| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 324 pages) : illustrations, photos. |
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Gale eBooks
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| Note |
"ISSN 1094-3552." |
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Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| 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. |
| Subject |
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Connecticut yankee in King Arthur's court.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Hard times.
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. House of the seven gables.
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Hugo, Victor, 1802-1885. Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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Crane, Stephen, 1871-1900. Maggie : a girl of the streets.
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Leroux, Gaston, 1868-1927. Phantom of the opera.
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Wilde, Oscar, 1854-1900. Picture of Dorian Gray.
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Eliot, George, 1819-1880. Silas Marner.
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Wharton, Edith, 1862-1937. Summer.
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Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940. This side of paradise.
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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Treasure island.
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Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946. War of the worlds.
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Grahame, Kenneth, 1859-1932. Wind in the willows.
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Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher) -- United States.
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Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary) -- United States.
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Fiction -- 20th century.
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Fiction -- 19th century.
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American fiction -- 20th century.
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American fiction -- 19th century.
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English fiction -- 19th century.
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Fiction -- History and criticism.
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Literature -- History and criticism.
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| Added Author |
Milne, Ira Mark, editor.
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Sisler, Timothy, editor.
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Gale Group.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Novels for students, Volume 20. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, c2005 9780787669430 |
| ISBN |
9780787694166 (electronic book) |
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0787694169 (electronic book) |
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9780787669430 |
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0787669431 |
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