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Novels for students. Volume 19 : presenting analysis, context and criticism on commonly studied novels / Jennifer Smith, project editor ; forward by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Gale eBooksPublisher: Detroit, Mich. : Gale, [(c)2004.]Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 353 pages) : illustrations, photographsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780787693466
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version --: LOC classification:
  • PN3385
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Contents:
Alias Grace / Margaret Atwood -- Babbitt / Sinclair Lewis -- The count of Monte Cristo / Alexandre Dumas -- Darkness at noon / Arthur Koestler -- Death comes for the archbishop / Willa Cather -- East of Eden / John Steinbeck -- Far from the madding crowd / Thomas Hardy -- Farewell my concubine / Lilian Lee -- Memoirs of a geisha / Arthur Golden -- The protrait of a lady / Henry James -- Tender is the night / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- White fang / Jack London -- Wide Sargasso sea / Jean Rhys.
Summary: 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.
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"ISSN 1094-3552."

Guest forward "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

Includes bibliographies and index.

Alias Grace / Margaret Atwood -- Babbitt / Sinclair Lewis -- The count of Monte Cristo / Alexandre Dumas -- Darkness at noon / Arthur Koestler -- Death comes for the archbishop / Willa Cather -- East of Eden / John Steinbeck -- Far from the madding crowd / Thomas Hardy -- Farewell my concubine / Lilian Lee -- Memoirs of a geisha / Arthur Golden -- The protrait of a lady / Henry James -- Tender is the night / F. Scott Fitzgerald -- White fang / Jack London -- Wide Sargasso sea / Jean Rhys.

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.

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