Classics of Literature

		Anderson, Sherwood Winesburg Ohio C. 1919 Twenty-three stories of small America show the characters' spiritual dreams in conflict with society's provincialism and materialism.		Large Type

		Austen, Jane Pride and Prejudice C. 1813 A delightful comedy of marriage traces the courtship of Elizabeth and Darcy as they overcome his pride and her prejudice and fall in love.		Large Type

		Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre C. 1847 Jane Eyre's ill-fated love for the brooding Mr. Rochester endures in this story of a strong-willed heroine who refuses to compromise herself.		Book on CD

		Bronte, Emily Wuthering Heights C. 1847 Catherine and Heathcliff are the tempestuous lovers in this tale of passion and revenge on the Yorkshire moors.		Book on CD

		Buck, Pearl S. The Good Earth C. 1931 This Pulitzer Prize winner follows Wang Lung's family from their early struggles to live off the land to their final disintegration as they move to the city.		Book on CD

		Camus, Albert The Stranger C. 1946 First published in French in 1942, the narrator of Albert Camus' existential masterpiece is an autobiographical figure who does not conform to religious morality of social convention.

		Cather, Willa My Antonia C. 1918 In spite of a life of hard work, Bohemian immigrant Antonia Shimerda is sustained by the healthy Nebraska soil and her warm-hearted brood of children.		ESL

		Cervantes, Miguel de Don Quixote C. 1612 Originally published in Spanish in 1605, Cervantes' satire about a gentle visionary who becomes a knight after reading too many chivalric romances is a universal tale of idealism versus practicality.

		Conrad, Joseph Heart of Darkness C. 1902 Marlow relates the tale of Mr. Kurtz, successful in his greedy quest for ivory in the African Congo but leaving in its place hunger, death, and slavery, for the natives.		Book on CD

		Crane, Stephen The Red Badge of Courage C. 1895 Through the eyes of Henry Fleming, a young Civil War soldier, we see the fears of battle and the inexplicable courage that comes when soldiers unite in a wartime machine.		Book on CD

		Defoe, Daniel Robinson Crusoe C. 1719 Defoe's novel about a castaway marooned for twenty-four years on a deserted island is an engrossing story of survival, civilization, and barbarism.

		Dickens, Charles A Tale of Two Cities C. 1859 This dramatic story of Paris and London during the Reign of Terror contains some of Dickens' most memorable characters - Madame Defarge with her knitting and the self-sacrificing Sidney Carton.		Book on CD

		Dostoevsky, Fyodor Crime and Punishment C. 1886 First published in Russian in 1866, this masterful psychological novel shows the horror and remorse of Raskolnikoff, a student, after he has killed an old woman for her money.

		Eliot, George Silas Marner C. 1861 This classic story shows redemption for a lonely and bitter man in the form of a child who brings him love and hope.

		Ellison, Ralph Invisible Man C. 1952 A young African American man moves to New York City and discovers he is "invisible," seen only as a racial stereotype and never as himself.

		Faulkner, William The Sound and the Fury C. 1929 The moral decay of the Old South is presented through the eyes of four members of the once prominent Compson family of Jefferson, Mississippi.

		Fitzgerald, F. Scott The Great Gatsby C. 1925 Jay Gatsby has built an illegal empire to win the love of Daisy Buchanan, but his sacrifices for her prove to be his downfall.		Large Type Book on CD

		Golding, William Lord of the Flies C. 1954 A group of English schoolboys, marooned on a tropical island during a time of atomic warfare, bring both civilization and savagery to their community.		Book on CD

		Hardy, Thomas Tess of the D'Urbervilles C. 1891 Tess is ruined when her father's vanity forces her to seek the favors of rich relations, and her life becomes a study in the grim reality of her times.		Book on CD

		Hawthorne, Nathaniel The Scarlet Letter C. 1850 Hawthorne's novel is a study of sin, guilt, and revenge, Adultress Hester Prynne must bear public humiliation but Roger Chillingsworth and Arthur Dimmesdale suffer equally.		Large Type Book on CD

		Heller, Joseph Catch-22 C. 1961 This black comedy about World War II Army Air Corps aviators attempting to survive the absurdities of military bureaucracy has become a part of the American collective consciousness.		Book on CD

		Hemingway, Ernest The Old Man and the Sea C. 1952 Santiago realizes the dream of catching a giant marlin, but he must battle the sharks for two days to bring his prize home.		Book on CD

		Henry, O. The Best Short Stories C. 1945 Short vignettes display irony and coincidence in everyday life. O. Henry's forte is the surprise ending.		Large Type

		Hurston, Zora Neale Their Eyes Were Watching God C. 1937 An African-American woman in 1930s rural Florida finds freedom and self-knowledge through a personal journey encompassing three very different marriages.		Large Type

		Huxley, Aldous Brave New World C. 1932 Huxley brilliantly satirizes contemporary society's dehumanization in this grim novel of the future.

		Knowles, John A Separate Peace C. 1959 Fifteen years later, the narrator remembers his boarding school roommate. The rivalry that tinged friendship eventually leads to tragedy.

		Lee, Harper To Kill a Mockingbird C. 1960 Small town Alabama in the 1930s is the setting for this fine novel of a child's brutal introduction to racial prejudice and adult injustice.		Large Type Book on CD

		London, Jack The Call of the Wild C. 1903 When his beloved master is killed, the dog Buck flees to the wild, where he becomes the leader of a wolf pack. Rousing adventure set in Alaska's Klondike country.		Large Type

		Maugham, Somerset W. Of Human Bondage C. 1915 Afflicted with a club foot, Philip Carey suffers through his life, struggling to free himself from a destructive love affair and finally finding contentment as a country doctor.

		Melville, Herman Moby Dick C. 1851 Captain Ahab's obsessive struggle to defeat Moby Dick, the great white whale who maimed him, is the focus of Melville's masterpiece.

		Mitchell, Margaret Gone with the Wind C. 1936 Set against the backdrop of Georgia during the Civil War, Mitchell's massive historical novel chronicles the tempestuous romance of Rhett Butler and Scarlet O'Hara.

		Morrison, Toni Beloved C. 1987 Morrison's heart-breaking novel tells the story of a woman who escapes from slavery to freedom in Cincinnati but remains haunted by her daughter's murder.		Large Type

		Orwell, George 1984 C. 1949 Ignorance is strength and peace is war in Orwell's darkly imaginative vision of a future controlled by Big Brother and the Thought Police.		Book on CD ESL

		Paton, Alan Cry, the Beloved Country C. 1948 In lyrical language Paton relates the moving story of a Zulu minister who searches for his children in Johannesburg, only to learn that South African society has destroyed their lives.

		Remarque, Erich Maria All Quiet on the Western Front C. 1929 Though the war he describes is World War I, Remarque writes eloquently of all wars in this tale of a young German sent to fight in the trenches.

		Salinger, J.D. The Catcher in the Rye C. 1951 Fleeing his Pennsylvania prep school, Holden Caulfield holds up in New York City and rails against adult phoniness while trying to lose his innocence.

		Steinbeck, John The Grapes of Wrath C. 1939 Proletarian fiction at its finest, Steinbeck's portrait of an Oklahoma family during the Depression spurred legislation to help stricken migrant workers.

		Steinbeck, John Of Mice and Men C. 1937 George and Lenny, itinerant Depression-era farm laborers, have their dream of attaining the good life shattered on a troubled ranch in the Salinas Valley in Steinbeck's monumental novella of social realism.		Book on CD

		Stowe, Beecher Harriet Uncle Tom's Cabin C. 1852 Stowe's sentimental but realistic novel if often credited with heightening public awareness about the evils of slavery, thus hastening the Civil War.

		Tolstoy, Leo War and Peace C. 1889 An enormous cast of characters brings life to Tolstoy's panoramic chronicle of Napoleonic Russia. Originally published in the 1860's.

		Twain, Mark The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn C. 1884 Justice and honor are celebrated in this story about Huck's adventures on the Mississippi River with the runaway slave Jim.		Large Type Book on CD

		Wharton, Edith Ethan Frome C. 1911 An unhappy couple attempts suicide but find a far worse fate in this tale of irony and retribution in rural New England.

		Wright, Richard Native Son C. 1940 The accidental death of his white boss's daughter begins a chain of events from which Bigger Thomas, a bitter young back man, cannot escape.