AR BookGuide Summer Reading: Classics

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1 Page 1 of 8 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Brave New World Huxley, Aldous 8653 EN UG F N N - N N This novel is a shocking look at a frightening tomorrow. Candide Voltaire EN UG F N N - N N A gentle man is pummeled and slapped in every direction by fate, but clings desperately to the belief that he lives in "the best of all possible worlds." The Canterbury Tales Twain, Mark 501 EN MG F N N - N N Huck Finn, the son of the town drunk, and Jim, an escaped slave, make a break for freedom down the vast Mississippi River on a raft. Twain, Mark 502 EN MG F N N - N N Tom Sawyer, a mischievous 19thcentury boy in a Mississippi River town, and his friends, Huck Finn and Becky Thatcher, run away from home, witness a murder, and find treasure in a cave. All Things Wise and Wonderful Herriot, James EN UG NF N N This is the third delightful volume of the author's memoirs introducing scores of new and amusing characters--animal and human alike. The Black Arrow Stevenson, Robert Louis Around the World in Eighty Days Verne, Jules 504 EN MG F N N - N N Phileas Fogg and his servant make a breathless world tour, overcoming wild misadventures and rescuing a beautiful Indian maharani. 505 EN MG F N N - N N During the War of the Roses, Richard Shelton's cross-bow and stout heart are pitted against the ambitious and wily Sir Daniel. Chaucer, Geoffrey EN UG F N N These tales of a motley crowd of pilgrims drawn from all walks of life reveal a picture of English life in the fourteenth century that is as robust as it is representative. Translated into modern English by Neville Coghill. Page 1 of 8

2 Page 2 of 8 Catch-22 Heller, Joseph EN UG F N N - N N Yossarian is a hero endlessly inventive in his schemes to save his skin from the horrible chances of war, and his efforts are perfectly understandable because as he furiously scrambles, thousands of people he hasn't even met are trying to kill him. The Catcher in the Rye Salinger, J.D EN UG F N N - N N A cynical teenager explains the events following his expulsion from prep school and subsequent nervous breakdown. The plot contains profanity and adult themes. The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories Don Quixote Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de Jewett, Sarah Orne EN UG F N N This is the story of an endearing, unlikely friendship set against the backdrop of a remote and beautiful Maine coastal town. Cry, The Beloved Country Paton, Alan EN UG F N N - N N This book is a beautifully told and profoundly compassionate story of the Zulu pastor Stephen Kumalo and his son Absalom, set in the troubled and changing South Africa of the 1940s EN UG F N N This book chronicles the adventures of Don Quixote, the errant Knight, and his faithful servant Sancho Panza. It is a humorous and thought-provoking parody of chivalry. East of Eden Steinbeck, John EN UG F N N This is the story of two families -- the Trasks and Hamiltons. The families are traced through three generations, in a retelling of the Biblical story of Adam and of Cain and Abel. Emma Austen, Jane EN UG F N N - N N This classic novel is about a selfassured young lady whose capricious behavior is dictated by romantic fancy. Ethan Frome Wharton, Edith EN UG F N N - N N This tragic love story, with its setting in remote New England, has become one of the classics of twentieth-century American literature. Page 2 of 8

3 Page 3 of 8 A Farewell to Arms Hemingway, Ernest 8656 EN UG F N N - N N Set in World War I Italy, this is one of the most poignant love stories ever written. The Fountainhead Rand, Ayn EN UG F N N - N N This story of a gifted young architect portrays his violent battle against conventional standards, and his explosive love affair with a beautiful woman who struggles to defeat him. Go Tell It on the Mountain Baldwin, James EN UG F N N - N N Fourteen-year-old John struggles against the environmental influences of Harlem. Hard Times Dickens, Charles EN UG F N N The author creates the Victorian city of Coketown in Northern England to critique the industrialist economy he believes exploited the lives of the working class, destroying human creativity and joy in the process. Heart of Darkness Conrad, Joseph 8659 EN UG F N N - N N A man travels up the Congo River by steamer, manages to survive an unforgiving land and persistent disease, and uncovers his own true nature. The Hunchback of Notre-Dame The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays Hugo, Victor 5985 EN UG F N N Classic tale of heroism and adventure set amidst the riot, intrigue, and pageantry of medieval Paris. Wilde, Oscar EN UG F N N This book contains three classic plays:the IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST, SALOME, and LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN. This edition includes an introduction by Sylvan Barnet. Ivanhoe Scott, Walter 5986 EN UG F N N The great historical romance by Sir Walter Scott giving reality to twelfthcentury England. The story of the disinherited Knight Ivanhoe and the fair Lady Rowena. Page 3 of 8

4 Page 4 of 8 Journey to the Center of the Earth The Land That Time Forgot The Last of the Mohicans Verne, Jules 535 EN UG F N N - N N A team of explorers makes an expedition into a crater in Iceland, which leads to the center of the earth and to incredible and horrifying discoveries. Klondike Tales London, Jack EN UG F N N As a young man in the summer of 1897, Jack London joins the Klondike gold rush. From that experience emerges these gripping tales. Cooper, James Fenimore Les Miserables Hugo, Victor EN UG Little Women (Book I and II) Burroughs, Edgar Rice EN UG F N N Their ship torpedoed by an enemy U- boat in unknown waters, an American protagonist and his crewmates are marooned on the Island of Caspak, where dinosaurs, winged humanoids, human tribes at various evolutionary stages, and other wonders abound. 710 EN UG F N N - N N In upper New York State during the French and Indian War, a woodsman named Hawkeye and two Mohicans, Chingachgook and Uncas, get entangled in the fighting as they try to save two pioneer sisters abducted by Iroquois tribesmen. F N N - - N This epic novel decribes Jean Valjean, a peasant who is released from prison, where he spent nineteen years for stealing a loaf of bread for his starving family, only to find himself threatened by people and events from his past. Alcott, Louisa May 513 EN MG F N N - N N This story is based on the family life of the author and her sisters and their diverse personalities as they grew up. This complete edition contains both Book 1 "LITTLE WOMEN," and Book 2 "GOOD WIVES." The Maltese Falcon Hammett, Dashiell 8662 EN UG F N N - N N Modern classic of mystery and suspense as private-eye Sam Spade tracks down a statuette worth a fortune. Page 4 of 8

5 Page 5 of 8 The Merchant of Venice Shakespeare, William The Martian Chronicles Bradbury, Ray EN UG F N N - N N These haunting stories about man's attempt to explore and settle Mars capture both beauty and horror EN UG F N N This is the story of a young merchant, Antonio, who cannot repay a debt to vindictive money lender, Shylock. The Metamorphosis Kafka, Franz EN UG F N N This is the story of a young man who, transformed overnight into a giant beetlelike insect, becomes an object of disgrace to his family, an outsider in his own home, a quintessentially alienated man. Translation by Stanley Corngold. Mrs. Dalloway Woolf, Virginia EN UG F N N As Mrs. Dalloway prepares to give a party, her thoughts turn to the past. This novel shifts between her point of view, and among others, those of Peter, a rejected suitor, and Septimus, a shellshocked WWI veteran. Mythology Hamilton, Edith 8663 EN UG F N N - - N Greek, Roman, and Norse myths come to life. Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: An American Slave The Old Man and the Sea Hemingway, Ernest 5994 EN UG F N N - N N In this beautiful, symbolic story an old fisherman catches a giant marlin, only to have sharks strip it to the bone. Oliver Twist Dickens, Charles 7116 EN UG F N N - N N Oliver Twist is the tale of a young orphan's odyssey from the bleak life of a parish workhouse to a life of comfort with his newly discovered relatives. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich Douglass, Frederick EN UG NF N N This is an autobiographical account by the runaway slave Frederick Douglass that chronicles his experiences with his owners and overseers, and discusses how slavery affected both slaves and slaveholders. Solzhenitsyn, Alexander EN UG F N N - N N One man struggles to maintain his dignity as a man in a Russian concentration camp. Page 5 of 8

6 Page 6 of 8 One Good Punch Wallace, Rich EN UG F N N Eighteen-year-old Michael Kerrigan, captain of the track team, is ready for the most important season of his life until the police find four joints in his school locker, and he is faced with a choice that could change everything. The Picture of Dorian Gray Wilde, Oscar 8668 EN UG F N N - N N Dorian's outward innocence conceals corruption deep enough to charm those about him into a life of wanton sensuality. The Pilgrim's Progress Bunyan, John EN UG F N N Christian's encounters with various trial and temptations on his journey to the Celestial City depicted in the seventeenth century. The Portrait of a Lady James, Henry EN UG F N N A romantic New England girl inherits an English fortune and marries an American living in Italy. Her subsequent disillusionment is described through her tragic marriage. Pygmalion Shaw, George Bernard Pride and Prejudice Austen, Jane 714 EN UG F N N - N N In early nineteenth-century England, a spirited young woman copes with the courtship of a snobbish gentleman as well as the romantic entanglements of her four sisters. Pudd'nhead Wilson Twain, Mark EN UG F N N - N N Hoping to ensure a better life for her child, a young slave woman exchanges her light-skinned baby for her master's EN UG F N N - N N A Cockney flower girl's metamorphosis into a lady has a lot to say about class, money, freedom, and women's independence. Sense and Sensibility Austen, Jane EN UG F N N - N N This is a classic novel of manners and morals in eighteenth-century England. Slaughterhouse-Five Vonnegut, Kurt EN UG F N N - N N From the World War Two firebombing of Dresden to the distant planet called Tralfamadore, the reader follows Billy Pilgrim in his attempt to understand the natures of time and existence. Page 6 of 8

7 Page 7 of 8 A Streetcar Named Desire Williams, Tennessee EN UG F N N - N N This Pulitzer Prize-winning play shows a woman's descent into oblivion following her inability to deal with desire and death. A Tale of Two Cities Dickens, Charles 719 EN UG F N N - N N Life in 1859 Paris and London during the oppressive and turbulent years leading up to the French Revolution is revealed in this classic Dickens's story. The Three Musketeers Treasure Island Uncle Tom's Cabin Stevenson, Robert Louis Stowe, Harriet Beecher The Time Machine Wells, H.G EN UG F N N N N N The Time Traveller journeys 800,000 years into the future and discovers two bizarre races at war on the Earth, the ethereal Eloi and the subterranean Morlocks. To the Lighthouse Woolf, Virginia EN UG F N N This story describes a family gathered at a house on the Scottish coast, where in later years only caretakers live. Then, the house is again filled with surviving family members. 522 EN MG F N N - N N While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune and great danger EN UG F N N The story that awakened the conscience of the nation to life under the slave system. Waiting For Godot Beckett, Samuel EN UG F N N This is Beckett's "theatre of the absurd" play of Vladimir and Estragon, who are waiting for the arrival of the mysterious Godot. War and Peace Tolstoy, Leo EN UG Dumas, Alexandre 547 EN UG F N N - - N 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. F N N This is an epic of the Napoleonic wars, a philosophical study, and a celebration of the Russian spirit. Page 7 of 8

8 Page 8 of 8 The Wayward Bus Steinbeck, John EN UG F N N A bus is traveling California's back roads, transporting the lost and the lonely, the good and the greedy, the stupid and the scheming, the beautiful and the vicious -- away from their shattered dreams and, possibly, toward the promise of the future. Wuthering Heights Brontë, Emily 724 EN UG F N N - N N 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. Page 8 of 8