DPL - The Classics

If You Like... The Classics


	Emma Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. 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 England -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Fiction. Young women -- England -- Fiction. Fathers and daughters -- Fiction. Female friendship -- Fiction. England -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Jane Eyre Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-1855. In early nineteenth-century England, an orphaned young woman accepts employment as a governess and soon finds herself in love with her employer who has a terrible secret. Charlotte Bronte's novel about the passionate love between Jane Eyre, a young girl alone in the world, and the rich, brilliant, domineering Rochester has enthralled every kind of reader, from the most critical and cultivated to the youngest and most unabashedly romantic, ever since its publication in 1847. It lives as one of the great triumphs of storytelling and as a moving affirmation of the prerogatives of the heart in the face of disappointment and misfortune. Subjects Governesses -- Fiction. Fathers and daughters -- Fiction. Mentally ill women -- Fiction. Charity-schools -- Fiction. Married people -- Fiction. Country homes -- Fiction. Young women -- Fiction. Orphans -- Fiction. England -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	The stranger Camus, Albert, 1913-1960. A young Algerian, Meursault, afflicted with a sort of aimless inertia, becomes embroiled in the petty intrigues of a local pimp and, somewhat inexplicably, ends up killing a man. Once he's imprisoned and eventually brought to trial, his crime, it becomes apparent, is not so much the arguably defensible murder he has committed as it is his deficient character. In the story of an ordinary man who unwittingly gets drawn into a senseless murder on a sun-drenched Algerian beach, Camus was exploring what he termed "the nakedness of man faced with the absurd". Subjects Young men -- Algeria -- Fiction. Trials (Murder) -- Algeria -- Fiction. Algeria -- History -- 1830-1962 -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	The awakening Chopin, Kate, 1851-1904. Subjects Women -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Fiction. Adultery -- Fiction. New Orleans (La.) -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Heart of darkness Conrad, Joseph, 1857-1924. A journey up the river in the Belgian Congo is also a journey into the darkest part of a man's soul. Subjects Europeans -- Africa -- Fiction. Trading posts -- Fiction. Degeneration -- Fiction. Imperialism -- Fiction. Africa -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Inferno. English & Italian Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321. Subjects Hell -- Poetry. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Robinson Crusoe Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Subjects Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Hard times Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. 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 England -- Fiction. Social problems -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	The sound and the fury : an authoritative text, backgrounds and contexts, criticism Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Subjects 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. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	A passage to India Forster, E. M. (Edward Morgan), 1879-1970. Subjects 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. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Lord of the flies : a novel Golding, William, 1911-1993. The classic tale of a group of English school boys who are left stranded on an unpopulated island, and who must confront not only the defects of their society but the defects of their own nature. Subjects Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc. -- Fiction. Moral conditions -- Fiction. Ethics -- Fiction. Coming of age -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Catch-22 : a novel Heller, Joseph. "Catch-22" is like no other novel we have ever read. It has its own style, its own rationale, its own extraordinary character. It moves back and forth from hilarity to horror. It is outrageously funny and strangely affecting. It is totally original. It is set in the closing months of World War II, in an American bomber squadron on a small island off Italy. Its hero is a bombardier named Yossarian, who is frantic and furious because thousands of people he hasn't even met keep trying to kill him. (He has decided to live forever even if he has to die in the attempt.) His problem is Colonel Cathcart, who keeps raising the number of missions the men have to fly. Subjects World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction. Jul 2004 Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	The old man and the sea Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. 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 Older men -- Fiction. Fishers -- Fiction. Male friendship -- Fiction. Cuba -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Sometimes a great notion Kesey, Ken. Subjects Strikes and lockouts -- Lumber trade -- Oregon -- Fiction. Oregon -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Le morte Darthur : the Winchester manuscript Malory, Thomas, Sir, 15th cent. Subjects Knights and knighthood -- Romances. Kings and rulers -- Romances. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Of human bondage Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), 1874-1965. 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 People with disabilities -- Fiction. Physicians -- Fiction. Orphans -- Fiction. Artists -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Moby Dick, or, The whale Melville, Herman, 1819-1891. A young seaman joins the crew of the fanatical Captain Ahab in pursuit of the white whale Moby Dick. Subjects Ahab, Captain (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Whaling ships -- Fiction. Ship captains -- Fiction. Mentally ill -- Fiction. Whaling -- Fiction. Whales -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Beloved Morrison, Toni. 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 Slavery -- United States -- Fiction. African Americans -- Social conditions -- To 1964 -- Fiction. African American women -- Fiction. Women slaves -- Fiction. Infanticide -- Fiction. Ohio -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Animal farm : a fairy story Orwell, George, 1903-1950. Subjects Totalitarianism -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Metamorphoses. English Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 or 18 A.D. 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 Fables, Latin -- Translations into English. Metamorphosis -- Mythology -- Poetry. Mythology, Classical -- Poetry. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Cry, the beloved country Paton, Alan. Subjects Apartheid -- South Africa -- Fiction. South Africa -- Race relations -- Fiction. Race relations -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Frankenstein Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Subjects Frankenstein (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Frankenstein (Fictitious character) -- Drama. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Cannery Row Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Vividly depicts the colorful, sometimes disreputable, inhabitants of a run-down area in Monterey, California. Subjects Cannery Row (Monterey, Calif.) -- Fiction. Monterey (Calif.) -- Fiction. Marine biologists -- Fiction. Community life -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Gulliver's travels Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. On four voyages, an Englishman becomes shipwrecked in various lands. Subjects Gulliver, Lemuel (Fictitious character) -- Fiction. Voyages, Imaginary -- Early works to 1800. Travelers -- Fiction. Fantasy fiction. Adventure fiction. Satire. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's court Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Subjects Knights and knighthood -- Great Britain -- Fiction. Americans -- Travel -- Great Britain -- Fiction. Arthurian romances -- Adaptations. Time travel -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Around the world in 80 days Verne, Jules, 1828-1905. Subjects Voyages around the world -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Short stories. English. Selections Voltaire, 1694-1778. Subjects Voyages around the world -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Brideshead revisited : the sacred and profane memories of Captain Charles Ryder : a novel Waugh, Evelyn, 1903-1966. Subjects Upper class -- England -- Fiction. Catholics -- England -- Fiction. Family -- England -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	The house of mirth Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. 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 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. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

	Mrs. Dalloway Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Subjects Triangles (Interpersonal relations) -- Fiction. Middle-aged women -- Fiction. London (England) -- Fiction. Suicide victims -- Fiction. Married women -- Fiction. First loves -- Fiction. Parties -- Fiction. Regret -- Fiction. Search for other formats (CD, DVD, Large Print, etc.)

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