Books in English in Canada

Cover of The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790; Eliot, Charles William, 1834-1926 [Editor] The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is an unfinished memoir written by Benjamin Franklin between 1771 and 1790. It is organized into four parts and presents Fran…

Common Sense Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809 Common Sense is a pamphlet by Thomas Paine published in January 1776, written to argue for independence from Great Britain for the Thirteen Colonies. Through clear,…

Cover of A Little Princess
Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time

A Little Princess Being the whole story of Sara Crewe now told for the first time Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett is a children’s novel first published in 1905. The story follows Sara Crewe, who arrives at a London boarding school as…

Middlemarch Eliot, George, 1819-1880 Middlemarch, by George Eliot, is a novel published in 1871–1872. It takes place in a fictional town in the English Midlands between 1829 and 1832, where several int…

The Voyage Out Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941 The Voyage Out (published in 1915) follows Rachel Vinrace as she boards a sea voyage to South America aboard her father’s ship. Traveling away from the sheltered ro…

The Mayor of Casterbridge Hardy, Thomas, 1840-1928 The Mayor of Casterbridge is a novel by Thomas Hardy, published in 1886. It begins with a drunken moment at a country fair, when young hay-trusser Michael Henchard …

Cover of The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories

The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 The $30,000 Bequest, and Other Stories is a collection of thirty comic short stories by Mark Twain, published in 1906. The volume brings together tales from across …

Mansfield Park Austen, Jane, 1775-1817 Mansfield Park by Jane Austen is a novel first published in 1814. Ten-year-old Fanny Price is sent from her impoverished home to live with her wealthy aunt and uncl…

The Jungle Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 “The Jungle” is a novel by Upton Sinclair published in 1906. It tells the story of Lithuanian immigrant Jurgis Rudkus and his family as they seek the American Dream…

The Lost World Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle, first published in 1912, is an adventure and science fiction novel. It follows journalist Edward Malone, who is looking for a …

Cover of George Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings

George Sand: Some Aspects of Her Life and Writings Doumic, René, 1860-1937; Hallard, Alys [Translator] René Doumic’s study examines the life and writings of the influential French novelist George Sand, presenting an analytical portrait of how personal history fed lit…

Cover of Sara Crewe; Or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's Boarding School

Sara Crewe; Or, What Happened at Miss Minchin's Boarding School Burnett, Frances Hodgson, 1849-1924 Sara Crewe arrives at Miss Minchin’s boarding school as a spirited, imaginative girl who has grown up in India with her wealthy father. After her father dies and he…

A Child's Garden of Verses Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894 A Child’s Garden of Verses by Robert Louis Stevenson is a collection of 64 poems published in 1885. Presented through a child’s perspective, the verses convey the w…

Les Misérables Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885; Hapgood, Isabel Florence, 1850-1928 [Translator] Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables is a French epic historical novel published in 1862. It spans from 1815 to the culmination in the 1832 June Rebellion in Paris, followi…

Maria; Or, The Wrongs of Woman Wollstonecraft, Mary, 1759-1797 Maria, a woman living under the control of a tyrannical husband, is confronted with profound despair after being separated from her child. Her confinement is not on…