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The Turmoil |
Booth Tarkington (1869 - 1946) |
Publishers Weekly #1 Best Seller for 1915.
Tarkington was a widely read and prolific multiple Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and dramatist.
The story uses a tale of two families following different trajectories but linked by romance to provide a glimpse of the changes induced by industrialization and urbanization.
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The U.P. Trail |
Zane Grey (1872 - 1939) |
Publishers Weekly #1 Best Seller for 1918.
An epic novel set against the construction of the Union-Pacific Railroad between 1864 and 1869 and the introduction of the telegraph.
Full of wonderfully drawn characters and a central romantic thread.
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Therese Raquin |
Emile Zola (1840 - 1902) |
Therese Raquin begins an affair with a friend of her husband. Their passion is such a contrast to her dry almost loveless marriage that they plot to drown her husband. The novel caused a scandal when it was published and Zola continued to be a controversial and notorious figure. |
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To Have and To Hold |
Mary Johnston (1870 - 1936) |
Publishers Weekly #1 Best Seller for 1900.
English soldier turned Virginia explorer unknowingly becomes entangled in royal intrigue when he makes a quick marriage.
The author drives the plot through a series of adventures, each revealing more of the essential nature of the characters.
One Americas most popular historical novels and very hard to put down.
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Venus in Furs |
Leopold von Sacher-Masoch (1836 - 1895) |
Serverin von Kusiemski is so infatuated with Wanda von Dunajew that he asks that she treats him as a slave. He convinces her and signs agreements to that effect, but all does not turn out well. The novel draws themes and character inspiration from Sacher-Masoch's own life, and incorporates many autobiographical details. First published in 1870, Venus in Furs is possibly the best known of Leopold von Sacher-Masoch's works and it's notoriety helped immortalize him with the coining of masochism. |
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War and Peace |
Leo Tolstoy (1828 - 1910) |
War and Peace is the critically acclaimed epic novel by Leo Tolstoy. Set between 1805 - 1813, it tells of the Napoleonic wars and in particular Napoleon's invasion of Russia. Against this backdrop, Tolstoy tells the story of various Russian aristocratic families - their personal lives, fortunes, loves and dramas. Ranked No.3 on Time magazine's list of the "10 Greatest Books of all time", January 2007. |
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