Novels for students. presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels / Volume 1 : Diane Telgen, editor. - 1 online resource (xviii, 350 pages) : illustrations, photographs. - Gale eBooks .

"ISSN 1094-3552." Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.

Includes bibliographies and index.

The adventures of Huckleberry Finn / Mark Twain -- The bell jar / Sylvia Plath -- Black Boy / Richard Wright -- The bluest eye / Toni Morrison -- Catch-22 / Joseph Heller -- The catcher in the rye / J.D. Salinger -- Fahrenheit 451 / Ray Bradbury -- A farewell to arms / Ernest Hemingway -- Frankenstein / Mary Shelley -- The joy luck club / Amy Tan -- Love in the time of cholera / Gabriel Garcia Marquez -- Of mice and men / John Steinbeck -- Ordinary people / Judith Guest -- Pride and prejudice / Jane Austen -- The scarlet letter / Nathaniel Hawthorne.

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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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Plath, Sylvia. Bell jar.
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Black boy.
Morrison, Toni. Bluest eye.
Heller, Joseph. Catch-22.
Salinger, J. D. 1919- Catcher in the rye.
Bradbury, Ray, 1920- Fahrenheit 451.
Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Farewell to arms.
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein.
Tan, Amy. Joy luck club.
Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1928- English. Amor en los tiempos del colera.
Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Of mice and men.
Guest, Judith. Ordinary people.
Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Pride and prejudice.
Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Scarlet letter.


Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.
Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.
Fiction--History and criticism.
Literature--History and criticism.

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