These Epics are Epic
 Gone with the wind by Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949.   Gone with the wind
Mitchell, Margaret, 1900-1949.
After the Civil War sweeps away the genteel life to which she has been accustomed, Scarlett O'Hara s ...
 
 The thorn birds by McCullough, Colleen, 1937-   The thorn birds
McCullough, Colleen, 1937-
A novel which follows three generations of the Cleary family, from a poor New Zealand farm to London ...
 
 Roots by Haley, Alex.   Roots
Haley, Alex.
This "bold . . . extraordinary . . . blockbuster . . ". (Newsweek) begins with a birth in 1750, in a ...
 
 Lonesome dove : a novel by McMurtry, Larry.   Lonesome dove : a novel
McMurtry, Larry.
A love story and an epic of the frontier, Lonesome Dove is the grandest novel ever written about the ...
 
 Outlander by Gabaldon, Diana.   Outlander
Gabaldon, Diana.
 
 War and peace by Tolstoy, Leo, 1828-1910   War and peace
Tolstoy, Leo, 1828-1910
 
 The lord of the rings by Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973.   The lord of the rings
Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973.
"In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, the Dark Lord, fo ...
 
 Les misérables by Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.   Les misérables
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.
In this story of the trials of the peasant Jean Valjean - a man unjustly imprisoned, baffled by dest ...
 
 The odyssey by Homer   The odyssey
Homer
"When Robert Fagles' translation of the Iliad was published in 1990, critics and scholars alike hail ...
 
 Moby Dick, or, The whale by Melville, Herman, 1819-1891   Moby Dick, or, The whale
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891
"This edition of Moby-Dick, released in honor of the book's sesquicentennial, is the authoritative t ...
 
 Shogun : a novel of Japan by Clavell, James.   Shogun : a novel of Japan
Clavell, James.
A bold English adventurer. An invincible Japanese warlord. A beautiful woman torn between two ways o ...
 
 Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter, 1771-1832   Ivanhoe
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832
"Crowded with incident and full of memorable characters, among them wicked Prince John, the outlaw R ...
 
 The Once and future king by White, T. H. 1906-1964.   The Once and future king
White, T. H. 1906-1964.
"The world's greatest fantasy classic is the magical epic of King Arthur and his shining Camelot, of ...
 
 Beowulf : a new verse translation by   Beowulf : a new verse translation
"Composed toward the end of the first millennium of our era, Beowulf is the elegiac narrative of the ...
 
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