new england

The tragic story of Ethan Frome, a New England farmer married to a hypochondriac and in love with his wife's lively cousin, Mattie.

For most of his life Dominick Birdsey has been living in the shadow of his schizophrenic identical twin, Thomas, but when Thomas commits a violent act that affects both their lives, Dominick decides to leave his home and search for his true identity.

Recounts the further adventures, successes, and failures of the numerous young men of Plumfield school. Sequel to "Little Men.".

Explores the meaning of witchcraft in colonial New England; examines specific cases in which women were accused, and in some cases executed, as witches; and interprets the characteristics of witches within New England's gender system.

An abridged retelling of the Margaret Sidney story in which a fatherless family, happy in spite of its impoverished condition, is befriended by a very rich gentleman.

An abridged version of Kate Douglas Wiggin's classic story of talkative, ten-year-old Rebecca's adventures after she leaves her home at Sunnybrook Farm to go live in town with her spinster aunts, one harsh and demanding, the other soft and sentimental.

Chronicles the joys and sorrows of the four March sisters as they grow into young women in mid-nineteenth-century New England. Includes review questions.

Describes sheep-raising and the wool industry in colonial and 19th-century New England. Includes a discussion of the production of woolen yarn and cloth.