The Jalna Saga
All Sixteen Books of the Enduring Classic Series
- Publisher
- Dundurn Press
- Initial publish date
- Sep 2013
- Category
- Sagas, Classics, Historical
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781459723566
- Publish Date
- Sep 2013
- List Price
- $89.99
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Description
Beloved by generations, Mazo de la Roche’s irreplaceable Jalna saga is at last available in a single collected volume. For lovers of the series, this is truly the authoritative collection.
The Jalna series is a 16-novel family saga about the Whiteoak family. First published in 1927, Jalna won the Atlantic Monthly Press’s first $10,000 Atlantic Prize Novel award. De la Roche went on to write about the Whiteoak family for the next 30 years, establishing a place for herself in popular Canadian literature. The Jalna series has been translated into many languages and was adapted for stage, radio, and television.
Includes all of the Jalna novels:
- The Building of Jalna
- Morning at Jalna
- Mary Wakefield
- Young Renny
- Whiteoak Heritage
- Whiteoak Brothers
- Jalna
- Whiteoaks of Jalna
- Finch’s Fortune
- The Master of Jalna
- Whiteoak Harvest
- Wakefield’s Course
- Return to Jalna
- Renny’s Daughter
- Variable Winds at Jalna
- Centenary at Jalna
About the author
Mazo de la Roche, in 1927, was an impoverished writer in Toronto when she won a $10,000 prize from The Atlantic Monthly for her novel Jalna. The book became an immediate bestseller and was eventually adapted for stage, screen, and television. Known for creating unforgettable characters that come to life for her readers, Mazo de la Roche is truly an icon of Canadian literature.
In 1927, Mazo de la Roche was an impoverished writer in Toronto when she won a $10,000 prize from the American magazine Atlantic Monthly for her novel Jalna. The book became an immediate bestseller. In 1929, the sequel Whiteoaks also went to the top of bestseller lists. Mazo went on to publish 16 novels in the popular series about a Canadian family named Whiteoak, living in a house called Jalna. Her success allowed her to travel the world and to live in a mansion near Windsor Castle. Mazo created unforgettable characters who come to life for her readers, but she was secretive about her own life and tried to escape the public attention her fame brought.
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Undiscovered Mazo de la Roche 9-Book Bundle
Explorers of the Dawn / Possession / Delight / and 6 more
The Mazo de la Roche Story 2-Book Bundle
Ringing the Changes / Mazo de la Roche
Ringing the Changes
An Autobiography
Bill and Coo
Possession
Lark Ascending
Growth of a Man
The Two Saplings
The Song of Lambert
