Title Author Publication Date Activity Start Date End Date
The Vicar of Wakefield Oliver Goldsmith 1766 Borrow Dec 1, 1939 Dec 9, 1939
A Visit to America A. G. Macdonell 1935 Borrow Dec 9, 1939 Dec 21, 1939
The Man of Property (The Forsyte Saga) John Galsworthy 1906 Borrow Dec 21, 1939 Jan 4, 1940
Lost Horizon James Hilton 1933 Borrow Dec 21, 1939 Jan 4, 1940
Goodbye, Mr. Chips James Hilton 1934 Borrow Jan 4, 1940 Jan 8, 1940
English Journey J. B. Priestley 1934 Borrow Jan 8, 1940 Jan 22, 1940
The Constant Nymph Margaret Kennedy 1924 Borrow Jan 22, 1940 Feb 1, 1940
Plays: Pleasant and Unpleasant
2 vols.
George Bernard Shaw 1898 Borrow Feb 1, 1940 Feb 14, 1940
Angel Pavement J. B. Priestley 1930 Borrow Feb 14, 1940 Mar 4, 1940
Together and Apart Margaret Kennedy 1937 Borrow Mar 4, 1940 Mar 20, 1940
Lamb in His Bosom Caroline Miller 1933 Borrow Mar 20, 1940 Apr 5, 1940
Third Act in Venice Sylvia Thompson 1936 Borrow Mar 20, 1940 Apr 8, 1940
The Good Earth Pearl S. Buck / Pearl Sydenstricker 1931 Borrow Apr 8, 1940 Apr 22, 1940
The Rains Came Louis Bromfield / Lewis Bromfield 1937 Borrow Apr 22, 1940 May 6, 1940
Invitation to the Waltz Rosamond Lehmann 1932 Borrow May 6, 1940 May 20, 1940
My Antonia Willa Cather 1918 Borrow May 20, 1940 Jun 3, 1940
Dusty Answer Rosamond Lehmann 1927 Borrow Aug 22, 1940 Aug 24, 1940
History of England John Richard Green - Borrow Aug 29, 1940 Sep 9, 1940
Kim Rudyard Kipling 1901 Borrow Sep 9, 1940 Sep 26, 1940
English Traits Ralph Waldo Emerson 1856 Borrow Sep 9, 1940 Sep 26, 1940
The Spectator - - Borrow Sep 26, 1940 Oct 10, 1940
America as Americans See It - 1932 Borrow Sep 26, 1940 Oct 10, 1940
Something of Myself: For My Friends Known and Unknown Rudyard Kipling 1937 Borrow Oct 10, 1940 Nov 4, 1940
A Short Life of Shakespeare E. K. Chambers 1933 Borrow Oct 10, 1940 Oct 21, 1940
Tess of the d'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy 1891 Borrow Oct 21, 1940 Nov 20, 1940
The Origins of Empire Ian Duncan Colvin 1926 Borrow Nov 4, 1940 Nov 20, 1940
The New Machiavelli H. G. Wells 1910 Borrow Nov 20, 1940 Dec 16, 1940
The English Constitution Walter Bagehot 1867 Borrow Nov 20, 1940 Dec 16, 1940
The Citadel A. J. Cronin 1937 Borrow Dec 16, 1940 Jan 6, 1941
The Church of England Hensley Henson 1939 Borrow Dec 26, 1940 Jan 6, 1941
Evolution of Industry Work data is uncertain or incomplete. - - Borrow Jan 6, 1941 Jan 13, 1941
Arrowsmith Sinclair Lewis 1925 Borrow Jan 6, 1941 Jan 16, 1941
Starting Point C. Day Lewis 1937 Borrow Jan 13, 1941 Jan 27, 1941
Parliament: Its History, Constitution and Practice Courtenay Ilbert 1911 Borrow Jan 16, 1941 Feb 6, 1941
East Wind: West Wind Pearl S. Buck / Pearl Sydenstricker 1930 Borrow Jan 27, 1941 Feb 6, 1941
Sketchbook Work data is uncertain or incomplete. - - Borrow Feb 6, 1941 Feb 24, 1941
My American: A Romance Stella Gibbons 1939 Borrow Feb 6, 1941 Feb 24, 1941
Ordeal in England Philip Gibbs 1937 Borrow Feb 24, 1941 -
Far from the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy 1874 Borrow Mar 13, 1941 Mar 31, 1941
Lord Jim Joseph Conrad 1900 Borrow Mar 31, 1941 Apr 21, 1941
Antic Hay Aldous Huxley 1923 Borrow Apr 21, 1941 May 5, 1941
Back Street Fannie Hurst 1931 Borrow May 5, 1941 May 16, 1941
The Mill on the Floss; Silas Marner Mary Anne Evans / George Eliot (pseudonym) - Borrow May 16, 1941 May 29, 1941