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The Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
Paperback (Penguin, Aug. 16, 1965)None
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20th Century Plumed Serpent
D H Lawrence
Paperback (Penguin Classic, Oct. 2, 1990)None
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Le Grand Meaulnes
Henri Alain-Fournier, Frank Davison
Paperback (Penguin Classics, July 1, 1991)Also known, and later filmed, as "The Wanderer", this novel is the story of a brilliant young man who was killed in action in 1914 at the age of 27.
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Voss
Patrick White
Paperback (Penguin Classics, July 6, 1993)Set in 19th-century Australia, this is the story of the secret passion between an explorer and a young orphan. Although they have met only a few times, Voss and Laura are joined by overwhelming, obsessive feelings for one another.
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Look Homeward, Angel
Thomas Wolfe
Paperback (Penguin Books Ltd, April 26, 1990)None
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Memoirs of a Midget
Walter De LA Mare
Paperback (Oxford University Press, Sept. 27, 1984)This is a haunting story, told in the first-person, of a Victorian gentlewoman of diminutive size. In the Introductorian gentlewoman of diminutive size. In the Introduction, Angela Carter calls it "an authentic masterpiece. Lucid, enigmatic, and violent with the terrible violence that leaves behind no physical trace."
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20th Century Good Morning Midnight
Jean Rhys
Paperback (Penguin Classic, Dec. 4, 1990)None
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey
Thornton Niven Wilder
Paperback (Penguin, March 15, 1941)None
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Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
Joseph Conrad, Martin Seymour-Smith
Mass Market Paperback (Penguin Classics, Nov. 16, 1990)A novel, in which Charles Gould returns to South America determined to make a success of the inheritance left to him by his father, the San Tome mine. But his dreams are thwarted as the country is plunged into revolution.
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The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
Joseph Conrad, Martin Seymour-Smith
Mass Market Paperback (Penguin Classics, Dec. 7, 1990)One one of the great detective novels of all time, "The Secret Conrad", written in 1903, is a magisterial thriller of terrorists and police in London in the early years of the 20th century.
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The Lost Girl: Cambridge Lawrence Edition
D. H. Lawrence, John Worthen, Carol Siegel
Mass Market Paperback (Penguin Classics, Sept. 1, 1996)This captivating novel charts the journey of a woman caught between two worlds and two lives--one mired in dreary England and a life of convention, the other set in the vibrant Italian landscape holding the promise of sensual liberation. Alvina Haughton is fading into spinsterhood when she meets Cicio, a vaudeville dancer who draws her into a dance of seduction, reawakening her desire as she defies her stifling upper-class life.
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20th Century Out Of Africa
Karen Blixen
Paperback (Penguin Classic, Nov. 7, 1989)None