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The Virginian
by Owen Wister
This western helped establish the idealized portrait of the American cowboy – he excels on his own merits, is independent of inheritance or advantages, and stands for law and order. |
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Where Angels Fear To Tread
by E. M. Forster
When a young English widow weds and bears a child with a penniless Italian, her death prompts her dour British in-laws to rescue the child in this tale of cultural collision. |
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Washington Square
by Henry James
A plain but good-hearted heiress is forbidden to marry the man she loves by her autocratic father, who suspects the suitor is an unscrupulous fortune hunter. |
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The Women of Brewster Place
by Gloria Naylor
Seven contemporary African American women tell their united stories of tragedy, perseverance, comedy, courage, and hope. |
