Description |
1 online resource (xix, 368 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Gale virtual reference library |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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Contents |
The adventures of Augie March / by Saul Bellow -- Beauty : a retelling of the story of Beauty and the beast / by Robin McKinley -- The glory field / by Walter Dean Myers -- Intruder in the dust / by William Faulkner -- Kidnapped / by Robert Louis Stevenson -- A lost lady / by Willa Cather -- Murder on the Orient Express / by Agatha Christie -- Nicholas Nickleby / by Charles Dickens -- No longer at ease / by Chinua Achebe -- Ordinary people -- Le Pere Goriot / by Honore de Balzac -- Sense and sensibility -- The street / by Ann Lane Petry -- Tangerine / by Edward Bloor |
Summary |
Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Achebe, Chinua. No longer at ease.
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Austen, Jane, 1775-1817. Sense and sensibility.
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Balzac, Honoré de, 1799-1850. Père Goriot
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Bellow, Saul. Adventures of Augie March
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Bloor, Edward, 1950- Tangerine
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Cather, Willa, 1873-1947. Lost lady.
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Christie, Agatha, 1890-1976. Murder on the Orient Express.
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Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870. Nicholas Nickleby.
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Faulkner, William, 1897-1962. Intruder in the dust.
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Guest, Judith. Ordinary people
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McKinley, Robin. Beauty
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Myers, Walter Dean, 1937-2014. Glory field
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Petry, Ann, 1908-1997. Street
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Stevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894. Kidnapped.
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SUBJECT |
Ordinary people (Motion picture) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2004023431
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Sense and sensibility (Motion picture : 1995) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96017904
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Adventures of Augie March (Bellow, Saul) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01362054 |
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Intruder in the dust (Faulkner, William) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01362894 |
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Kidnapped (Stevenson, Robert Louis) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01359389 |
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Lost lady (Cather, Willa) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01914996 |
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Murder on the Orient Express (Christie, Agatha) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01402669 |
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Nicholas Nickleby (Dickens, Charles) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01357729 |
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No longer at ease (Achebe, Chinua) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01360533 |
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Ordinary people (Motion picture) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01381874 |
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Père Goriot (Balzac, Honoré de) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01356429 |
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Sense and sensibility (Austen, Jane) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01356105 |
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Sense and sensibility (Motion picture : 1995) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01384341 |
Subject |
Fiction -- History and criticism.
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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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Literature -- History and criticism.
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Fiction -- Study and teaching (Higher)
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Fiction -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
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Fiction.
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Literature.
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United States.
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Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
Constantakis, Sara.
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ISBN |
1414449496 |
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9781414449494 |