Seven Gothic Tales by Isak Dinesen
Isak Dinesen | Seven Gothic Tales | Here are seven exquisite tales combining the keen psychological insight characteristic of the modern short story with the haunting mystery of the nine
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An Unofficial Rose by Iris Murdoch
Iris Murdoch | An Unofficial Rose | After his wife’s death, Hugh contemplates returning to his former mistress. His son, Randall, longs to abandon his shapeless marriage for a perfect pa
Quest by Helen R. Hull
Helen R. Hull | Quest | An over-emotional girl, seeking escape from home tensions, develops crushes on a classmate and on a teacher. her mother’s over-reaction turns the girl
Cousin Bette by Honore de Balzac
Honore de Balzac | Cousin Bette | Cousin Bette (1847) vividly brings to life the rift between the old world and the new and is, among other things, a serious study of the Paris demimon
Ann Vickers by Sinclair Lewis
Sinclair Lewis | Ann Vickers | The novel follows the heroine, Ann Vickers, from tomboy school girl in the late 19th century American Midwest, through college, and into her forties.
Rings of Glass by Luise Rinser
Luise Rinser | Rings of Glass | Rinser started writing while teaching grade school; her first book, ”Rings of Glass,” a coming-of-age novel, was published in Berlin in 1941. It was
Charleyhorse by Cecil Dawkins
Cecil Dawkins | Charleyhorse | Charley was born wanting things she wasn’t supposed to want: horses, spring calving, flying planes, and driving combine harvesters. When Juna, a new s
Walking the Dusk by L.J. Webb
L.J. Webb | Walking the Dusk | Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney gave vent to her chaotic emotions and turbulent desires in millions of words: in journals and diaries that chronicled he
Entertaining The Islanders by Struthers Burt
Struthers Burt | Entertaining The Islanders | Sophisticated, satirical, novel in which a man becomes aware that his ex-sweetheart has been captivated by another woman
The Rains Came by Louis Bromfield
Louis Bromfield | The Rains Came | In a long novel of India there is a brief but important episode involving two old missionary ladies. The elder, an engaging old battleax, muses as she