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1) Pride and prejudice

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Series

Scholastic classics
Gramercy classics
The Oxford illustrated Jane Austen
Barnes and Noble Collectible Editions
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Accelerated Reader

IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1

Lexile measure

HL 1100L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audio, Audiobook CD, Audiobook MP3-CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Graphic Novel, Kindle, Large Print

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"Seven Seas is pleased to present Pride and Prejudice, an all-new, illustrated edition of Jane Austen's most famous novel, now brought to life in a unique way featuring manga-styled artwork that will appeal to readers and fans of all ages. Alongside Jane Austen's original, unadulterated text, this edition includes over 120 delightful black-and-white full-page illustrations, four color inserts, and gorgeous wrap-around cover art. Elizabeth Bennett...

2) The great Gatsby

Author

Fitzgerald, F. Scott

Series

Oxford world's classics
(Francis Scott),Works
Classics on cassette with book
Hudson River editions
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Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 8

Lexile measure

HL 710L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook Cassette, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Graphic Novel, Kindle, Large Print, Manuscript, Playaway

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"A beautifully illustrated version of the original 1925 edition of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic work. Widely considered to be the greatest American novel of all time, The Great Gatsby is the story of the wealthy, quixotic Jay Gatsby and his obsessive love for debutante Daisy Buchanan. It is also a cautionary tale of the American Dream in all its exuberance, decadence, hedonism, and passion. First published in 1925 by Charles Scribner's Sons, The...

3) Jane Eyre

Author

Brontë, Charlotte

Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 7.9 - AR Pts: 33

Lexile measure

840L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Playaway

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Jane Eyre is the story of the life of its titular protagonist, Jane Eyre, starting with her abusive childhood in Gateshead Hall, and continuing with her challenging education at Lowood School, her time as governess at Thornfield Hall, where she falls in love with her mysterious employer, Mr. Rochester, her time in the Moor House, where she is courted by her earnest but cold cousin, St. John Rivers, and finally with her reunion with Rochester. Jane...

4) The age of innocence

Author

Wharton, Edith

Series

Oxford world's classics
Classic collection)
Collectable Classics
Modern Library classics
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Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 19

Lexile measure

1170L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Playaway

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Dutiful Newland Archer, an eligible young man from New York high society, is about to announce his engagement to May Welland, a suitable match from a good family, when May's cousin, the beautiful and exotic Countess Ellen Olenska, is introduced into their circle. The Countess brings with her an aura of European sophistication and a hint of perceived scandal, having left her husband and claimed her independence. Her worldliness, disregard for society's...

5) The house of mirth /by Edith Wharton

Author

Wharton, Edith

Series

World classics
Norton critical edition
Everyman's library volume 46
Vintage Classics
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Accelerated Reader

IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 26

Lexile measure

1230L

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Manuscript

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An immensely popular bestseller upon its publication in 1905, The House of Mirth was Edith Wharton's first great novel. Set among the elegant brownstones of New York City and opulent country houses like gracious Bellomont on the Hudson, the novel creates a satiric portrayal of what Wharton herself called "a society of irresponsib- le pleasure-seekers" with a precision comparable to that of Proust. And her brilliant and complex characterization of...

6) Friends forever: a novel

Author

Steel, Danielle

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eBook, Kindle, Large Print, Playaway

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Gabby, Billy, Izzie, Andy, and Sean-each bursting with their own personality, strikingly different looks and talents, in sports, science, and the arts. Each drawn by the magical spark of connection that happens to the young. At the exclusive Atwood School, on a bright September day, starting in kindergarten they become an inseparable group known to outsiders as the Big Five. In this rarefied world, five families grow closer, and five children bloom...

7) The Dutch house: a novel

Author

Patchett, Ann

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Large Print, Playaway

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At the end of the Second World War, Cyril Conroy combines luck and a single canny investment to begin an enormous real estate empire, propelling his family from poverty to enormous wealth. His first order of business is to buy the Dutch House, a lavish estate in the suburbs outside of Philadelphia. Meant as a surprise for his wife, the house sets in motion the undoing of everyone he loves. Cyril's son Danny and his older sister Maeve are exiled from...

8) Rules of civility

Author

Towles, Amor

Series

Thorndike Press large print reviewers' choice

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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The story of a watershed year in the life of an uncompromising twenty-five-year-old named Katey Kontent. Armed with little more than a formidable intellect, a bracing wit, and her own brand of cool nerve, Katey embarks on a journey from Wall Street secretarial pool through the upper echelons of 1938 New York City society in search of a brighter future.

9) A good woman

Author

Steel, Danielle

Series

Brilliance Audio on compact disc

Language

English

Formats

Book, Audiobook CD, eBook, Kindle, Large Print

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Nineteen-year-old Annabelle Worthington was born into a life of privilege, raised amid the glamour of New York society, with glorious homes on Fifth Avenue and in Newport, Rhode Island. But everything changed on a cold April day in 1912, when the sinking of the Titanic shattered her family and her privileged world forever. When she is betrayed, and pursued by a scandal she does not deserve, Annabelle flees New York for war-ravaged France, hoping to...