Scribner classics

Follows Eugene Grant in his desperate search for fulfillment from rural North Carolina, through England and France, to his ultimate return home.

A grim tale of retribution involving a discouraged New England farmer, his hypochondriac wife, and a girl who still finds some joy in living.

The story of an American, Robert Jordan, who fought during the Civil War in Spain with the anti-fascist guerrillas in the mountains of Spain.

Focuses on a "lost generation" of Americans who fought in France during World War I and who expatriated themselves from America after the war.

A "choreo-poem" reflecting the views of an African-American woman about the women of her race.

Accused of murdering a white man, a young black man in South Africa is helped by his minister father and by a white attorney, but the racial problems of the country prevent justice being done.

The author recalls her life growing up in a dysfunctional family with an alcoholic father and distant mother, and describes how she and her siblings had to fend for themselves until they finally found the resources and will to leave home.

The coming of age story of, Amory Blaine, a young college man in his twenties including his years in prep school and his times at Princeton.