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Author: Robert C. Evans
Publisher: Salem Press
Published: 2021-09
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781642659924
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Tale of Two Cities has long been valued as one of Charles Dickens's most important and fascinating novels. This volume explores the novel from various deliberately diverse perspectives, setting it in historical, critical, and aesthetic contexts and examining how its impact has been kept alive to the present day.
Author: Bright Summaries
Publisher: BrightSummaries.com
Published: 2019-04-08
Total Pages: 20
ISBN-13: 2808018711
DOWNLOAD EBOOKUnlock the more more more straightforward side of A Tale of Two Cities with this concise and insightful summary and analysis! This engaging summary presents an analysis of A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens, which is set in Paris and London in the late 18th century, at a time when France was convulsed by a paroxysm of revolutionary fervour. It follows the ageing Dr Manette, who has just been released from the notorious Bastille prison following 18 years of unjust imprisonment, as he is reunited with his daughter Lucie and attempts to adjust to his newfound freedom. Their peace is short-lived, however, as their lives are shaken by the drastic changes wrought by the Revolution and the violent excesses that accompany it. A Tale of Two Cities is Dickens’ best-known work of historical fiction (the other is Barnaby Rudge). His many novels also include Oliver Twist, Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol. Find out everything you need to know about A Tale of Two Cities in a fraction of the time! This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you: • A complete plot summary • Character studies • Key themes and symbols • Questions for further reflection Why choose BrightSummaries.com? Available in print and digital format, our publications are designed to accompany you on your reading journey. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. See the very best of literature in a whole new light with BrightSummaries.com!
Author: Gary L. Colledge
Publisher: Baker Books
Published: 2012-06-01
Total Pages: 225
ISBN-13: 144123778X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCharles Dickens's 200th birthday will be celebrated in 2012. Though his writings are now more than 100 years old, many remain in print and are avidly read and studied. Often overlooked--or unknown--are the considerable Christian convictions Dickens held and displayed in his work. This book fills that vacuum by examining Dickens the Christian and showing how Christian beliefs and practices permeate his work. This historical work is written for pastors, students, and laity alike. Chapters look at Dickens's life and work topically, arguing that Christian faith was front and center in some of what Dickens wrote (such as his children's work The Life of Our Lord) and saliently implicit throughout various other characters and plots. Since Dickens's Christian side is rarely considered, Gary Colledge illuminates a fresh angle of Dickens, and the 200th birthday makes it especially timely.
Author: Truman Capote
Publisher: Salem Press
Published: 2020-10
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781642656619
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTruman Capote's compelling and harrowing account of the murder of the Clutter family and the subsequent trial and execution of the killers made a huge impact when first published in 1965, and continues to provoke controversy, find readers, and generate critical debate. This volume offers a rich range of perspectives on Capote's major work, exploring it as a "non-fiction novel" and as a "true crime" story, tracing its reception by reviewers, critics and the general public, discussing its impact on the real-life community and individuals it describes, and examining the crucial ethical, judicial and penal issues it raises.
Author: Robert C. Evans
Publisher: Salem Press
Published: 2021-03-30
Total Pages: 300
ISBN-13: 9781642657548
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAlmost since its inception, literature has emphasized and explored crises of various sorts, including political upheavals, social turmoil, destructive warfare, familial and personal conflicts, and devastating external dangers, especially those involving disease, the environment, the economy, and natural disasters. This book explores a wide range of kinds of crises and the ways they have been written about in literature of various genres and time periods. It also emphasizes the artistry involved in the various works it examines.
Author: J. D. Salinger
Publisher: Little, Brown
Published: 2019-08-13
Total Pages: 204
ISBN-13: 0316460001
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe "brilliant, funny, meaningful novel" (The New Yorker) that established J. D. Salinger as a leading voice in American literature--and that has instilled in millions of readers around the world a lifelong love of books. "If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth." The hero-narrator of The Catcher in the Rye is an ancient child of sixteen, a native New Yorker named Holden Caufield. Through circumstances that tend to preclude adult, secondhand description, he leaves his prep school in Pennsylvania and goes underground in New York City for three days.
Author: Jason Reynolds
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2020-10-27
Total Pages: 240
ISBN-13: 1481438298
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"A collection of ten short stories that all take place in the same day about kids walking home from school"--
Author: Ann Patchett
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2013-11-07
Total Pages: 335
ISBN-13: 1408842408
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'So compellingly personal you feel you're looking over her shoulder as she sits down to write' New York Times 'Electrically entertaining ... Funny, generous, spirited and kind' The Times This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is an irresistible blend of literature and memoir revealing the big experiences and little moments that shaped Ann Patchett as a daughter, wife, friend and writer. Here, Ann Patchett shares entertaining and moving stories about her tumultuous childhood, her painful early divorce, the excitement of selling her first book, driving a Winnebago from Montana to Yellowstone Park, her joyous discovery of opera, scaling a six-foot wall in order to join the Los Angeles Police Department, the gradual loss of her beloved grandmother, starting her own bookshop in Nashville, her love for her very special dog and, of course, her eventual happy marriage. This Is the Story of a Happy Marriage is a memoir both wide ranging and deeply personal, overflowing with close observation and emotional wisdom, told with wit, honesty and irresistible warmth.
Author: M. Keith Booker
Publisher:
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781429837330
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn introduction to the theme of "Dystopia" and the critical discussions surrounding it.
Author: Gary Hoppenstand
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781619252622
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOffers an examination and analysis of the contemporary graphic novel as literature. Specific attention is paid to the use of narrative genre in the graphic novel. Attention is also be paid to the most important and most frequently discussed graphic novels published during the past three decades.
