Novels for students.  presenting analysis, context, and crticism on commonly studied novels /  Volume 8 : 
Marie Rose Napierkowski and Deborah A. Stanley, editors. 
 - 1 online resource (xviii, 332 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/>As I lay dying / William Faulkner --  The brothers Karamazov / Fedor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky --  The call of the wild / Jack London --  Don Quixote / Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra --  Empire of the sun / J.G. Ballard --  The hobbit / J.R.R. Tolkien --  Kindred / Octavia Butler --  The master and Margarita / Mikhail Bulgakov --  The old gringo / Carlos Fuentes --  On the road / Jack Kerouac --  Sister Carrie / Theodore Dreiser --  Song of Solomon / Toni Morrison --  Ten little Indians / Agatha Christie --  them / Joyce Carol Oates --  To the lighthouse / Virginia Woolf. 
<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>9781414428017 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Faulkner, William, 1897-1962.  As I lay dying. <br/>Dostoyevsky, Fyodor, 1821-1881.  English.  Bratia Karamazovy. <br/>London, Jack, 1876-1916.  Call of the wild. <br/>Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.  Don Quixote. <br/>Ballard, J. G., 1930-  Empire of the sun. <br/>Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973.  Hobbit. <br/>Butler, Octavia E. Kindred. <br/>Bulgakov, Mikhail Afanasevich, 1891-1940.  English.  Master i Margarita. <br/>Fuentes, Carlos. English.  Gringo viejo. <br/>Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969.  On the road. <br/>Dreiser, Theodore, 1871-1945.  Sister Carrie. <br/>Morrison, Toni. Song of Solomon. <br/>Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976.  And then there were none. <br/>Oates, Joyce Carol, 1938-  them. <br/>Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941.  To the lighthouse. 
<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