Othello
Presents William Shakespeare's play in which a man, swayed by his jealous friend's deceptions, tragically doubts his wife's faithfulness; and includes an introduction, text glosses, the "Willow" song, background on Shakespeare and his world, a list of further resources, and tools and suggestions for exploring the play in the classroom.
822.3
year: 2014
copies: 191
call number/section: 822.3
lexile: 770
subjects: shakespeare, william, othello (fictitious character), jealousy, muslims, english literature, venice (italy), english drama, tragedies, interracial marriage, othello (fictional character), audiobooks, comic books, strips, etc, cartoons and comics, drama, tragedies, videodiscs, man-woman relationships, video recordings for the hearing impaired, man-woman relationship, closed caption video recordings, deception, films for the hearing impaired, revenge, adultery [X], compact discs, cyprus
The Return Of The Native
The fiery Eustacia Vye, wishing only for passionate love, believes that her escape from Egdon lies in her marriage to Clym Yeobright, the returning "native," home from Paris and discontented with his work there.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 9
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1040
subjects: pastoral fiction, didactic fiction, england, wessex (england), hardy, thomas, fiction, domestic relations, romance, great britain, heathlands, mate selection, adultery [X], mother-son relationship, mothers and sons, native americans, married people, country life, people with visual disabilities, marriage
Jude The Obscure
Details the story of Jude Fawley, a poor stonemason who longs to be a minister, and how the brutal deaths of his children and his inability to please the two women in his life hinder his dreams and threaten his existence.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 11
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1110
subjects: stonemasons, adultery [X], marriage, man-woman relationships, wessex (england), england, man-woman relationship, illegitimacy, unmarried couples, children, didactic fiction, romance fiction
The Scarlet Letter
This is a book I really enjoyed because of the discriptive words used to explain what is happening are used in a very good way.
FIC
year: 2018
copies: 434
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 410
subjects: prynne, hester (fictitious character), puritans, adultery [X], women, triangles (interpersonal relations), illegitimate children, women immigrants, married women, boston (mass.), adultry, puritans fiction, new england fiction, illegitimacy, wives, united states, hawthorne, nathaniel, prynne, hester (fictional character), massachusetts, clergy, new england, audiobooks, social values, large type books, immigrants, graphic novel graphic novels, puritains, fiction, digital audiotape recorders and recordings, audiobooks, playaway (digital audiobook), revenge, historical fiction, large print books, man-woman relationships, man-woman relationship, historical fiction, compact discs, electronic books, psychological fiction, didactic fiction
Madame Bovary
"Flaubert's tragic novel stands as a brilliant portrayal of infidelity, an incisive psychological portrait of a woman town between duty and desire.
FIC
year: 2013
copies: 22
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1030
subjects: flaubert, gustave, middle class, physicians, married people, adultery [X], suicide, france, audiobooks, physicians' spouses, compact discs, domestic fiction, trials (obscenity), physician's spouses-fiction; married women-fiction; adultery-fiction; middle class-france-fiction, suicide victims, physicians' wives, wives, electronic books
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Presents the unexpurgated text of the 1928 edition of "Lady Chatterley's Lover," in which Constance Chatterley, trapped in a loveless marriage, finds herself experiencing true love for the first time after meeting the new gamekeeper at her husband's estate.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 750
subjects: adultery [X], married women, gamekeepers, game protection, england, runaway wives, aristocracy (social class), man-woman relationships, wives, british literature, english literature, banned books, love stories, love
Anna Karenina
A beautiful, passionate Russian woman forsakes her husband for a lover, and after a bitter experience commits suicide.
FIC
year: 2006
copies: 2
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1080