The Building of Jalna

by Mazo de la Roche

Overview

First published in 1944, The Building of Jalna is one of sixteen books in the Jalna series written by Canada’s Mazo de la Roche. In The Building of Jalna, Adeline, an impulsive bride with an Irish temper, and her husband, Captain Whiteoak, select Lake Ontario as the site of their new home. De la Roche chronicles their trials and tribulations during the building of the house, the swimming and skating parties, and the jealousies and humourous events that arise. This is book 1 of 16 in The Whiteoak Chronicles. It is followed by Morning at Jalna.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781554886289
Publisher:	Dundurn Press
Publication date:	03/02/2009
Series:	Jalna , #1
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	344
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

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. It became an immediate bestseller. She went on to publish sixteen novels in the popular series, about a Canadian family named Whiteoak living in a house called Jalna. She created unforgettable characters who come to life for her readers, but was secretive about her own life and tried to escape the public attention fame brought.

Mazo de la Roche was an impoverished writer in Toronto when in 1927 she won a $10,000 prize from the American magazine Atlantic Monthly for her novel Jalna. The book became an immediate bestseller. She went on to publish sixteen novels in the popular series.

Table of Contents

I In England 9

II In Ireland 27

III The First Voyage 48

IV Repairs 63

V The Second Voyage 75

VI The House in the Rue St. Louis 105

VII Vaughanlands 125

VIII The Land 134

IX The Foundation 147

X The Walls 161

XI The Roof 174

XII Henrietta 184

XIII Autumn Rain 198

XIV Winter Sport 213

XV In Wilmott's House 229

XVI Progress of the Season 236

XVII Springtime at Jalna 253

XVIII Visitors from Ireland 269

XIX The Bathing Party 285

XX The Gallop in the Forest 305

XXI The Reward 319

XXII The Church 327

XXIII A Variety of Scenes 335