic. First
published in 1972.
A woman who has left the South returns when her father
is dying. After his death, she and her silly young stepmother go back to the
small
F Wha Wharton,
Edith. Ethan Frome. American Classic. First
published in 1911.
Contains the story of Ethan Frome, a
F Wha Wharton,
Edith. House of Mirth, The. First
published in 1905.
ebook Lily Bart, an orphaned child of a
F Whi White,
Theodore. Once and Future King, The. World Classic. First
published in 1940.
Tells the story of the youth and reign of King Arthur,
the establishment of the Round Table, and the search for the Holy Grail.
940.53 Wei Wiesel,
Elie. Night. World Classic. First
published in 1958.
Presents a true account
of the author's experiences as a Jewish boy in a Nazi concentration camp.
Wilde,
Oscar. Importance of Being Earnest,
The. World Classic. First
published in 1899.
ebook Jack
Worthing creates a fictitious brother Earnest who lives in
F Wil Wilde, Oscar. Picture of
Dorian Gray, The. World Classic. First published in 1891.
ebook A
remarkably handsome youth, Dorian Gray,
meets Lord Henry Wotton and is corrupted into a life of terrible evil.
F Wil Wilder,
Thornton.
A tiny footbridge in
808.82 Gas V.3 Wilder,
Thornton. Our Town. American Classic. Drama. First published in 1938.
Portrays life in Grover's Corner, New Hampshire, in the
early 1900's through the routine daily events and the major moments in the
lives of George Gibbs, Emily Webb, and their families; and how their lives,
although mundane, are touched by the universal forces of love, despair, apathy,
nature, and death.
258
Wil Wilkerson, David.
Cross and the Switchblade, The.
American Classic. First
published in 1963.
A minister who left his small church in
Williams,
John. Butcher’s Crossing. American Classic. First
published in 1960.
Will Andrews drops out of Harvard, heads west, and end
up at Butcher's Crossing, a small
808.82
Six Williams,
Amanda, a dominating mother, hopes to match her
crippled daughter, Laura, with an eligible "gentleman caller;" her
son, Tom, supports the family; and the painfully shy Laura evades her mother's
schemes and reality by retreating to the make-believe world of her glass animal
collection.
808.82
Tue Williams,
Blanche DuBois, a haggard and fragile southern beauty
finds her pathetic last grasp at happiness cruelly destroyed in large part by
her brother-in-law Stanley Kowalski.
F Wol Wolfe,
Thomas. Look Homeward, Angel: A Story
of the Buried Life. American Classic. First published in 1929.
Describes the coming of age of Eugene Gant, his boyhood
in
Wolfe,
Thomas. Of Time and the River: a Legend of Man’s Hunger in His Youth. American Classic. First
published in 1935.
Sequel to: Look homeward angel. Follows Eugene Grant in
his desperate search for fulfillment from rural
F Wol Wolfe,
Thomas. You Can’t Go Home Again. American Classic. First
published in 1940.
The story of an American artist who flees scandal,
bitterness, and despair as he journeys from his family home in a small Southern
town to the gaudy capitals of prewar Europe.
Describes a party gathered at a house on the Scottish
coast, in later years only caretakers have the house, and in the last part of
the story the house is again filled with surviving family members.
812 Wou Wouk,
Herman. Caine Mutiny, The: A Novel of world War II. American Classic. First
published in 1951.
This book is the account of a well-to-do man who serves
on a minesweeper during World War II, describing the events on the Navy ship
Caine and what ultimately led the first mate, Lieutenant Maryk, a man with
little schooling or experience, to take command of the vessel from Captain
Queeg and the subsequent court-martial of Maryk.
F Wou Wouk,
Herman. Marjorie Morningstar. American Classic. First
published in 1955.
A novel about a beautiful, popular,
F Wou Wouk, Herman. War and Remembrance. American Classic. First published in 1978.
Sequel to "The Winds of War. Follows the lives of members of the American
Henry family as they deal with the triumphs and tragedies of life during the
World War II years.
F Wou Wouk,
Herman. Winds of War. American Classic. First
published in 1971.
The lives of the members of the Henry family, headed by
Naval Commander 'Pug' Henry, are irrevocably changed in the days heading up to
the outbreak of World War II.
B Wri Wright,
Richard. Black Boy: (American Hunger) : A Record of Childhood and
Youth. American Classic. First
published in 1945.
The autobiography of an African-American writer,
recounting his early years and the harrowing experiences he encountered
drifting from
F Wri Wright,
Richard. Native Son. American Classic. First
published in 1940.
Trapped
in the poverty-stricken ghetto of