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The Siege
Helen Dunmore
F DUNMORE
Set against the turbulent backdrop of Leningrad in 1941, a novel of love and war follows the Levin family--twenty-two year-old Anna, her young brother Kilya, and their father, Mikhail--as they struggle to survive during the German siege. Published in 2002, 293 pgs. Available only in regular print.
The Heart of Danger
Gerald Seymour
LP F SEYMOUR
Despite government promises that war criminals in the former Yugoaslvia will be punished, no action is taken when Englishwoman Dorrie Mowat is brutally murdered in Croatia, and P.I. Bill Penn goes behind enemy lines to seek justice. Published in 1996, 542 pgs. Available only in large print.
The Stranger
Albert Camus
F CAMUS
When a young Algerian named Meursault kills a man, his subsequent imprisonment and trial are puzzling and absurd. The apparently amoral Meursault--who puts little stock in ideas like love and God--seems to be on trial less for his murderous actions, and more for what the authorities believe is his deficient character. Published in 1989, 123 pgs. Available only in regular print.
Fathers and Sons
Ivan Turgenev
F TURGENEV
When Arkady Petrovich returns home from college, his father finds his naïve son fallen under the powerful influence of the ardent young Bazarov, a self-proclaimed nihilist. Published in 1862, 219 pgs. Available in regular print, eBook, and downloadable audiobook.
Madame Bovary
Gustave Flaubert
F FLAUBERT
Emma Bovary, the bored wife of a French provincial doctor, scans her solitude with desperate eyes, like a shipwrecked sailor searching for a white sail on the distant horizon. And when Emma's ship finally comes in, it carries with it vast and tragic consequences upon which her own life and the lives of those around her are wrecked. Published in 1856, 403 pgs. Available in regular print, book on CD, eBook, and downloadable audiobook.
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
F DUMAS
Imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, Edmond Dantès spends fourteen bitter years in a dungeon. When his daring escape plan works he uses all he has learnt during his incarceration to mastermind an elaborate plan of revenge against those he holds responsible for his fate. No longer the naïve sailor who disappeared into the dark fortress all those years ago, he reinvents himself as the charming, mysterious and powerful Count of Monte Cristo. Published in 1845, 1462 pgs. Available in regular print, book on CD, eBook, and downloadable audiobook.
