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Mazo de la Roche

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.

Books by Mazo de la Roche

Undiscovered Mazo de la Roche 9-Book Bundle

Explorers of the Dawn / Possession / Delight / and 6 more

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

The Mazo de la Roche Story 2-Book Bundle

Ringing the Changes / Mazo de la Roche

by (author) Mazo de la Roche & Heather Kirk

Ringing the Changes

An Autobiography

by (author) Mazo de la Roche
introduction by Heather Kirk & Michael Gnarowski

Bill and Coo

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

A Boy in the House

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Explorers of the Dawn

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Growth of a Man

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Possession

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Lark Ascending

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Delight

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

The Two Saplings

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

The Song of Lambert

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

The Jalna Saga

All Sixteen Books of the Enduring Classic Series

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

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

Jalna: Books 13-16

Return to Jalna / Renny's Daughter / Variable Winds at Jalna / Centenary at Jalna

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Jalna: Books 9-12

Finch's Fortune / The Master of Jalna / Whiteoak Harvest / Wakefield's Course

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Jalna: Books 5-8

Whiteoak Heritage / Whiteoak Brothers / Jalna / Whiteoaks of Jalna

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Jalna: Books 1-4

The Building of Jalna / Morning at Jalna / Mary Wakefield / Young Renny

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Morning at Jalna

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Centenary at Jalna

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Variable Winds at Jalna

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Renny's Daughter

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

The Whiteoak Brothers

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Return to Jalna

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Whiteoak Harvest

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Wakefield's Course

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Whiteoak Heritage

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Young Renny

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

The Building of Jalna

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Mary Wakefield

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

The Master of Jalna

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Finch's Fortune

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Jalna

by (author) Mazo de la Roche

Whiteoaks of Jalna

by (author) Mazo de la Roche