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Othello

author: Shakespeare, William, Bloom, Harold (ed.), Mckellen, Ian, Fishburne, Larry, Kani, John, Olivier, Laurence
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

The Return Of The Native

author: Hardy, Thomas, Hardy
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

Jude The Obscure

author: Hardy, Thomas, Hardy
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

Madame Bovary

author: Flaubert, Gustave
"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

Lady Chatterley's Lover

author: Lawrence, D. H
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

Anna Karenina

author: Tolstoy, Leo
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
subjects: adultery [X], love stories, russia

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