Mazo de la Roche Books

The captivating saga of the Whiteoak family continues, with more rivalries, tangled relationships, and secret love affairs.

The Whiteoak family, of English descent, resides at Jalna, a large estate in Ontario named after the Indian city where the founders, Captain Philip Whiteoak and his wife Adeline, first met. Much time has passed since that fateful encounter. Now, in the 1920s, the indomitable Adeline, a grandmother and widow, holds the family together as she eagerly anticipates celebrating her hundredth birthday with her children and grandchildren. Among them is young Wakefield, clever and mischievous, always scheming to avoid studying and snatch slices of cake, and Renny, the charming head of the family who conceals a sensitive soul. Life at Jalna flows peacefully until two new daughters-in-law disrupt the balance: the young Pheasant, the illegitimate daughter of a neighbor, whose arrival is seen as an affront, and the delightful Alayne, a career-driven American whose grace enchants everyone, especially the men in the household. With light, elegant prose and a delightful ironic perspective, Mazo de la Roche tells the story of three generations set against the beauty of the Canadian landscape and the tranquility of unspoiled nature.

This sprawling and often brutal novel, set in the rich farmlands of California's Salinas Valley, follows the intertwined destinies of two families--the Trasks' and the Hamilton's--whose generations helplessly reenact the fall of Adam and Eve and the poisonous rivalry of Cain and Abel. The story of two brothers, Aron is a clean-cut model student, engaged to be married, the pride of his hardworking father. Cal is a rebellious loner, sternly rejected by his father.

Jalna Saga - Jalna wird erbaut - bk949; Ullstein Verlag; Mazo de la Roche; Paperback; 1992

German paperback in the Jalna Saga Series by author Mazo de la Roche containing the novels Adeline, Wechselnde Winde ueber Jalna, Hundert Jahre Jalna

La célèbre saga des Jalna enfin disponible en numérique ! La saga de la famille Whiteoak en 16 romans. Depuis le mariage de Philippe et d'Adeline au milieu du XIX e siècle jusqu'au centenaire de Jalna, quatre générations se succèdent dans l'inoubliable domaine. Un best-seller mondial depuis les années 1930. Les Jalna ** L'Héritage des Whiteoak, Les Frères Whiteoak, Jalna, Les Whiteoak de Jalna " Mazo de la Roche a créé un microcosme étourdissant de vie, des personnages (Adeline, Renny, Finch et les autres) inoubliables, et bien que ce monument littéraire soit ignoré par la plupart de nos dictionnaires, elle mérite bien de figurer parmi les plus grands écrivains de son pays. " Janet Erié En seize romans, la vie de la famille Whiteoak à travers quatre générations, depuis le mariage du capitaine Philippe Whiteoak et d'Adeline Court au milieu du XIXe siècle jusqu'au centenaire de leur bien-aimé domaine de Jalna. Un best-seller mondial depuis les années 1930.

416pages. poche. Broché.

V druhé části osmidílné románové epopeje o osudech irských osadníků v kanadské kolonii je již usedlost Jalna v Ontariu dostavěna a její majitel kapitán Whi- teoak zde žije již se svou početnou rodinou.

V desátém dílu románového cyklu o osudech farmářské rodiny je hrdinou Renny, který bojuje o své rodinné štěstí.

Další díl přináší přelom v líčení osudů rodiny Whiteoakových, když ve věku 101 let umírá prababička Adelina. Její závěť však málem přinese smrt druhým.