Novels for students.  presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels /  Volume 5 : 
Sheryl Ciccarelli, Marie Rose Napierkowski, editors. 
 - 1 online resource (xx, 395 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/>The autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman / Ernest J. Gaines --  The bean trees / Barbara Kingsolver --  The color purple / Alice Walker --  Do androids dream of electric sheep? / Philip K. Dick --  Ender's game / Orson Scott Card --  Ethan Frome / Edith Wharton --  Giants in the earth / O.E. Rolvaag --  How the Garcia girls lost their accents / Julia Alvarez --  Like water for chocolate / Laura Esquivel --  Love medicine / Louise Erdrich --  Les miserables / Victor Hugo --  One hundred years of solitude / Gabriel Garcia Marquez --  The outsiders / S.E. Hinton --  The pearl / John Steinbeck --  The sun also rises / Ernest Hemingway --  A tale of two cities / Charles Dickens. 
<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>9781414427980 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Gaines, Ernest J., 1933-  Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman. <br/>Kingsolver, Barbara. Bean trees. <br/>Walker, Alice, 1944-  Color purple. <br/>Dick, Philip K. Do androids dream of electric sheep? <br/>Card, Orson Scott. Ender's game. <br/>Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937.  Ethan Frome. <br/>Rolvaag, O. E. 1876-1931.  Giants in the earth. <br/>Alvarez, Julia. How the Garcia girls lost their accents. <br/>Esquivel, Laura, 1950-  English.  Como agua para chocolate. <br/>Erdrich, Louise. Love medicine. <br/>Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885.  Miserables. <br/>Garcia Marquez, Gabriel, 1928-  English.  Cien anos de soledad. <br/>Hinton, S. E. Outsiders. <br/>Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968.  Pearl. <br/>Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961.  Sun also rises. <br/>Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.  Tale of two cities. 
<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--History and criticism.<br/>Literature--History and criticism.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PN3385