| (John Galsworthy)
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| Fleur and Michael Mont entertain society people in their fashionable house. Fleur's father, Soames Forsyte, dotes on his daughter, spoiling and watching over her. But London in the 1920s is a place alarming and baffling to old Soames.
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| (John Galsworthy)
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| Jon Forsyte, after living in the United States, is back in England and is eager to show off his 'home' to his new bride. When Fleur Mont, who was once in love with Jon, hears that he is back, she wonders if she still loves him. She, formerly a Forsyte, is now also married.
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| (Bess Streeter Aldrich)
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| A coming of age story in the early decades of the 20th century. The matriarch of a pioneer Nebraska family, dies leaving to her grand-daughter, Laura, her dream of finer things. The grandmother's literary aspirations had been thwarted by the hard circumstances of her life, but Laura, vows that nothing will deter her from a successful writing career.
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| (Hervey Allen)
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| During the American Civil War, Colonel Nathaniel Franklin, a Union officer, is reluctant to burn the house of a Confederate officer named Crittenden. As the campaign progresses, Franklin realizes that he is in love with Mrs. Crittenden, the officer's widow. This novel was a bestseller when first published.
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| (Rachel Field)
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| Henriette Desportes, the main character, was a great-aunt of Rachel Field, the author of the novel. Henriette was, at one time, the governess of the children of the Duchesse de Choiseul-Praslin and her husband, the Duc Theobald de Praslin. She later went to the United States as a French teacher and while there she married Henry Martyn Field, a minister of religion. The American Civil War and the laying of the intercontinental telegraph cable provided a backdrop to their lives together. They also became acquainted with many of the notable people of the time. The book was made into a film starring Bette Davis and Charles Boyer.
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| (Rachel Field)
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| A best-seller when first published, this novel centres on a doctor's attempt to find a cure for deafness. In a note at the beginning of the novel, Field points out that "the place, action, and characters of this book are purely fictional. There is no Vance method of treatment to restore hearing, nor is the theory based on any actual medical findings." The book was made into a film in 1944, starring Alan Ladd and Susan Hayward.
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| (Hervey Allen)
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| This historical novel set in the 18th century was a best-seller when first published. It follows the globe-trotting adventures of the title character, the illegitimate offspring of Maria Bonnyfeather, the bride of the cruel and devious middle-aged nobleman Marquis Don Luis.
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| (Hervey Allen)
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| This historical novel set in the 18th century was a best-seller when first published. It follows the globe-trotting adventures of the title character, the illegitimate offspring of Maria Bonnyfeather, the bride of the cruel and devious middle-aged nobleman Marquis Don Luis.
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| (Hervey Allen)
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| This historical novel set in the 18th century was a best-seller when first published. It follows the globe-trotting adventures of the title character, the illegitimate offspring of Maria Bonnyfeather, the bride of the cruel and devious middle-aged nobleman Marquis Don Luis.
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| (Sinclair Lewis)
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| This novel won the 1926 Pulitzer Prize, though Lewis refused to accept it. It tells the story of the bright, scientifically-minded, Martin Arrowsmith as he makes his way from a small town in Midwest USA to the upper echelons of the scientific community.
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| (Sinclair Lewis)
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| A bestseller when first published, Babbitt is a satire of American culture, society, and behavior. It critiques the vacuity of middle-class American life and its pressure on individuals toward conformity. (Wikipedia.)
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| (P C Wren)
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| This is the first in the "Beau Geste" series. The three Geste brothers are orphans and have been brought up by their aunt. When a precious jewel known as the "Blue Water" goes missing, suspicion falls on the young people, and Beau leaves Britain to join the French Foreign Legion, followed by his brothers, Digby (his twin) and John.
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| (P C Wren)
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| The second in the Beau Geste series, Beau Sabreur begins as three Legionnaires do not return promptly from furlough and end up in the poky. There, the hero duels with a traitor and wins, causing him to gain the designation "Beau Sabreur." Later he is sent into the desert to learn the ways of the Arabs and to help forge a peace treaty.
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| (Sinclair Lewis)
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| A former Congressman, now Judge, Cass Timberlane is a respected figure in the community. He marries a much younger woman from a lower social class. At first the marriage is happy but Jinny, his wife, becomes bored with the small town and with the judge's friends and has an affair.
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| (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
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| In 1928 the Rawlingses purchased a 72 acre property in Cross Creek, Florida, USA. Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings brought the place to international fame through her writing. She was fascinated with the remote wilderness and the lives of Cross Creek residents. When published in 1942 "Cross Creek" was chosen by the Book-of-the-Month Club and was later released in a special armed forces edition, sent to servicemen during World War II. [Wikipedia]
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| (Lloyd C Douglas)
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| A young doctor, John Wesley Beaven, jeopardises his medical studies when he becomes infatuated with a Chinese girl and the girl returns to China. However, they meets again again when she is in Nanking during a Japanese bombing raid. He must choose between his career and marriage.
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| (Sinclair Lewis)
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| Samuel Dodsworth is an ambitious and innovative automobile designer. He marries Fran Voelker, a beautiful young socialite. At the age of fifty and facing retirement after selling his successful automobile company, he sets out on a leisurely trip to Europe with his wife.
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| (Warwick Deeping)
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| Arnold Furze has worked hard to establish his farm, "Doomsday," and now proposes to Mary Viner. However, Mary cannot envisage the life of drudgery which she imagines will be hers if she accepts. She visits her married sister and accepts a proposal of marriage by a wealthy landowner in the district. The plot takes many twists and turns before reaching a surprising conclusion.
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| (Sinclair Lewis)
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| This is the story of a young, womanising college athlete who abandons his early ambition to become a lawyer. He is mistakenly ordained as a Baptist minister and becomes the manager for Sharon Falconer, an itinerant evangelist. He becomes her lover but loses both her and his position when she is killed in a fire at her new tabernacle.
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| (John Galsworthy)
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| This is the first novel in the last trilogy of John Galsworthy's Forsyte Chronicles. In this, the seventh instalment, the story of the lives and times of the Forsytes continues and a member of an old English family, the Cherrells, faces extradition to South America, after being falsely accused of murder.
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| (John Galsworthy)
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| Clare Corven (nee Cherrell) is pursued by her husband. She vows never to return to him and begins divorce proceedings. Meanwhile, Dinny Cherrell, Clare's sister, has her own unhappiness to deal with. Appropriately, in this, the final part of the Forsyte Chronicles, a number of Forsytes still make up part of the story.
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| (Lloyd C Douglas)
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| This is a story of a bitter young man, Dinny Brumm. His mother died giving birth to him and his father was denied contact with him by the relatives who reared him. Throughout the story Douglas shows the doctrines, practices and prejudices of both Catholic and Protestant believers of the time after the First World War. Dinny's chaste romances with four likeable women add to the interest of the work.
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| (James Hilton)
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| A much-loved school teacher at Brookfield, a fictional boys' boarding school, Mr. Chipping ("Mr Chips") is an inspiring educator. He is also witness to sweeping social changes throughout his life.
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| (Lloyd C Douglas)
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| When a young surgeon accepts the blame for his mentor's mistake during surgery, he is dismissed from the hospital staff. His career in ruins, he sets out with a new identity.
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| (Sinclair Lewis)
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| Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, a charismatic and power-hungry politician, is elected President of the United States on a populist platform, promising to restore the country to prosperity and greatness, and, more importantly, promising each citizen five thousand dollars a year. Once in power, however, he becomes a dictator; outlawing dissent, putting his political enemies in concentration camps, and creating a paramilitary force called the Minute Men who terrorize the citizens. (from: Wikipedia.)
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| (Sinclair Lewis)
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| Neil Kingsblood, a white middle class man, discovers that he is partly of African American descent. He begins to see himself as black, despite his lack of racial features, and is forced to choose between continuing what he now sees as a hollow existence in the white community and the oppressed minority existence of the black community. After he admits his heritage to several white friends, the news quickly spreads, and he engages in a quixotic struggle against the racism prevalent in the community.
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| (Clarence Shepard Day)
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| This is a humorous autobiographical book about Day's family and life. The more Day's father rails against his staff, his cook, his wife, his horse, salesmen, holidays, his children and the inability of the world to live up to his impossible standards, the more comical and lovable he becomes to his own family who love him despite it all.
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| (Clarence Shepard Day)
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| The sequel to "Life with Father," this is a humorous autobiographical book about Day's family and life.
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| (James Hilton)
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| This novel is best remembered as the origin of Shangri-La, a fictional utopian lamasery high in the mountains of Tibet. Robert Conway, a veteran member of the British diplomatic service, finds inner peace, love, and a sense of purpose in Shangri-La, whose inhabitants enjoy unheard-of longevity.
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| (Lloyd C Douglas)
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| Robert Merrick is resuscitated by a rescue crew after a boating accident. The crew is unable to save the life of Dr. Hudson, a doctor renowned for his ability to help people. Hudson was on the other side of the lake having a heart attack at the same time. Merrick then decides to devote his life to making up for the doctor's, and so he decides to become a physician (specifically a brain surgeon). [Wikipedia]
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| (Bess Streeter Aldrich)
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| Bess Streeter Aldrich was one of the highest paid women writers in the period after the World War I. This novel concerns a spinster teacher who devotes her life to her family and her students. It was made into a film, 'Cheers for Miss Bishop.'
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| (Jan Struther)
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| The 37 short pieces included in this book originally appeared in the London Times between 1937 and 1939. They provide an intimate glimpse into the life of an upper middle class English woman and her family who live in London and also own a country house in Kent. The book was a bestseller when published in 1940.
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| (Thomas Wolfe)
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| A bestseller when first published, this is a fictionalized autobiography, detailing the protagonist's early and mid-twenties, during which time he attends Harvard University, moves to New York City and teaches English at a university there. He then travels overseas. The book is divided into eight sections, or "books" and is a continuation of Wolfe?s earlier work, "Look Homeward, Angel."
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| (Warwick Deeping)
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| Pybus disowns his sons after the World War I, but later, as a result of a chance meeting with his grandson, makes a friend of him. Misunderstanding is replaced by understanding and sympathy in the course of three generations.
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| (Frederick Lewis Allen)
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| This book deals with that decade from the end of World War I in November 1918 to the depression of 1929-30. It tells of of Woodrow Wilson's defeat, the Harding scandals, the Coolidge prosperity, the revolution in manners and morals, the bull market and economic depression.
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| (James Hilton)
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| This novel placed second on The New York Times list of best-selling novels for 1941, the year it was first published. It is set in the period immediately preceding the outbreak of the Second World War. Charles Rainier, a wealthy businessman and politician, is invalided out of the army during the Great War and subsequently loses his memory.
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| (Hugh Walpole)
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| This is the first book of the "Herries Chronicle." In 1730, Francis Herries brought his family to live in "Herries" a long-deserted family house in Cumberland, England. He also brought along the most recent of his many mistresses, Alice Press, under pretence of being the children?s governess. Francis, the "rogue" of the title is a violent and impetuous man, a faithless husband and a capricious father.
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| (Warwick Deeping)
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| Christopher Hazzard's mother had sacrificed everything to pay her lame son's fees during his study as a medical student, and to provide him with a weekly allowance. After becoming a doctor he was persecuted by those who considered the medical profession no place for him, and was only able to survive because of the devotion and support of his mother and his wife.
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| (George Bernard Shaw)
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| Saint Joan is generally considered to be one of Shaw's better works. He had long considered writing about Joan of Arc, and her canonization in 1920 supplied a strong incentive. The play was an international success, and is believed to have led to his Nobel Prize in Literature. The play is based on the life and trial of Joan of Arc.
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| (T E Lawrence)
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| This autobiographical account of the experiences of British soldier T. E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia"), while serving as a liaison officer with rebel forces during the Arab Revolt against the Ottoman Turks of 1916 to 1918, is considered a modern classic.
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| (Willa Cather)
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| Set in 17th century Quebec, this novel describes the quiet, isolated life of Cecile Auclair and her father, the town apothecary. [Wikipedia]
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| (James Hilton)
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| The story of a social reformer in a fictional Lancashire mill town. The story was made into a movie in 1947.
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| (Warwick Deeping)
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| The book was a bestseller from its first publication in 1925 throughout the 1920s and 1930s. It has been made into a movie on three occasions. Set in England, the story is about a man who devotes his life to making his son's life a success.
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| (Eugene O'Neill)
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| Strange Interlude was completed in 1923, but was not produced on Broadway until 1928, when it won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The plot centres on Nina Leeds, the daughter of an Ivy League professor, who is devastated when her adored fiancé is killed in World War I, before they have a chance to consummate their passion. Ignoring the unconditional love of the novelist Charles Marsden, Nina embarks on a series of sordid affairs before determining to marry an amiable fool, Sam Evans. [Wikipedia.]
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| (Lloyd C Douglas)
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| A best seller when first published, The Big Fisherman is an historical novel about the later life of Peter, one of the closest disciples of Jesus Christ. It was later made into a film. The novel is closely related to Douglas' previous book, The Robe, which was also made into a film.
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| (S S Van Dine)
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| Van Dine's "Murder Case" stories feature Philo Vance. In "The Benson Murder Case' Van Dine states that "Vance was what many would call a dilettante, but the designation does him an injustice. He was a man of unusual culture and brilliance. An aristocrat by birth and instinct, he held himself severely aloof from the common world of men. In his manner there was an indefinable contempt for inferiority of all kinds."
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| (Zane Grey)
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| A young woman decides to travel from Manhattan to Arizona to try to convince her finance, a veteran of the First World War who has gone to Arizona to recuperate from war injuries, to return to "civilization."
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| (Rafael Sabatini)
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| Rafael Sabatini is a superb writer of historical fiction. This beatifully crafted story, set in Carolina, in the United States of America, at the time of the American War of Independence, tells of Harry Latimer and other "rebels" who seek liberty from the yolk of British rule. It is full of intrigue and nail-biting suspense.
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| (Elizabeth Von Arnim)
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| This is a romantic novel about love, life and relationships, set in the coastal town of San Salvatore, Italy.
The novel has been made into a stage play, and there have been three film adaptations of the story.
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| (S S Van Dine)
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| Van Dine's "Murder Case" stories feature Philo Vance. In "The Benson Murder Case' Van Dine states that "Vance was what many would call a dilettante, but the designation does him an injustice. He was a man of unusual culture and brilliance. An aristocrat by birth and instinct, he held himself severely aloof from the common world of men. In his manner there was an indefinable contempt for inferiority of all kinds."
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| (John Erskine)
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| This book was a best seller when first published and was made into a silent film in 1927. It has sharp insights into human behaviour and witty dialogue, which is consistent with what was written by the ancients on the subject of Helen of Troy. The lives of Helen, Menelaus, Hermione, Orestes, and the rest of the Atreus family are covered.
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| (Lloyd C Douglas)
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| A best seller when first released, the Robe is an historical novel about the Crucifixion of Christ. It was later made into a movie.
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| (Ellen Glasgow)
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| This is the story of two small-town Virginia families and the crumbling of their shelters--religion, convention, and social prejudice. The stately seventy-six year old, General Archbald, who never did what he wanted to do, lives with his two daughters; the wife of his dead son; and her daughter, Jennie. Jennie pleases herself and, by pleasing herself, cause mischief. Cora Archbald, Jennie's controlling mother, has made for herself a complete universe of glib and cheerful make-believe, with which to cope with an indelicate and unwelcome life, where keeping up appearances is the most important thing.
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| (Clarence Darrow)
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| Darrow was an American lawyer and leading member of the American Civil Liberties Union, best known for defending teenage thrill killers Leopold and Loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks (1924) and defending John T. Scopes in the Scopes Trial (1925), in which he opposed William Jennings Bryan (statesman, noted orator, and 3-time presidential candidate). Called a "sophisticated country lawyer", Darrow remains notable for his wit and agnosticism, which marked him as one of the most famous American lawyers and civil libertarians. [Wikipedia]
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| (Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings)
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| This novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in 1939. Jody Baxter lives with his parents in the central Florida backwoods. Jody loves the outdoors and has wanted a pet for as long as he can remember, yet his mother Ora says that they only have enough food to feed themselves. However, when a deer is shot, the family raises its fawn and it becomes Jody's constant companion.
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| (Virginia Woolf)
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| This novel traces the history of the genteel Pargiter family from the 1880s to themid-1930s. It focuses on the small private details of the characters' lives. Except for the first, each section takes place on a single day of its titular year, and each year is defined by a particular moment in the cycle of seasons. At the beginning of each section, and sometimes as a transition within sections, Woolf describes the changing weather all over Britain, taking in both London and countryside as if in a bird's-eye-view before focusing in on her characters. Although these descriptions move across the whole of England in a paragraph, Woolf only rarely and briefly broadens her view to the world outside Britain. [Wikipedia]
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| (James Hilton)
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| This was James Hilton's final novel and is concerned with the ordinary life of an ordinary man. Told in flashbacks, a diplomat outlines the major events in his life.
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| (Rachel Field)
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| Kate Ferald falls in love with Christopher Fortune, who is part of a wealthy New England shipping family. Chistopher returns her interest but the class structure of the 19th century precludes their marriage. The story is set against the decline of the New England shipbuilding industry.
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| (Edith Wharton)
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| Edith Wharton paints a picture of New York Society in the 1920s. The plot centres on the Manford family and the attempts by Pauline Manford to ignore the problems besetting the family by conducting an endless round of non-stop, unimportant activity.
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| (Ellen Glasgow)
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| This is a love story told against the background of a Scotish-Irish family through three generations in a Virginia village. It also describes life in rural Virginia, and the growth of the urban South, during the first three decades of the 20th century.
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| (Lloyd C Douglas)
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| This story is about a woman who influences the lives of people around her in a most delightful and compelling way. It also illustrates the practical applications of the tenets of forgiveness and turning the other cheek.
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| (Hugh Walpole)
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| The sub-title of this novel is "Passages in the Lives of Two Sisters: Janet and Rosalind Grandison." The story illustrates the clash between traditionalism and modernism. The author's own sympathies, though not spelled out, were clearly with the traditionalists. [Wikipedia]
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| (Sinclair Lewis)
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| This novel, a best-seller at the time of first publication, deals with three generations of the Weagle family, who live and work in boarding houses and hotels. Two brothers of the second generation are the main focus of the story: the mercurial Ora and the plodding Myron, who dreams of running the perfect hotel.
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