Title Author Publication Date Activity Start Date End Date
Restoration Comedy, 1660 – 1720 Bonamy Dobrée 1924 Borrow 1936 Dec 4, 1936
The Life and Friendships of Dean Swift Stephen Gwynn 1933 Borrow Nov 18, 1936 Dec 3, 1936
Life of John Keats Amy Lowell 1925 Borrow Dec 4, 1936 Dec 9, 1936
Eighteenth-Century Drama Work data is uncertain or incomplete. - - Borrow Dec 9, 1936 Dec 16, 1936
Soldiers' Pay William Faulkner 1926 Borrow May 19, 1938 Aug 1, 1938
The Woman Who Rode Away D. H. Lawrence 1928 Borrow May 19, 1938 Aug 1, 1938
The Long Valley John Steinbeck 1938 Borrow Aug 1, 1938 -
Plays J. M. Synge - Borrow Aug 1, 1938 -
Of Mice and Men John Steinbeck 1937 Borrow Aug 1, 1938 -
Justice John Galsworthy 1910 Crossed out Aug 1, 1938 -
The Four Pleasant Plays George Bernard Shaw 1914 Crossed out Aug 1, 1938 -
The Weather in the Streets Rosamond Lehmann 1936 Borrow Jan 25, 1940 Jan 31, 1940
Of Human Bondage W. Somerset Maugham 1915 Borrow Jan 31, 1940 Feb 6, 1940
In My End Is My Beginning Maurice Baring 1931 Borrow Feb 6, 1940 Feb 13, 1940
The Flashing Stream: A Play Charles Morgan 1938 Borrow Feb 13, 1940 Feb 15, 1940
Lamb in His Bosom Caroline Miller 1933 Borrow Feb 15, 1940 Feb 19, 1940
The Yearling Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 1938 Borrow Feb 19, 1940 Feb 22, 1940
Magnolia Street Louis Golding 1932 Borrow Feb 22, 1940 Feb 27, 1940
The Sound and the Fury William Faulkner 1929 Borrow Feb 27, 1940 Feb 29, 1940
Beyond Desire Sherwood Anderson 1932 Borrow Feb 29, 1940 Mar 7, 1940
The Great Victorians Harold John Massingham 1932 Borrow Mar 7, 1940 Mar 21, 1940
The Poems of John Donne
Vol. 2
Introduction and Commentary
John Donne 1912 Borrow Mar 21, 1940 Apr 4, 1940
The English Novel George Saintsbury 1919 Borrow Apr 4, 1940 Apr 18, 1940
Selected Poems Robert Frost 1936 Borrow Apr 18, 1940 -
The Common Reader Virginia Woolf 1925 Borrow Apr 26, 1940 May 6, 1940
Queen Victoria Lytton Strachey 1921 Borrow May 6, 1940 May 14, 1940
Elizabeth and Essex: A Tragic History Lytton Strachey 1928 Borrow May 14, 1940 May 20, 1940
The Rains Came Louis Bromfield / Lewis Bromfield 1937 Borrow May 20, 1940 May 28, 1940
The Story of San Michele Axel Munthe 1930 Borrow May 28, 1940 Jun 3, 1940
The Novels of Fielding Aurélien Digeon 1925 Borrow Jun 3, 1940 Jun 6, 1940
John Donne Work data is uncertain or incomplete. - - Borrow Jun 6, 1940 Jun 10, 1940
The Midas Touch Margaret Kennedy 1938 Borrow Oct 3, 1940 Oct 7, 1940
Gay Life Elizabeth Monica Dashwood / E. M. Delafield (pseudonym) 1933 Borrow Oct 7, 1940 Oct 10, 1940
This Proud Heart Pearl S. Buck / Pearl Sydenstricker 1938 Borrow Oct 10, 1940 Oct 14, 1940
Very Heaven Richard Aldington 1937 Borrow Oct 14, 1940 Oct 15, 1940
The Loving Spirit Daphne du Maurier 1931 Borrow Oct 15, 1940 Oct 22, 1940
A Time to Laugh Rhys Davies 1937 Borrow Oct 22, 1940 Oct 28, 1940
A Bill of Divorcement Winifred Ashton / Clemence Dane (pseudonym) 1921 Borrow Oct 28, 1940 Oct 31, 1940
Enchanter's Nightshade Mary Ann Dolling (Sanders), Lady O'Malley / Ann Bridge (pseudonym) 1937 Borrow Oct 31, 1940 Nov 14, 1940
The Patriot Pearl S. Buck / Pearl Sydenstricker 1939 Borrow Oct 31, 1940 Nov 12, 1940
The Exile Pearl S. Buck / Pearl Sydenstricker 1936 Borrow Nov 12, 1940 Nov 25, 1940
East Wind: West Wind Pearl S. Buck / Pearl Sydenstricker 1930 Borrow Nov 14, 1940 Nov 18, 1940
Keep the Aspidistra Flying Eric Arthur Blair / George Orwell (pseudonym) 1936 Borrow Nov 18, 1940 Nov 21, 1940
Fighting Angel: Portrait of a Soul Pearl S. Buck / Pearl Sydenstricker 1936 Borrow Nov 25, 1940 Nov 28, 1940
The Farm Louis Bromfield / Lewis Bromfield 1933 Borrow Nov 28, 1940 Dec 9, 1940
The Late George Apley John P. Marquand 1937 Borrow Nov 28, 1940 Dec 2, 1940
Christina Claude Houghton Oldfield / Claude Houghton (pseudonym) 1936 Borrow Dec 2, 1940 Dec 9, 1940
Burmese Days Eric Arthur Blair / George Orwell (pseudonym) 1934 Borrow Dec 9, 1940 Dec 19, 1940
Three Soldiers John Dos Passos 1921 Borrow Dec 19, 1940 Jan 6, 1941
Lark Ascending Mazo de la Roche 1932 Borrow Dec 19, 1940 Jan 6, 1941
The Power and the Glory Graham Greene 1940 Borrow Jan 16, 1941 Jan 18, 1941
The Puritan Liam O'Flaherty 1932 Borrow Jan 18, 1941 Jan 21, 1941
Seven for a Secret: A Love Story Mary Webb 1922 Borrow Jan 21, 1941 Jan 27, 1941
Northwest Passage Kenneth Roberts 1937 Borrow Jan 27, 1941 Feb 3, 1941
Coming Up for Air Eric Arthur Blair / George Orwell (pseudonym) 1939 Borrow Feb 3, 1941 Feb 5, 1941
The Wild Palms William Faulkner 1939 Borrow Feb 5, 1941 Feb 13, 1941
The Midas Touch Margaret Kennedy 1938 Borrow Feb 13, 1941 Feb 18, 1941
Pie in the Sky Arthur Calder-Marshall 1937 Borrow Feb 18, 1941 Feb 24, 1941
Gaudy Night Dorothy L. Sayers 1935 Borrow Feb 24, 1941 Mar 6, 1941
The Rueful Mating G. B. Stern 1932 Borrow Feb 24, 1941 Mar 3, 1941
Portrait of Jennie Robert Nathan 1940 Borrow Mar 3, 1941 Mar 6, 1941
Women in Love D. H. Lawrence 1920 Borrow Mar 13, 1941 Mar 18, 1941
Come and Get It Edna Ferber 1935 Borrow Mar 18, 1941 Mar 24, 1941
The Death of the Heart Elizabeth Bowen 1938 Borrow Mar 24, 1941 Mar 31, 1941
South Riding: An English Landscape Winifred Holtby 1936 Borrow Mar 31, 1941 Apr 16, 1941
The House of Exile Nora Waln 1933 Borrow Apr 16, 1941 Apr 21, 1941
The Heart of a Goof P. G. Wodehouse 1926 Borrow Apr 21, 1941 Apr 24, 1941
All This and Heaven Too Rachel Field 1938 Borrow Apr 24, 1941 May 6, 1941
Nobody's in Town Edna Ferber 1938 Borrow May 6, 1941 May 8, 1941
As the Earth Turns Gladys Hasty Carroll 1933 Borrow May 8, 1941 May 12, 1941
The One-Eyed Moon Marguerite Steen 1935 Borrow May 12, 1941 May 19, 1941
Figure of Eight Compton Mackenzie 1936 Borrow May 19, 1941 May 27, 1941
The Mortal Storm Phyllis Bottome 1937 Borrow May 27, 1941 Jun 6, 1941
Murder in the Bud Phyllis Bottome 1939 Borrow Jun 6, 1941 Jun 12, 1941
The House in Paris Elizabeth Bowen 1935 Borrow Jun 12, 1941 Jun 17, 1941
Heaven's My Destination Thornton Wilder 1934 Borrow Jun 17, 1941 Jun 19, 1941
Moby-Dick; Or, the Whale Herman Melville 1851 Borrow Jun 19, 1941 Jun 26, 1941
The Blaze of Noon Rayner Heppenstall 1939 Borrow Jun 26, 1941 Jun 30, 1941
They Seek a Country Francis Brett Young 1937 Borrow Jun 30, 1941 Jul 11, 1941
Java Head Joseph Hergesheimer 1918 Borrow Jul 11, 1941 Jul 16, 1941
The Young Physician Francis Brett Young 1920 Borrow Jul 16, 1941 Jul 21, 1941
Ember Lane: A Winter's Tale Sheila Kaye-Smith 1940 Borrow Jul 21, 1941 Jul 28, 1941