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1 online resource (xviii, 350 pages) : illustrations, photographs. |
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Gale virtual reference library |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| 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. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
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Access restricted to subscribing institutions. |
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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
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Plath, Sylvia. Bell jar.
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Wright, Richard, 1908-1960. Black boy.
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Morrison, Toni. Bluest eye.
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Heller, Joseph. Catch-22.
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Salinger, J. D. (Jerome David), 1919-2010. Catcher in the rye.
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Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012. Fahrenheit 451.
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Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961. Farewell to arms.
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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851. Frankenstein.
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Tan, Amy. Joy Luck Club.
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García Márquez, Gabriel, 1927-2014. Amor en los tiempos del cólera. English.
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Steinbeck, John, 1902-1968. Of mice and men.
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Guest, Judith. Ordinary people.
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Pride and prejudice.
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Hawthorne, Nathaniel, 1804-1864. Scarlet letter.
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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Twain, Mark) (OCoLC)fst01356110
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Amor en los tiempos del cólera (García Márquez, Gabriel) (OCoLC)fst01373502
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Bell jar (Plath, Sylvia) (OCoLC)fst01362687
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Black boy (Wright, Richard) (OCoLC)fst01362025
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Bluest eye (Morrison, Toni) (OCoLC)fst01365645
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Catch-22 (Heller, Joseph) (OCoLC)fst01357755
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Catcher in the rye (Salinger, J. D.) (OCoLC)fst01356846
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Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury, Ray) (OCoLC)fst01359730
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Farewell to arms (Hemingway, Ernest) (OCoLC)fst01356540
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Frankenstein (Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft) (OCoLC)fst01357605
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Joy Luck Club (Tan, Amy) (OCoLC)fst01378504
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Of mice and men (Steinbeck, John) (OCoLC)fst01359935
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Pride and prejudice (Austen, Jane) (OCoLC)fst01356144
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Scarlet letter (Hawthorne, Nathaniel) (OCoLC)fst01356327
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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 -- History and criticism.
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Literature -- History and criticism.
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Fiction. (OCoLC)fst00923709
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Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher)
(OCoLC)fst00923753
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Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
(OCoLC)fst00923754
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Literature. (OCoLC)fst00999953
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Downloadable electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc. (OCoLC)fst01411635
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| Added Author |
Telgen, Diane.
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Thomson Gale (Firm)
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Novels for students. Volume 1. Detroit, Mich. : Gale, ©1997 1094-3552 (DLC) 98657758 (OCoLC)37138729 |
| ISBN |
9781414427942 (electronic book) |
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1414427948 (electronic book) |
