Written with a trenchant, sardonic edge, The Group is a dazzlingly outspoken novel and a captivating look at the social history of America between two world wars. "Juicy, shocking, witty, and almost continually brilliant."--CosmopolitanAward-winning Mary McCarthy's most celebrated novel follows the lives of eight Vassar graduates, known simply to their classmates as “the group.” An eclectic mix of personalities and upbringings, they meet a week after graduation to watch Kay Strong get married. After the ceremony, the women begin their adult lives -- traveling to Europe, tackling the worlds of nursing and publishing, and finding love and heartbreak in the streets of New York City. Through the years, some of the friends grow apart and some become entangled in each other's affairs, but all vow not to become like their mothers and fathers. It is only when one of them passes away that they all come back together again to mourn the loss of a friend, a confidante, and most importantly, a member of the group.

A literary love story that rivals those celebrated in earlier classics. "St. Louis Post-Dispatch" In Helprin s rhapsodic rendering . . . "In Sunlight and in Shadow" is . . . the romance of life itself. " Los Angeles Times" In the summer of 1946, New York City pulses with energy. Harry Copeland, a World War II veteran, has returned home to run the family business. Yet his life is upended by a single encounter with the young singer and heiress Catherine Thomas Hale, as each falls for the other in an instant. They pursue one another in a romance played out in Broadway theaters, Long Island mansions, the offices of financiers, and the haunts of gangsters. Catherine s choice of Harry over her longtime fiance endangers Harry s livelihood and threatens his life. In the end, Harry must summon the strength of his wartime experience to fight for Catherine, and risk everything. In its storytelling heft, its moral rectitude, the solemn magnificence of its writing and the splendor of its hymns to New York City, ["In Sunlight and in Shadow"] is a spiritual pendant to Winter s Tale and every bit as extraordinary . . . Even the most stubbornly resistant readers will soon be disarmed by the nobility of the novel s sentiments and seduced by the pure music of its prose. "Wall Street Journal" [NO AUTHOR PHOTO] Mark Helprin is the acclaimed author of Winter s Tale, A Soldier of the Great War, The Pacific, Memoir from Antproof Case, Freddy and Fredericka, Ellis Island, and numerous other works. "

The nineteen stories contained herein, all beautifully translated for the first time into English by Sue Boswell, combine work published by Marcel Schwob (1867-1905) in newspapers together with manuscripts never published in his lifetime. From historical pieces, such as "Poupa", an early unfinished novel which takes place in ancient Rome, to horrific tales, such as "The Hand of Glory" and "The Maison Close", and others, such as "On Umbrellas", which are completely unclassifiable, the present collection displays the diversity and genius of one of France's greatest yet largely forgotten writers.

Text extracted from opening pages of book: HISTORICAL FICTION and other Reading References for Classes in JUNIOR AND SENIOR HIGH SCHOOLS Compiled by HANNAH _ LOGASA The University of Chicago Home-Study Department Author of The High School Library, The Study Hall FOURTH REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION Philadelphia McKinley Publishing Co. 1949 SYMBOLS USED IN THIS WORK * Especially valuable x Junior high school level Copyright, 1949 McKinky Publishing Co. Made in the United States [ 2] TABLE OF CONTENTS'-PACE Symbols usecrm tms woric _ r v .. A . K, .... r: --. 2 Preface to the Fourth Revised and Enlarged Editioi.: .....: ..: .*.: .*..: ....: .. r.: .?... $ Introduction ., .*...... 5 ANNOTATED LIST OF HISTORICAL MATERIAL ANCIENT HISTORY I. Primitive life 13 II. Oriental life '. 17 III. Ancient Greece and her civilization 21 IV. Early Rome and the Roman Empire 25 MEDIEVAL AND MODERN EUROPE I. Traditional and legendary history: Empire of Charlemagne and the invasion of the Northmen, 600-1000 31 II. Medieval life institutions, 1000-1400 35 III. Renaissance and the Reformation to 1643 44 IV. Absolutism and the struggle for colonial and commercial supremacy, 1643-1786 56 V. French revolution and the Reign of Napoleon Bonaparte, 1789-1815 61 VI. Reaction, revolution and the nationalizing of the European states, 1815-1871 66 VII. Democracy, Liberalism, and the nineteenth-century expansion of Europe, 1871-1914 70 VIII. The World War, 1914-1918 73 IX. Post-War Europe, and Spheres of Influence, 1918-78 X. World War II and after 86 CANADA I. Discovery, exploration, colonization, 1000-1673 91 II. Anglo-French rivalry, 1673-1867 93 III. Confederation, and after, 1867-97 LATIN AMERICA I. Discovery, exploration and conquest, 1400-1808 102 II. Struggles for independence, 1808-1867 106 III. Experiments in democratic government, and development, looe-luv UNITED STATES HISTORY I. Discovery and exploration, 1400-1607 v .......... 116 II. Colonization and the struggle for supremacy in North America, 1607-1753 118 III. Revolution and the establishment of the American Nation, 1763-1789.... 127 IV. Nationalism and democracy, 1789-1829 135 V. Expansion, 1829-1861 } g VI. Conflict, 1861-1865 -* * J* i VII. Reconstruction and consolidation, 1865-1897 lol VIII National expansion and the new democracy, 1897-1914 loo IX. The World War, 1914-1918 #] X. The United States since the World War, 1918-1942 174 XL World War II and after 179 APPENDIX I. Islands of the Sea 183 II. Selected List of Source Books Ancient History; v { JJ Medieval and Modern European History --.. *&* United States History } Jg World War II and after * j Author and title index iyD [ 3] THE FOURTH REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION The present revision consists of over 900 new titles. Three hundred of the older titles were omitted, not because they were no longer useful, but in order to make room for the newer material. A new section, Islands of the seas has been added to the Appendix. These small land areas have become of increasing importance because of their geographic location, political influence, and economic possibili ties. The larger islands, and continents that play a world role were not included in this section. Added also, were two sections of World War II, and after. These will be found in their chronological order. For different reasons compiling this work has presented problems. A few might be mentioned: ( a) The periodcovered by this revision coincided with the world conflict. Few books on various periods, and phases of history were published, e. g., Ancient history; World War I. This had its effect on the proportion of material in the list. ( b) The book output was marked by a change of format in many books. The binding, margins, paper, and print was not up to pre-war standards. This has a bearing on the life of the physical book, and its possible rebinding. ( c) The language in some of the books was frank, and in other cases crude. In each such case the book had to be judged

Nothing is as it seems at Wood Norton. A Zeppelin on a midnight flight over the English coast nearly crashes, leaving behind its observation car-and a Homberg hat. A mysterious stranger who appears from nowhere bearing news of Lady Cranston's brother, who languishes as a German prisoner of war. And Sir Henry Cranston, who refuses to come out of retirement at a time when his country is in need, but prefers instead to spend his time fishing. The fate of nations and of two lovers separated by war depends on discovering the secret of... The Zeppelin's Passenger!

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The revelation that a long forgotten novel first published anonymously in 1834 is the work of Benjamin Disraeli and his sister Sarah is an exciting literary event. Newly discovered letters between brother and sister prove without doubt that it was written jointly by them. We do not have to look far for the reason for their secrecy. The vividly described election which forms the centrepiece of the story is clearly based on Disraeli's recent experiences as an unsuccessful candidate in two elections at High Wycombe. His political career had a long way to go and the last thing he wanted was to jeopardize it by revealing his motives in the past or his hopes for the future. The hero, Aubrey Bohun, has, like Disraeli, recently returned from mysterious travels in the East, but unlike him has his own castle and an income of £30,000 a year. Bohun obviously contains an element of wish fulfilment and allows the authors to incorporate in the novel elements of wish fulfilment and allows the authors to incorporate in the novel elements of a popular genre known in its day as 'silver fork' fiction – revelations of high life. Although there is much of this and of melodrama too, there is also some splendid social irony. Michael Foot says 'the volume is quite fit to takes its place in the true Disraeli canon and contains many gems which add fresh gleams to the portrait of Disraeli himself.' Two appendixes explain the literary detection that proved the book's authorship and the parallels between the politics of Aubrey Bohun and Disraeli.