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"In 1810 a literary phenomenon swept the world: the publication of Sir Walter Scott's epic poem The Lady of the Lake. The world's first international bestseller, its impact was immediate and astonishing. It defined Scotland, and turned the Highlands--and especially Loch Katrine and the Trossachs--into one of Europe's great Romantic tourist destinations. In the words of Scott's foremost biographer, Edgar Johnson, 'it became more fashionable to see...
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A devoted husband and father, fairly decent employer, and mostly honest businessman, Silas Lapham has used his father's small paint company to amass a large fortune. But he yearns to “enter society” and for his two daughters, Penelope and Irene, to marry well. However, blue-blooded Tom Corey's love for one of the Lapham daughters is thwarted by his mother, who believes Penelope is an overly independent social climber. Meanwhile, Silas's efforts...
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This heartwarming and hair-raising "icy-storm story," published in 1909, recounts Muir's Alaskan adventures in 1880 with his little black dog named Stickeen-an animal that Muir initially views with scorn but comes to regard with the greatest affection following a near-death experience on a frozen glacier.
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"Philip Nolan, having, in a moment of passion, expressed the wish that he might never again hear of the United States, is required to realize his wish. The story of his awakening to a sense of his deprivation is a moving plea for love of country." Pratt alcove.
7) My Antonia
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IL: UG - BL: 6.9 - AR Pts: 14
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1010L
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After the death of his parents, Jim was sent to live with his grandparents in Black Hawk Nebraska. There he befriended Antonia, the daughter of Bohemian immigrants. Years later, Jim, now a successful lawyer in New York, returns to his childhood home and Antonia. Jim's love for Antonia has endured, much as she herself has endured tragic circumstances.
11) As you like it
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IL: UG - BL: 9.2 - AR Pts: 4
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NC 1120L
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"Readers and audiences have long greeted As You Like It with delight. Its characters are brilliant conversationalists, including the princesses Rosalind and Celia and their Fool, Touchstone. Soon after Rosalind and Orlando meet and fall in love, the princesses and Touchstone go into exile in the Forest of Arden, where they find new conversational partners. Duke Frederick, younger brother to Duke Senior, has overthrown his brother and forced him to...
14) Hamlet
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IL: UG - BL: 10.5 - AR Pts: 7
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"To be or ot to be?" Hamlet is, arguably, Shakespeare's most well-known play, with its compelling lead character, stunning language, and philosophical underpinnings. This drama of the procrastinating Danish prince who ponders whether or not to revenge his father's death now appears in a beautifully illustrated edition with annotations by Princeton professor Jeff Dolven.
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