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, compact discs, illinois, didactic fiction, politics, electronic books
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, beauty, personal, england, wilde, oscar, didactic fiction, fables, gray, dorian (fictional character), paranormal fiction, aging, immortality, elderly, gothic fiction, gray, dorian