ALICE IN WONDERLAND

�FANTASY IN WHICH A YOUNG GIRL FOLLOWS WHITE RABBIT INTO A DREAM WORLD.

WUTHERING HEIGHTS

� Against a

background of

English moors in the

eighteenth century,

the lives of two

families become

intertwined through

marriage, passion,

and the dominating

force of a man

called Heathcliff

REBECCA

� The second Mrs.

Maxim de Winter finds

it difficult and

frightening to live in

the shadow of her

predecessor, a

situation that is

exacerbated by her

husband's moodiness,

and the presence of

sinister housekeeper,

Mrs. Danvers.

THE THREE MUSKETEERS

� During the reign of

France's King Louis

XIII, D'Artagnan and

three musketeers

unite to defend the

honor of Anne of

Austria against the

plots of Cardinal

Richelieu.

MY ANTONIA

�IMMIGRANT PIONEERS STRIVE TO ADAPT TO THE NEBRASKA PRAIRIES.

JANE EYRE� AN INTELLIGENT

AND

PASSIONATE

GOVERNESS

FALLS IN LOVE

WITH A

STRANGE,

MOODY MAN

TORMENTED BY

DARK SECRETS.

PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

�STORY OF FIVE HUSBAND HUNTING SISTERS AMONG THE COUNTRY GENTRY

THE CHOSEN

FRIENDSHIP

BETWEEN TWO

JEWISH BOYS

BEGINS AT A

BASEBALL GAME

AND FLOURISHES

DESPITE THEIR

DIFFERENT

BACKGROUNDS AND

BELIEFS.

YELLOW RAFT IN BLUE WATER

THREE

GENERATIONS

OF NATIVE

AMERICAN

WOMEN

RECOUNT THEIR

SEARCHES FOR

IDENTITY AND

LOVE.

GREAT EXPECTATIONS

� MOVING

STORY OF THE

RISE, FALL

AND RISE

AGAIN OF A

HUMBLY-BORN

YOUNG

ORPHAN.

LORD OF THE FLIES.

ENGLISH

SCHOOLBOYS

MAROONED ON AN

UNINHABITED

ISLAND TEST THE

VALUES OF

CIVILIZATION WHEN

THEN THEY TRY TO

SET UP THEIR OWN

SOCIETY.

ANIMAL FARM

� ANIMALS TURN

THE TABLES

ON THEIR

MASTERS IN

THIS

SOCIALISTIC

SOCIETY.

PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST AS A

YOUNG MAN.

NOVEL ABOUT A

YOUNG MAN

GROWING UP IN

IRELAND AND

REBELLING

AGAINST FAMILY,

COUNTRY AND

RELIGION.

DOCTOR ZHIVAGO

BITTERSWEET

LOVE STORY

SET IN RUSSIA

BEFORE AND

AFTER THE

BOLSHEVIK

REVOLUTION.

ALL QUIET ON WESTERN FRONT

A YOUNG

GERMAN

SOLDIER IN WWI

EXPERIENCES

POUNDING

SHELLFIRE,

HUNGER,

SICKNESS AND

DEATH.

FRANKENSTEIN

� GOTHIC TALE

OF TERROR IN

WHICH

FRANKEN-

STEIN

CREATES A

MONSTER

FROM

CORPSES.

DAYS OF GRACE

�BIOGRAPHY

OF A HIGHLY

RESPECTED

TENNIS STAR

AND CITIZEN

WHO DIES

OF AIDS.

HAVING OUR SAY

� TWO DAUGHTERS

OF FORMER

SLAVES TELL

THEIR STORIES

OF FIGHTING

RACIAL AND

GENDER

PREJUDICE IN THE

20TH CENTURY.

DEVIL IN SHAPE OF A WOMAN

STATUS OF

WOMEN IN

COLONIAL

SOCIETY

AFFECTS THE

SALEM WITCH

ACCUSATIONS—

WITCHCRAFT IN

COLONIAL NEW

ENGLAND.

PROFILES IN COURAGE

�SERIES OF

PROFILES OF

AMERICANS

WHO TOOK

COURAGEOU

S STANDS IN

PUBLIC LIFE.

STORY OF MY LIFE.

STORY OF HELEN

KELLER WHO

WAS BOTH BLIND

AND DEAF AND

HER

RELATIONSHIP

WITH HER

DEVOTED

TEACHER ANNE

SULLIVAN.

MYTHOLOGY

� GODS AND

HEROES, THEIR

CLASHES AND

ADVENTURES

COME ALIVE IN

THIS RETELLING

OF THE GREEK,

ROMAN AND

NORSE MYTHS.

GO TELL IT ON THE MOUNTAIN

� SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL ABOUT A 14-YEAR-OLD BLACK YOUTH RELIGIOUS CONVERSION

AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MISS JANE

PITTMAN.

� IN HER 100

YEARS, MISS JANE

PITTMAN

EXPERIENCES IT

ALL, FROM

SLAVERY TO THE

CIVIL RIGHTS

MOVEMENTS.

HISTORICAL

FICTION.

THE SCARLET LETTER

� AN

ADULTEROUS

PURITAN

WOMAN KEEPS

SECRET

IDENTITY OF

THE FATHER OF

HER

ILLEGITIMATE

CHILD

DEATH IN THE FAMILY

�STORY OF LOSS AND HEARTBREAK FELT WHEN A YOUNG FATHER DIES.

MAIN STREET

� A YOUNG DOCTOR’S WIFE TRIES TO CHANGE THE UGLINESS, DULLNESS AND IGNORANCE WHICH PREVAIL IN THEIR TOWN.

SULA

� THE LIFELONG

FRIENDSHIP OF

TWO WOMEN

BECOMES

STRAINED WHEN

ONE CAUSES THE

OTHER’S

HUSBAND TO

ABANDON HER.

UNCLE TOM’S CABIN

�THE CLASSIC

TALE THAT

AWAKENED

A NATION

ABOUT THE

SLAVERY

SYSTEM.

JOY LUCK CLUB

� AFTER HER MOTHER’S DEATH, A YOUNG CHINESE-AMERICAN WOMAN LEARNS OF HER MOTHER’S TRAGIC EARLY LIFE IN CHINA.

ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN

� HUCK AND JIM,

A RUNAWAY

SLAVE, TRAVEL

DOWN THE

MISSISSIPPI IN

SEARCH OF

FREEDOM.

MOBY DICK

�THE STORY ABOUT A MAD SEA CAPTAIN’S PURSUIT OF THE WHITE WHALE.

THEIR EYES WERE WATCHING

GOD.� AN AFRICAN-

AMERICAN WOMAN SEARCHES FOR A FULFILLING RELATIONSHIP AND FINALLY FINDS IT IN TEA CAKE, AN ITINERANT LABORER AND GAMBLER.

RED BADGE OF COURAGE

� DURING THE CIVIL

WAR, HENRY

FLEMING JOINS

THE ARMY FULL

OF ROMANTIC

VISIONS OF

BATTLE WHICH

ARE SHATTERED

BY COMBAT.

THE AWAKENING

� A NEW ORLEANS

WOMAN

ABANDONS HER

HUSBAND AND

CHILD TO

SEARCH FOR

LOVE AND SELF-

UNDERSTANDING.

THE OX-BOW INCIDENT

� WHEN A GROUP

OF CITZENS FIND

ONE OF THEIR

MEMBERS

MURDERED BY

CATTLE

RUSTLERS, THEY

FORM AN ILLEGAL

POSSE, PURSUE

THE MURDERERS

AND LYNCH THEM.

INVISIBLE MAN /ELLISON

� A BLACK

MAN’S

SEARCH FOR

HIMSELF AS AN

INDIVIDUAL

AND AS A

MEMBER OF

HIS RACE AND

HIS SOCIETY.

AS I LAY DYING.

� THE BUNDREN

FAMILY TAKES

THE RIPENING

CORPSE OF

ADDIE, WIFE

AND MOTHER,

ON A

GRUESOMELY

COMIC

JOURNEY

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO’S NEST

� NOVEL ABOUT A

POWER

STRUGGLE

BETWEEN THE

HEAD NURSE

AND A MALE

PATIENT IN A

MENTAL

INSTITUTION.

CALL OF THE WILD.

� BUCK IS A

LOYAL PET DOG

UNTIL CRUEL

MEN MAKE HIM

A PAWN IN

THEIR SEARCH

FOR KLONDIKE

GOLD.

THE BELL JAR

� THE HEARTBREAKINGSTORY OF A TALENTED YOUNG WOMAN’S DESCENT INTO MADNESS.

TREASURE ISLAND.

� THE MISTRESS

OF AN INN AND

HER SON FIND

A TREASURE

MAP THAT

LEADS THEM

TO A PIRATE’S

FORTUNE.

FAREWELL TO ARMS

� DURING WWI,

AN AMERICAN

OFFICER RUNS

AWAY WITH

THE WOMAN

WHO NURSES

HIM BACK TO

HEALTH.

FAHRENHEIT 451�READING IS

A CRIME AND FIREMAN BURN BOOKS IN A FUTURISTIC SOCIETY