Hardy, Thomas
Summary: Innocent Tess Durbeyfield's maidenhood is stolen by the dishonorable Alex d'Urberville and yet she is able to find true love with Angel Clare; their happiness is later shattered, for when her past is revealed, Clare rejects her love until it is too late ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 1994
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC HARCarey, Peter
Summary: The two-time Booker Prize-winning author now gives us a wildly exuberant, wily new novel that circumnavigates 1954 Australia, revealing as much about the country/continent as it does about three audacious individuals who take part in the infamous 10,000-mile race, the Redex Trial. Irene Bobs loves fast driving. Her husband is the best car salesman in southeastern Australia. Together they enter...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CARHardy, Thomas
Summary: Beautiful and spirited, but also impoverished and mistreated, Tess suffers through the hypocrisy of Victorian society, and falls victim to injustice. Controversial at the time of writing and censored when it was first published, the novel is now considered Hardy's masterwork.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Texas Book Company 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARHarvey, Samantha
Summary: The Western Wind is a riveting story of faith, guilt, and the freedom of confession. It's 1491. In the small village of Oakham, its wealthiest and most industrious resident, Tom Newman, is swept away by the river during the early hours of Shrove Saturday. Was it murder, suicide, or an accident? Narrated from the perspective of local priest John Reve--patient shepherd to his wayward flock--a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARContents: Der Prokurator = The attorney / Johann Wolfgang von Goethe -- Unverhofftes Wiedersehen = An unexpected reunion / Johann Peter Hebel -- Das Erdbeben in Chili = The earthquake in Chile / Heinrich von Kleist -- Don Juan / Ernst Theodor Amadeus Hoffmann -- Bergkristall = Rock crystal / Adalbert Stifter -- Das Tanzlegendchen = The little legend of the dance / Gottfried Keller -- Eine Frau in meinen...
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Publisher / Publication Date: University of California Press 1984