DPL - The Classics

If You Like... The Classics


	Emma Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, [1991], c1906. As daughter of the richest, most important man in the small provincial village of Highbury, Emma Woodhouse is firmly convinced that it is her right--perhaps even her "duty"--To arrange the lives of others. Considered by most critics to be Austen's most technically brilliant achievement, "Emma" sparkles with ironic insights into self-deception, self-discovery, and the interplay of love and power. Subjects Headings England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction. Young women -- England -- Fiction. Fathers and daughters -- Fiction. Female friendship -- Fiction. England -- Fiction.

	Pere Goriot. English Balzac, Honore de, 1799-1850. Roslyn, N.Y., Published for the Classics Club by W. J. Black [c1946] Subjects Headings Fathers and daughters -- France -- Paris -- Fiction. Aged men -- France -- Paris -- Fiction. France -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction. France -- History -- Louis XVIII, 1814-1824 -- Fiction.

	The Master and Margarita Bulgakov, Mikhail, 1891-1940. New York : Knopf, 1992.

	Heart of Darkness Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, c1993. In Conrad's haunting tale, Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the enigmatic Kurtz. Travelling to the heart of the African continent, he discovers how Kurtz has gained his position of power and influence over the local people. Marlow's struggle to fathom his experience involves him in a radical questioning of not only his own nature and values but the nature and values of his society. Subjects Headings Europeans -- Africa -- Fiction. Trading posts -- Fiction. Degeneration -- Fiction. Imperialism -- Fiction. Africa -- Fiction.

	Inferno. English & Italian Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. New York : Noonday Press, 1996, c1994. Subjects Headings Hell -- Poetry.

	Hard Times Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1992. Thomas Gradgrind, a practical man, brings up his two children, Louisa and Tom, accordingly, thoroughly suppressing the imaginative and emotional sides of their natures with devastating consequences. Subjects Headings Great Britain -- Fiction. Social problems -- Fiction.

	Invisible Man Ellison, Ralph. New York : Modern Library, 1994. Subjects Headings African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964 -- Fiction.

	The Sound and the Fury : An Authoritative Text, Backgrounds and Contexts, Criticism Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. New York : Norton, 1994. Subjects Headings Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Sound and the fury. People with mental disabilities -- Fiction. African American women cooks -- Fiction. Aristocracy (Social class) -- Fiction. Illegitimate children -- Fiction. Brothers and sisters -- Fiction. Mississippi -- Fiction. English fiction. United States.

	A Passage to India Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970. San Diego : Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1984. The murky personal relationship between an Englishwoman and an Indian doctor mirrors the troubled politics of colonialism. Adela Quested and her fellow British travelers, eager to experience the "real" India, develop a friendship with the urbane Dr. Aziz. While on a group outing, Adela and Dr. Aziz visit the Marabar caves together. As they emerge, Adela accuses the doctor of assaulting her. While Adela never actually claims she was raped, the decisions she makes ostracize her from both her countrymen and the natives, setting off a complex chain of events that forever changes the lives of all involved. This intense and moving story asks the listener serious questions about preconceptions regarding race, sex, religion, and truth. Subjects Headings India -- Social conditions -- Fiction. Race relations -- Fiction. British -- India -- Fiction.

	The Old Man and the Sea Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, c1952. Santiago is a Cuban fisherman who encounters a giant marlin in the Gulf Stream and the battle for his catch becomes one of survival against a band of marauding sharks. Subjects Headings Older men -- Fiction. Fishers -- Fiction. Male friendship -- Fiction. Cuba -- Fiction.

	Sometimes a Great Notion Kesey, Ken. New York : Penguin Books, 2006. Subjects Headings Strikes and lockouts -- Lumber trade -- Oregon -- Fiction. Oregon -- Fiction.

	Le Morte Darthur : The Winchester Manuscript Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent. Oxford, [England] ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998. Subjects Headings Knights and knighthood -- Romances. Kings and rulers -- Romances.

	Of Human Bondage Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965. New York : Modern Library, 1999. A young man struggling for self-realization, Philip Carey becomes caught in a destructive love affair with a waitress, in a novel about sexual obsession, self-discovery, and the complexities of human relationships. Subjects Headings People with disabilities -- Fiction. Physicians -- Fiction. Orphans -- Fiction. Artists -- Fiction.

	Beloved Morrison, Toni. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1987. The story of Sethe, an escaped slave in post-Civil War Ohio, Paul D. who shares the stories of captivity and freedom, and the apparition of Beloved who "has come from the 'place over there' to claim retribution for what she lost and for what was taken from her. Subjects Headings Slavery -- United States -- Fiction. African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964 -- Fiction. African American women -- Fiction. Women slaves -- Fiction. Infanticide -- Fiction. Ohio -- Fiction.

	Animal Farm : A Fairy Story Orwell, George, 1903-1950. New York, NY : Plume/Harcourt Brace, [1996] A political satire in which the animals take over running the farm but find their utopian state turning into a dictatorship. Subjects Headings Totalitarianism -- Fiction.

	Metamorphoses. English Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. New York : Signet Classic, 2009. The first attempt to link all the Greek myths, before and after Homer, in a cohesive whole, to the Roman myth's of Ovid's day. Subjects Headings Fables, Latin -- Translations into English. Metamorphosis -- Mythology -- Poetry. Mythology, Classical -- Poetry.

	Cry, the Beloved Country Paton, Alan. New York : Scribner Paperback Fiction : Simon & Schuster, 1995, c1948. Subjects Headings Apartheid -- South Africa -- Fiction. South Africa -- Race relations -- Fiction. Race relations -- Fiction.

	Frankenstein Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. London : J.M. Dent ; North Clarendon, Vt. : C.E. Tuttle, 1994. Subjects Headings Frankenstein (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Frankenstein (Fictitious character) -- Drama.

	Cannery Row Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. New York, N.Y., U.S.A. : Penguin Books, 1994. Vividly depicts the colorful, sometimes disreputable, inhabitants of a run-down area in Monterey, California. Subjects Headings Cannery Row (Monterey, Calif.) -- Fiction. Monterey (Calif.) -- Fiction. Marine biologists -- Fiction. Community life -- Fiction.

	Gulliver's Travels Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, [1991] On four voyages, an Englishman becomes shipwrecked in various lands. Subjects Headings Gulliver, Lemuel (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Voyages, Imaginary -- Early works to 1800. Travelers -- Fiction.

	Fathers and Sons Turgenev, Ivan Sergeevich, 1818-1883. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. Subjects Headings Fathers and sons -- Fiction. Nihilism (Philosophy) -- Fiction. Russia -- Social life and customs -- 1533-1917 -- Fiction. Russia -- Social conditions -- 1801-1917 -- Fiction.

	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. Subjects Headings Knights and knighthood -- Great Britain -- Fiction. Americans -- Travel -- Great Britain -- Fiction. Arthurian romances -- Adaptations. Time travel -- Fiction.

	Rabbit, Run Updike, John. New York : Fawcett Columbine, 1996. Subjects Headings Angstrom, Harry (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Middle class men -- United States -- Fiction. Grief -- Fiction. Pennsylvania -- Fiction.

	Around the World in 80 Days Verne, Jules, 1828-1905. Pleasantville, N.Y. : Reader's Digest Association, c1988. Subjects Headings Voyages around the world -- Fiction.

	Short Stories. English. Selections Voltaire, 1694-1778. New York : Knopf : Distributed by Random House, 1992.

	Brideshead Revisited : The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder : A Novel Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. Boston : Little, Brown, c1973. Subjects Headings Upper class -- England -- Fiction. Catholics -- England -- Fiction. Family -- England -- Fiction.

	The House of Mirth Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Toronto ; New York : Bantam Books, c1984. The tragic story of a beautiful young woman caught up in the shallow and corrupt world of New York society at the turn of the century, where wealth and social status are everything. Subjects Headings Single women -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction. Social classes -- Fiction. Women -- Social conditions -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction. Socialites -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction. New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.

	Mrs. Dalloway Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, c2005. Subjects Headings Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction. Middle-aged women -- Fiction. London (England) -- Fiction. Suicide victims -- Fiction. Married women -- Fiction. First loves -- Fiction. Parties -- Fiction. Regret -- Fiction.

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