take a glimpse @ 101 great books
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BY R. KOHUTE
Take a glimpse @ 101 Great Books
WHY CAN’T WE JUST BE FRIENDS?
OPPRESSED, A GROUP OF RABBITS STRUGGLE TO LIVE IN PEACE
AdventureWatership Down
BEOWULF, THE ULTIMATE HERO, FIGHTS THE EVIL , “BORN IN SLIME” MONSTER
SEEKING TO AVENGE HIS MONSTER MOTHER’S DEATH
(WRITTEN IN VERSE)
AdventureBeowulf
A SUDDEN DEATH DESTROYS A FAMILY EMOTIONAL AND POIGNANT
GRAB YOUR TISSUES
A Death in the Family
EMMA WRITTEN BY JANE AUSTEN
SINGLE, NOT LOOKING FOR LOVE, EMMA TRIES TO BE THE MATCHMAKER FOR ALL HER FRIENDS… UNTIL SHE IS DRAWN IN
TO THE WORLD OF ROMANCE.
RomanceEmma
IT WA S N O T LOVE AT F IR S T S IGHT, BU T W ILL STR O N G -W ILLED ELISA BETH A ND THE
W EALTHY M R . DA R C Y OVER C O M E THEIR PR IDE AN D BE A C O U PLE?
(ME AN W HILE M OM A R R AN GE D O THER EC O N O MIC ADVAN TA GEO US M AR R IA GES FO R
THE O THER DAU GHTER S.
RomancePride and Prejudice
CAN SISTERS EVER GET ALONG?WHEN ONE IS THE PRACTICAL SISTER
AND ONE IS THE EMOTIONAL SISTER…. THE TWO ARE BOUND TO ARGUE
FamilySense and Sensibility
EARTHLINGS HAVE ESCAPED A DYING EARTH TO COME TO MARS TO CONQUER
SPACE AND COLONIZE THE PLANET. L IFE ON MARS IS NOT LIKE IT USED TO BE…
Adventure… Sci-Fi StyleThe Martian Chronicles
A SHY GOVERNESS FINDS HERSELF FALLING IN LOVE WITH HER MYSTERIOUS
EMPLOYER EDWARD
RomanceJane Eyre
FLASHBACK AND FOLLOW THE UPS AND DOWNS OF THE TEMPETOUS LOVE AFFAIR
BETWEEN HEATHCLIFF AND CATHERINE
RomanceWuthering Heights
SET IN CHINA, A PEASANT OVERCOMES NATURE’S WRATH TO BECOME A
SUCCESSFUL LANDOWNER
Historical Overcome the Odds
The Good Earth
WRONG PLACE, WRONG TIMEA MAN IS CAUGHT UP IN A MURDER IN
ANOTHER COUNTRY
The Stranger
A MISSIONARY PRIEST TRAVELS TO THE NEW TERRITORIES TO WORK WITH THE CATHOLIC BELIEVERS OF THAT REGION.
Historical & EnlighteningDeath Comes for the Archbishop
ARE WE THERE YET? TRAVELERS ON A TRIP TO CANTERBURY
ENTERTAIN EACH OTHER BY TELLING STORIES… SOME FUNNY, SOME WITH A
LESSON…
Entertaining The Canterbury Tales
THE MURDER OF A COWBOY LEADS TO VIGILANTES FORMING A POSSE TO HUNT
DOWN THE KILLERLYNCHING
Western AdventureThe Ox-Bow Incident
ADVENTURER MARLOWE TRAVELS THE CONGO. HE IS GREETED BY SAVAGES AND
CANNABILISM AS HE IS LOOKING FOR A KURTZ, A COMPANY AGENT, WHO HAS
GONE INSANE
AdventureHeart of Darkness
LABELED AS A COWARD, A YOUNG MAN STRIVES TO REDEEM HIMSELF
AdventureLord Jim
Historical AdventureThe Deerslayer
1 7 5 7 … F R EN C H A N D I N D I A N WA R E R AA MA N A G R EE S T O A C C O MPA N Y T W O S IS T E R S T H R O U G H T H E D A N GE R O U S, H O S T I L E I N D I A N
T ER R I T O RY
T R I VI A : H AW K EY E F R O M M* A * S * H * WA S N A M ED A F T E R T H E MA I N C H A R A C T ER
The Last of the Mohicans
A YOUNG SOLDIER EXPERIENCES THE CONFUSION AND HORROR OF A CIVIL WAR
BATTLEFIELD
WarRed Badge of Courage
( INSERT LATIN ACCENT HERE)OH, YES, ADVENTURES OF THE
LEGENDARY, CHIVALROUS, BRAVE KNIGHT… DON QUIXOTE…
16 T H CENTURY SPAIN
Historical AdventureDon Quixote
THE ORIGINAL SURVIVOR CASTAWAY
AN ENGLISHMAN IS THE SOLE SURVIVOR OF A SHIPWRECK. THIS IS HIS STORY OF
HIS ADVENTURES TRYING TO SURVIVE FOR ALMOST 30 YEARS ON A DESERTED
ISLAND.
C U LT U R A L N O T E : T H E P H R A S E “M Y M A N F R I D AY ” A L LU D E S T O T H I S N OV E L
Robinson Crusoe
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR MOTHER DIES AND YOUR STEPFATHER KICKS YOU
OUT? READ TO FIND OUT HOW DAVID STRUGGLED THROUGH SCHOOL AND LIFE
IN LONDON TRYING TO SURVIVE AND FIND HAPPINESS.
David Copperfield
A MYSTERY WITH AN AMAZING CAST:
PIP, THE ORPHANMAGWITCH, THE CONVICTESTELLA, THE BEAUTIFUL
MISS HAVISHAM, THE SPITEFUL AND BEAUTIFULMR. JAGGERS, THE AMBITIOUS LAWYER
Great Expectations
AGAIN… A YOUNG ORPHAN… TRAINED FOR A LIFE OF CRIME… TRIES TO ESCAPE THAT
LIFE AND THE WORKHOUSE
Oliver Twist
OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!SET DURING THE FRENCH REVOLUTION,
A Tale of Two Cities
A MONEYLENDER (LOANSHARK?) AND HER SISTER ARE MURDERED!
AN INVESTIGATION ENSUES, AND A PROSTITUTE WITH A HEART OF GOLD
CONVINCES THE MURDERER TO CONFESS
Crime and Punishment
Frederick Douglass
SIR HENRY BASKERVILLE HAS BEEN WARNED. IF HE MOVES INTO THE CURSED
FAMILY HOME THAT HE INHERITED, HE WILL DIE… CAN SHERLOCK HOLMES HELP
HIM?
Hound of the BAskervilles
POOR CLYDE GRIFFITHS. HE WANTED THE AMERICAN DREAM…
AND HE SACRIFICES IT ALL TO GET TRY TO GET IT.
An American Tragedy
EDMUND WANTS REVENGE…REVENGE FOR HIS UNJUST PUNISHMENT
OF FOURTEEN YEARS IN PRISON
Count of Monte Cristo
17 T H CENTURY FRANCEA TALE OF SWASHBUCKLING
FOUR MEN TRY TO OUTWIT THE ENEMIES OF THE KING AND QUEEN
(BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS THE THREE MUSKETEERS?)
The Three Musketeers
AS THE FAMILY ATTEMPTS TO CARRY OUT ADDIE’S DYING WISH, THEY EXPERIENCE
SETBACK AFTER TRAGIC SETBACK, INCLUDING A FIRE, A WASHED -OUT
BRIDGE, A SEDUCTION, BROKEN LIMBS… (NOT IN THAT ORDER )
FamilyAs I Lay Dying
FOUR NARRATORS SHARE WHAT HAPPENED THEIR VIEWS ON DIFFERENT EPISODES THAT
SHOW THE DECLINE OF THE COMPTON FAMILY:BENJY: THE 33-YEAR-OLD MENTALLY RETARDED
MANQUENTIN: THE STUDENT WHO COMMITS SUICIDE
JASON: THE BITTER, CYNICAL BROTHERDILSEY: THE FAMILY ’S BLACK SERVANT
Pyschological FictionThe Sound and the Fury
STAR-CROSSED LOVERS?ORPHAN TOM FALLS FOR WEALTHY
LANDOWNER’S DAUGHTER….
Tom Jones
A PLAY SET IN ALABAMA WHERE THE “MIRCALE WORKER” ANNE SULLIVAN
ATTEMPTS TO EDUCATED THE WILD, SIX-YEAR OLD HELEN KELLER WHO WAS
RENDERED BLIND, DEAF, AND MUTE BY AN ILLNESS.
Mircale Worker
YOUNG JOHNNY GUNTHER HAS A CANCEROUS BRAIN TUMOR. THIS IS THE
STORY OF HIS STRUGGLE.
FamilyDeath be not proud
“WHAT HAPPENS TO A DREAM DEFERRED?DOES IT DRY UP
LIKE A RAISIN IN THE SUN?” - - L A N G S T O N H U G H E S
THE YOUNGER FAMILY DREAMS OF LEAVING THEIR CRAMPED CHICAGO APARTMENT TO
MOVE TO A BETTER NEIGHBORHOOD
A raisin in the sun
BATHSHEBA HAS THE BEAUTY AND PRIDE TO TOY WITH THREE MEN’S AFFECTIONS.
BUT THE STORY PLAYS LIKE A SOAP OPERA… WILL ANYONE FIND TRUE LOVE?
Far from the madding crowd
OVERWHELMED BY POVERTY, TESS PRETENDS TO BE KIN WITH THE WEALTHY
D’URBERVILLES…
Tess of the d’urbervilles
THE HOUSE ITSELF IS A CHARACTER WITH ITS FRAUDULENT AND WITCHCRAFT
HISTORY.THE STORY:
HEPZIBAH OPENS A SMALL SHOP IN THE GLOOMY FAMILY MANSION TO HELP
SUPPORT HER BROTHER JUST RELEASED FROM PRISON AFTER 30 YEARS FOR
MURDER. A MYSTERY UNFOLDS AB OUT THE HOUSE.
MysteryHouse of the seven gables
NEAR THE END OF WWII…MAIN CHARACTER: YOSSARIAN OF THE
U.S. ARMY FIGHTING SQUADRON 256“THE CASE AGAINST CLEVINGER WAS
OPEN AND SHUT. THE ONLY THING MISSING WAS SOMETHING TO CHARGE
HIM WITH”
War (and Satire)Catch 22
LNT. HENRY, AN AMERICAN AMBULANCE DRIVER DURING WWI, EXPERIENCES
BATTLES, INJURY, TREACHERY, LOVE, AND DEFEAT ON THE ITALIAN FRONT
War and RomanceA Farewell to arms
SPANISH CIVIL WARROBERT JORDAN IS AN EXPLOSIVES
EXPERT SENT TO BLOW UP A BRIDGE. HE AND THE OTHER GUERRILLAS FACE
DEATH.
WarFor whom the bell tolls
1920 ’SEXPATRIATE AMERICAN, JAKE BARNES, ATTEMPTS TO FULFILL HIS LIFE WITH DISTRACTING BEHAVIOR WITH HARD
WORK, DRINKING, AND BULLFIGHTING IN EUROPE
AdventureThe sun also rises
All creaturues great and small
AFTER A PLANE CRASH, THE SURVIVORS STUMBLE UPON A UTOPIA, SHANGRI-LA,
WHERE LIFE IS ETERNAL.
Fantasy AdventureLost Horizon
HEROES ENGAGE IN BATTLE, GODS AND GODDESSES INTERFERE TO HELP AND HURT. . AND WHY? BECAUSE OF THE
MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD… HELEN OF TROY… (THE FACE THAT LAUNCHED A THOUSAND SHIPS)
The iliad
ODYSSEUS, THE ULTIMATE LADIES MAN AND ULTIMATE HERO, TRAVELS ON A TEN-
YEAR JOURNEY TO GET BACK HOME. SOME OF HIS ADVENTURES ALONG THE
WAY, HE ENCOUNTERS CIRCE… WHO TURNS MEN INTO PIGS AND THE DREADED
CYCLOPS
The odyssey
MEDIEVAL PARIS, THE DISFIGURED QUASIMODO, BELLRINGER, SAVES THE
GYPSY DANCER, ESMERELDA FROM EXECUTION
Romance & AdventureHunchback of Notre Dame
VALJEAN, THE EX-CONVICT, FIGHTS AGAINST THE ODDS (AND THE CRAZED
POLICE INSPECTOR WHO WANTS TO RECAPTURE HIM) TO RISE FROM SLAVE TO
MAYOR.
Adventure Les miserables
NOT ONLY DOES THE NEW GOVERNESS NEED TO DEAL WITH TWO YOUNG
CHILDREN, BUT ALSO WITH THE GHOSTS OF TWO EVIL SERVANTS DISTURB A
REMOTE COUNTRY ESTATE
The turn of the screw
NAVAJO INDIANS, LAUGHING BOY AND SLIM GIRL FALL IN LOVE, MARRY, AND
TRY TO LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER. WHAT LAUGHING BOY DOESN’ T KNOW IS
THE SECRET LIFE SLIM GIRL LIVES.
Adventure & LoveLaughing boy
SENIOR DEMON SCREWTAPE WRITES LETTERS TO YOUNGER DEMON
WORMWOOD DESCRIBING HOW TO TEMPT AND PROMOTE SIN AMONG MAN.
FROM THE DEMON’S POINT OF VIEW…
SatireThe Screw-tape letters
Babbitt
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