BY R. KOHUTE

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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