1984
In a grim city and a terrifying country, where Big Brother is always Watching You and the Thought Police can practically read your mind, Winston is a man in grave danger for the simple reason that his memory still functions.
FIC
year: 2022
copies: 249
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1090
subjects: crime and fantasy, orwell, george, fiction, english literature, science fiction, totalitarianism, culture conflict, london (england), dystopias, spanish language, audiobooks, audiobooks [X], science fiction, dystopian fiction, compact discs [X], electronic books, electronic books, political fiction, ukrainian language
A Tale Of Two Cities
Presents Charles Dickens's classic novel set in London and Paris during the French Revolution and includes explanatory notes, an author chronology, a historical time line, a theme and plot outline, contemporary and modern critical analyses, discussion questions, and a list of related books and films.
FIC
year: 2017
copies: 309
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1130
subjects: historical fiction, war stories, paris (france), london (england), france history revolution, 1789-1799 fiction, france, war, fiction, friendship, loyalty, revenge, french, executions and executioners, fathers and daughters, lookalikes, audiobooks, french fiction, dickens, charles, cartoons and comics, father-daughter relationship, audiobooks [X], war stories, historical fiction, man-woman relationship, war fiction, paris (france) $x history $y 1789-1799, electronic books, father-child relationship, compact discs [X], man-woman relationships
The Jungle
Presents Upton Sinclair's classic novel, which depicts the conditions of the Chicago stockyards through the eyes of a young Lithuanian immigrant struggling in early-twentieth-century America, and includes a historical time line, a theme and plot outline, critical analyses, and other study tools.
FIC
year: 2014
copies: 173
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1170
subjects: lithuanian americans, working class, stockyards, immigrants, chicago (ill.), meat industry and trade, meat industry, polish americans, meat industry and trade fiction, food and drug laws, meat packing industry, sinclair, upton, american literature, meatpacking industry, working conditions, pure food and drug act, political fiction, political fiction, audiobooks, audiobooks [X], compact discs [X], illinois, didactic fiction, politics, electronic books
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, 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 [X], playaway (digital audiobook), revenge, historical fiction, large print books, man-woman relationships, man-woman relationship, historical fiction, compact discs [X], electronic books, psychological fiction, didactic fiction