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 .
<br/><br/> "ISSN 1094-3552."  Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue:  Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780787694166 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Twain, Mark, 1835-1910.  Connecticut yankee in King Arthur's court. <br/>Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.  Hard times. <br/>Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864.  House of the seven gables. <br/>Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.  Hunchback of Notre Dame. <br/>Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900.  Maggie : a girl of the streets. <br/>Leroux, Gaston, 1868-1927.  Phantom of the opera. <br/>Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900.  Picture of Dorian Gray. <br/>Eliot, George, 1819-1880.  Silas Marner. <br/>Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.  Summer. <br/>Fitzgerald, F. Scott 1896-1940.  This side of paradise. <br/>Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894.  Treasure island. <br/>Wells, H. G. 1866-1946.  War of the worlds. <br/>Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932.  Wind in the willows. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.<br/>Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.<br/>Fiction--20th century.<br/>Fiction--19th century.<br/>American fiction--20th century.<br/>American fiction--19th century.<br/>English fiction--19th century.<br/>Fiction--History and criticism.<br/>Literature--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN3385