Jalna. The Complete Saga

Jalna #1-16

by Mazo de la Roche

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 HeritageWhiteoak 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

Genres: Fiction, Historical Fiction, Family Saga, Canada

5000 pages, ebook

First published September 16, 2013

About the author

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 somewhere between fact and fiction. Critics think events in the novels reflect de la Roche's dreams, moods, and life experiences. As the daughter of a traveling businessman, she may have seen the Jalna estate as the roots she never had, while the character Finch, from Finch's Fortune, is thought to be a reflection of herself.

Reviews

[Eva Hnizdo · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this in Czech as a young teenager. I re-read it again, and I liked it almost as much , this family full of flawed characters, well written. I almost felt this is a real family, not fiction. It was long, butwoth the reading of those 16 books.

[Christina · Rating 5 out of 5]

5000 pages may seem long but it s such a pleasure to read that i do it every 3 to 4 years. I love those books

[Ronnie · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this series of books first when I was around 15. In French. Now, I’ve read the whole series as many times as there are books in it, at least; and I own it in Norwegian. It’s epic and fabulous and amazing. A story of a hundred years in one family, viewed through the eyes of single family members through the decades.

[ghostlovesc0re · Rating 3 out of 5]

J'ai lu l'ensemble de la série en vacances il y a plus de vingt ans chez mes grands-parents. Je me souviens avoir préféré les premiers tomes, mais ça vaudrait le coup de tout relire, pour voir comment j'analyserai ça maintenant...

[Hermine Couvreur · Rating 4 out of 5]

Als tiener de hele reeks gelezen in het Nederlands.