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) [X], future life, soul, appearance (philosophy), personal appearance, didactic fiction, youthfulness, ross, tony, ill, dvds, horror, english literature, beauty, personal, england, wilde, oscar, didactic fiction [X], fables, gray, dorian (fictional character), paranormal fiction, aging, immortality, elderly, gothic fiction, gray, dorian
Bleak House
Opening in the swirling mists of London, the novel revolves around a court case that has dragged on for decades?the infamous Jarndyce and Jarndyce lawsuit, in which an inheritance is gradually devoured by legal costs.
FIC
year: 2008
copies: 17
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1180
subjects: illegitimate children, guardian and ward, young women, illegitimacy, london (england) [X], england, guardian-ward relationship, inheritance and succession, bildungsromans, mystery fiction, social problems, didactic fiction, trusts and trustees, domestic fiction, didactic fiction [X]
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit grows up in Marshalsea prison, where her father is confined for his debts, and she helps to feed the family with her needlework until her father receives an inheritance when she is in her teens, and more problems ensue.
FIC
year: 2009
copies: 3
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1180
subjects: children of prisoners, england, inheritance and succession, debt, imprisonment for, fathers and daughters, london (england) [X], love stories, marshalsea prison (southwark, london, england), debt, didactic fiction [X]