The Picture Of Dorian Gray
In Victorian England, young aristocrat Dorian Gray meets Sir Harry Wotton and is introduced to London's society circuit and a decadent world of self-indulgience.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 62
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 920
subjects: conduct of life, supernatural, portraits, great britain, london (england), future life, soul, appearance (philosophy), personal appearance, didactic fiction, youthfulness, ross, tony, ill, dvds, horror, english literature [X], beauty, personal, england, wilde, oscar, didactic fiction, fables, gray, dorian (fictional character), paranormal fiction, aging, immortality, elderly, gothic fiction, gray, dorian
The Tempest
Prospero, the deposed Duke of Milan, uses his skill at controlling natural forces to cause the shipwreck of his old opponents, forcing them to seek refuge on the island where he and his daughter Miranda have been living in exile, and setting the stage for Miranda to fall in love with Ferdinand, the prince of Naples.
822.3
year: 2020
copies: 125
call number/section: 822.3
lexile: 1290
subjects: shakespeare, william, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, fathers and daughters, magicians, duchies, islands, political refugees, shipwreck victims, english drama, nobility, plays, english literature [X], one act plays, drama, children's plays, english, life on other planets, science fiction, castaways, spirits, father-daughter relationship, survival, audiobooks, tragicomedy, compact discs, shipwrecks, tragicomedy, father-child relationship, electronic books, wizards, father-daughter relationships, english drama, tragicomedies, drama
Sense And Sensibility
A story of two sisters - Elinor, who has sense and Marianne who has sensibility.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 58
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1180
subjects: young women, sisters, love stories, england, great britain, inheritance and succession, social classes, man-woman relationships, man-woman relationship, austen, jane, fiction, english literature [X], mate selection, domestic fiction, audiobooks, gentry, dashwood, elinor, dashwood, marianne, courtship, domestic fiction, love stories, regency fiction, romance fiction, love, romance fiction
The Great Gatsby
"An aspiring writer falls under the spell of an aloof millionaire with designs for the young scribe's unhappily married cousin in director Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 832
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1070
subjects: man-woman relationships, upper class, man-woman relationship, love stories, long island (n.y.), wealth, rich, traffic accidents, married women, first loves, rich people, mistresses, closed caption video recordings, film adaptations, closed captioning, love, audiobook, compact discs, audiobooks, films for the hearing impaired, fitzgerald, f. scott, gatsby, jay (fictional), english literature [X], jazz era, 1920s, wives, electronic books, psychological fiction, love stories, electronic books, romance fiction, gatsby, jay, buchanan, daisy, nineteen twenties, revenge
Mansfield Park
At the age of ten, Fanny Price leaves the poverty of her Portsmouth home to be brought up among the family of her wealthy uncle, Sir Thomas Bertram, in the chilly grandeur of Mansfield Park.
FIC
year: 2011
copies: 24
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1180
subjects: young women, children of the rich, country homes, adoptees, cousins, england, rich, austen, jane, english literature [X], love stories, love, uncles, domestic fiction, domestic fiction, love stories, poor families, rich people, poor, romance fiction
Twelfth Night, Or, What You Will
Contains Shakespeare's play in which Viola, having disguised herself as a man, falls in love with her employer, Duke Orsino; while Olivia, the object of Orsino's attentions, is attracted to Viola, believing her to be male; and includes detailed notes, plot summaries, and other resources.
822.3
year: 2019
copies: 29
call number/section: 822.3
lexile:
subjects: shakespeare, william, english drama, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, brothers and sisters, twins, mistaken identity, english drama (comedy), comedy, love stories, survival, english literature [X], illyria, love, siblings, comedies, humorous plays, electronic books, comedies, drama, comedy plays, shipwreck survival