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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë The novel is set somewhere in the north of England. Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where s… OL1095427W
The Exile The Exile Pearl S. Buck The Exile is a memoir/biography about Pearl Buck's mother, Caroline Stulting Sydenstricker (1857–1921), describing her life growing up in West Virginia and life in China as the wife of the Presbyteri… OL1140125W
Sans famille Sans famille Hector Malot An eight-year-old boy becomes a homeless wanderer when the man he thought was his father sells him to a traveling entertainer. OL1544844W
Xiao ai ren yu xie jiang = Xiao ai ren yu xie jiang = Henriette Barkow A retelling of the Grimm fairytale of the poor shoemaker who becomes successful with the help of two elves who finish his shoes during the night. OL19940999W
Les trois mousquetaires Les trois mousquetaires Alexandre Dumas,Auguste Maquet During the reign of France's King Louis XIV, D'Artagnan and three musketeers unite to defend the honor of Anne of Austria against the plots of Cardinal Richeliu. OL36861W
La porte étroite La porte étroite Blanca Torrents,Dorothy Bussy,André Gide Two cousins who have loved each other since infancy find the devotion of the years ripening into a love whose mysterious force leaves them embarrased in each other's presence. OL631009W
The Sound and the Fury The Sound and the Fury William Faulkner In many ways this was an experimental novel, using several differing narrative styles. Divided into four parts, the author relates the same episodes from four different viewpoints, using a different … OL82870W