Centenary at Jalna

by Mazo de la Roche

Overview

First published in 1958, Centenary at Jalna brings us to 1953 when the Whiteoaks gather to mark the 100th anniversary of their estate. It has now been a century since Captain Philip and Adeline Whiteoak arrived in Canada and built their legacy. While this should be a time of festivity for the clan, tension and discontent surround the forthcoming marriage of a new generation’s Adeline and Philip, grandchildren of the originals. To make matters worse, young Dennis risks tragedy and Wakefield finds himself in a doomed relationship. As the celebrations loom closer, the question remains: Will the Whiteoaks be able to overcome their difficulties one last time? This is book 16 of 16 in The Whiteoak Chronicles.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781554889181
Publisher:	Dundurn Press
Publication date:	07/13/2011
Series:	Jalna , #16
Pages:	307
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.80(d)

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.

Table of Contents

I Mary Whiteoak's World 7

II Finch's Return 33

III The Promising Boy 43

IV In the Basement Kitchen - and After 49

V Seen Through a Picture Window 59

VI Father and Daughter 69

VII Adeline and Philip 74

VIII How They Took the News 79

IX The Dinner Party 87

X The Letter 100

XI Preparing the Hut and the Arrival 106

XII The Two in the Hut 114

XIII Goings and Comings 117

XIV Tea with the Wragges 128

XV Wakefield and Molly 132

XVI This and That 143

XVII Seven by a Lake 152

XVIII Back to Fiddler's Hut 159

XIX Coming of Cold Weather 165

XX Finch and Sylvia 172

XXI The Snowman 181

XXII Winter 194

XXIII Aftermath 205

XXIV The Tolling of the Bell 213

XXV The Stolen Flowers 216

XXVI In Search of a Home 218

XXVII Winter Moves On 225

XXVIII Conversation in the Kitchen 238

XXIX Spider or Rose 242

XXX The Christening 251

XXXI The Centenary at Hand 263

XXXII A Hundred Years Old 274

XXXIII Dennis 286

XXXIV The Wedding 298