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Fiction Sagas

The Jalna Saga, Deluxe Edition

All Sixteen Books of the Enduring Classic Series & The Biography of Mazo de la Roche

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Publisher
Dundurn Press
Initial publish date
Sep 2013
Category
Sagas, Historical, Classics
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9781459723573
    Publish Date
    Sep 2013
    List Price
    $94.99

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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. This deluxe edition unites all sixteen Jalna novels and, for the first time, Heather Kirk’s extraordinary 2006 biography of author, painting a complicated portrait of a writer for whom international acclaim was a blessing and a curse. No understanding of the Jalna series is complete without this fascinating exposé of the woman who created it. For lovers of the series, this is truly the authoritative Jalna collection.

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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