Novels for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 20 :
Novels for students. presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 20 :
Ira Mark Milne and Timothy Sisler, project editors; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
- 1 online resource (xix, 324 pages) : illustrations, photographs.
- Gale eBooks .
"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Includes bibliographies and index.
A Connecticut yankee in King Arthur's court / Mark Twain -- Hard times / Charles Dickens -- The house of the seven gables / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The hunchback of Notre Dame / Victor Hugo -- Maggie : a girl of the streets / Stephen Crane -- The phantom of the opera / Gaston Leroux -- The picture of Dorian Gray / Oscar Wilde -- Silas Marner / George Eliot -- Summer / Edith Wharton -- This side of paradise / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Treasure island / Robert Louis Stevenson -- The war of the worlds / H.G. Wells -- The wind in the willows / Kenneth Grahame.
Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.
9780787694166
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Connecticut yankee in King Arthur's court.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Hard times.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. House of the seven gables.
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900. Maggie : a girl of the streets.
Leroux, Gaston, 1868-1927. Phantom of the opera.
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Picture of Dorian Gray.
Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Silas Marner.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Summer.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1896-1940. This side of paradise.
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Treasure island.
Wells, H. G. 1866-1946. War of the worlds.
Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932. Wind in the willows.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Fiction--20th century.
Fiction--19th century.
American fiction--20th century.
American fiction--19th century.
English fiction--19th century.
Fiction--History and criticism.
Literature--History and criticism.
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"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Includes bibliographies and index.
A Connecticut yankee in King Arthur's court / Mark Twain -- Hard times / Charles Dickens -- The house of the seven gables / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- The hunchback of Notre Dame / Victor Hugo -- Maggie : a girl of the streets / Stephen Crane -- The phantom of the opera / Gaston Leroux -- The picture of Dorian Gray / Oscar Wilde -- Silas Marner / George Eliot -- Summer / Edith Wharton -- This side of paradise / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- Treasure island / Robert Louis Stevenson -- The war of the worlds / H.G. Wells -- The wind in the willows / Kenneth Grahame.
Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.
9780787694166
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Connecticut yankee in King Arthur's court.
Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Hard times.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. House of the seven gables.
Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Hunchback of Notre Dame.
Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900. Maggie : a girl of the streets.
Leroux, Gaston, 1868-1927. Phantom of the opera.
Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Picture of Dorian Gray.
Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Silas Marner.
Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Summer.
Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1896-1940. This side of paradise.
Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Treasure island.
Wells, H. G. 1866-1946. War of the worlds.
Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932. Wind in the willows.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Fiction--20th century.
Fiction--19th century.
American fiction--20th century.
American fiction--19th century.
English fiction--19th century.
Fiction--History and criticism.
Literature--History and criticism.
PN3385