Novels for students

By Sara Constantakis

Subjects: Ugly American (Lederer, William J.), Midnight's children (Rushdie, Salman), Literature, Razor's edge (Maugham, W. Somerset), English patient (Ondaatje, Michael), Study and teaching (Secondary), Fiction, Hotel du Lac (Brookner, Anita), History and criticism, Study and teaching (Higher), Hours (Cunningham, Michael), Middlemarch (Eliot, George)

Description: 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.