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Author
Series
Publisher
Carlton House
Pub. Date
[19--]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.1 - AR Pts: 118
Language
English
Description
'War and Peace' has been described as the Illiad and the Odyssey of the Russian people, with just cause. This is a work that speaks to the meaning and hope of life. Tolstoy's realism forced him to strip away much of the glorification of war and show the realities. Yet Tolstoy presents the events of 1812 as a moral crusade, and that the Russians won against the Napoleonic onslaught because of their adherence to simple, good and true virtues (as much...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday & company, inc
Pub. Date
[c1944]
Language
English
Description
Tolstoy's epic novel of love, destiny and self-destruction, in a gorgeous new clothbound edition from Penguin Classics. Anna Karenina seems to have everything - beauty, wealth, popularity and an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society and family alike and soon brings jealously and bitterness in its wake. Contrasting with this tale...
Author
Series
Publisher
Dodd, Mead
Pub. Date
1945
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12 - AR Pts: 27
Language
English
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Description
Spirited Elizabeth Bennet copes with the suit of the snobbish Mr. Darcy while trying to sort out the romantic entanglements of two of her sisters, sweet and beautiful Jane and scatterbrained Lydia.
4) Peter Pan
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
c1950
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
The adventures of the three Darling children in Never-Never Land with Peter Pan, the boy who would not grow up.
5) The Jungle
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin
Pub. Date
1985
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8 - AR Pts: 22
Language
English
Description
A documentary novel portraying industry's conditions at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century. Sinclair's novel prompted public outrage which led President Theodore Roosevelt to demand an official investigation. This eventually led to the passage of the Pure Food and Drug laws.
Author
Publisher
Barnes and Noble Classics
Pub. Date
2005
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
A graphic novel that is based on the final section of the novel The Vicomte of Bragelonne by Alexandre Dumas, pere, which was itself based on the 18th century legend of The Man in the Iron Mask. The plot often involves D'Artagnan and the Three Musketeers and an identical twin brother of King Louis XIV of France, and it is considered a sequel to The Three Musketeers. Beautifully illustrated, this classic tale will capture children's interest and spark...
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