Gulliver's Travels
A new illustrated gift edition of a beloved classic. Three hundred years ago, a great deal of the world as we now know it was still undiscovered.
FIC
year: 2021
copies: 111
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 890
subjects: size and shape, fantasy fiction, voyages, imaginary, imaginary voyages, fantasy, satire, size, gulliver, lemuel (fictitious character), travelers, comic books, strips, etc, giants, reading materials, islands, survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc, castaways, survival, fantasy fiction, satire, electronic books [X], action and adventure fiction, gulliver, lemuel, satirical literature, shipwrecks, allegories
Julius Caesar
"The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones" How do you choose between the life of your friend and the future of your homeland? In Shakespeare's Julius Caesar, Brutus, "the noblest Roman of them all," has only his personal integrity to help him choose which is the greatest good and where he must place his allegiance.
822.3
year: 2012
copies: 112
call number/section: 822.3
lexile: 480
subjects: caesar, julius, heads of state, rome, shakespeare, william, conspiracies, assassins, tragedies, children's plays, english, plays, english literature, one act plays, english drama, brutus, marcus junius, audiobooks, generals, young adult drama, english, cartoons and comics, assassination, english drama (tragedy), radio adaptations, tragedies, electronic books [X]
Macbeth
"Orson Welles' dark and moody screen version of the classic William Shakespeare tragedy about a presumptuous Scottish prince's quest for power through patricide - in keeping with both the play's spirit and Welles' vision.
822.3
year: 2017
copies: 190
call number/section: 822.3
lexile: 480
subjects: macbeth, regicides, homicide, scotland, cartoons and comics, plays, drama, shakespeare, william, english drama, children's plays, english, english literature, tragedies, treason, political crimes and offenses, english drama (tragedy), audiobooks, murder, kings, queens, rulers, etc, historical films, feature films, historical drama, betrayal, fate and fatalism, graphic novels, macbeth, king of scotland, tragedia, escocia, historical drama, tragedies, audiobooks, tragedies (drama), gruoch, kings and rulers, spanish subtitles, feature films, videodiscs, dvds, dvd-video discs, historical films, video recordings for the hearing impaired, war films, drama, fiction films, film adaptations, children's plays, witches, spanish language, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, spanish language materials, arabic language, historical fiction, electronic books [X]
A Midsummer Night's Dream
Presents the text of "A Midsummer Night's Dream, " in which two sets of lovers get lost in the woods and become caught up in a dispute between the fairy king and queen, and includes introductory and textual notes, character lists and studies, a synopsis, teaching tools and suggestions, historical background, and biographical information about Shakespeare.
822.3
year: 2014
copies: 140
call number/section: 822.3
lexile: 590
subjects: courtship, fairy plays, comedies, athens (greece), theseus (greek mythology), hippolyta (greek mythology), shakespeare, william, man-woman relationships, fairies, magic, man-woman relationship, english drama, love, humorous plays, drama, english literature, plays, audiobooks, video recordings for the hearing impaired, italy, humorous stories, cartoons and comics, humorous graphic novels, comic books, strips, etc, graphic novels, humorous fiction, graphic novels, electronic books [X], fairy tales, identity (philosophical concept), identity, love stories, children's plays, canadian, children's poetry, canadian, readers' theater, korean language materials, canadian poetry, children's plays, bilingual books, children's poetry, comedies, electronic books, fairy plays
Great Expectations
Pip is a poor young orphan, living with his sister and her husband Joe, a blacksmith.
FIC
year: 2012
copies: 179
call number/section: FIC
lexile: 1230
subjects: young men, england, dickens, charles, orphans, coming of age, man-woman relationship, ex-convicts, benefactors, youth, bildungsromans, great britain, man-woman relationships, revenge, historical fiction, closed caption video recordings, closed captioning, dvds, audiobooks, working class, inheritance and succession, literature - adapted, gifts, bildungsromane, audiobooks, bildungsromans, adaptations, graphic novels, love stories, love, cartoons and comics, conduct of life, industrial revolution, social classes, electronic books [X]