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Mazo de la Roche

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born

in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada

January 15, 1879

died

July 12, 1961

gender

female

genre

Literature & Fiction

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Mazo de la Roche, born Mazo Louise Roche, was the author of the Jalna novels, one of the most popular series of books of her time.

The Jalna series consists of sixteen novels that tell the story of the Canadian Whiteoak family from 1854 to 1954, although each of the novels can also be enjoyed as an independent story. In the world of the Whiteoaks, as in real life, people live and die, find success and fall to ruin. For the Whiteoaks, there remains something solid and unchanging in the midst of life's transience--the manor house and its rich surrounding farmland known as "Jalna." The author, Mazo de la Roche, gave the members of her fictitious family names from gravestones in Ontario's New Market cemetery, and the story itself balances somewh...more

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Average rating: 3.95 · 2,025 ratings · 112 reviews · 29 distinct works · Similar authors

	Jalna (Whiteoaks of Jalna, Book 7) 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 193 ratings — published 1927 — 16 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Building Of Jalna 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 197 ratings — published 1944 — 15 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mary Wakefield (Whiteoaks of Jalna, Book 3) 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 162 ratings — published 1949 — 14 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whiteoaks Of Jalna 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 1929 — 12 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Morning at Jalna 3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 1960 — 10 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Return to Jalna (Whiteoaks of Jalna, #13) 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 129 ratings — published 1961 — 9 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Master of Jalna 4.02 of 5 stars 4.02 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 1933 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Young Renny 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 134 ratings — published 1935 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whiteoak Brothers (Whiteoaks of Jalna, Book 6) 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 112 ratings — published 1957 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whiteoak Heritage 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 1940 — 11 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Whiteoaks of Jalna (16 books)
by Mazo de la Roche
3.9520276953511373 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 2,022 ratings

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