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The Pilgrim's Progress The Pilgrim's Progress John Bunyan Bunyan's allegory uses the everyday world of common experience as a metaphor for the spiritual journey of the soul toward God. The hero, Christian, encounters many obstacles in his quest: the Valley … OL107195W
Alfred Tennyson Alfred Tennyson Andrew Lang,Aberdeen Press In writing this brief sketch of the Life of Tennyson, and this attempt to appreciate his work, I have rested almost entirely on the Biography by Lord Tennyson (with his kind permission) and on the te… OL1089009W
Jane Eyre Jane Eyre Charlotte Brontë The novel is set somewhere in the north of England. Jane's childhood at Gateshead Hall, where she is emotionally and physically abused by her aunt and cousins; her education at Lowood School, where s… OL1095427W
The way we live now The way we live now Anthony Trollope From a review of the Anthony Trollope canon in The Economist (2020/04/08 edition): *“The Way We Live Now” (1875) is as much a portrait of the last few decades as it is of the high Victorian age, and… OL109871W
Our jubilee is death Our jubilee is death Leo Bruce At the end of the Summer term, Carolus Deene, amateur detective *cum* history master of Queen's School, Newminster, is summoned to Suffolk to investigate the circumstances attending the discovery of … OL1162007W
Feasting with panthers Feasting with panthers Rupert Croft-Cooke A completely unsentimental look at the English Decadents. OL1162058W
Literary research and the British romantic era Literary research and the British romantic era Peggy Keeran "Literary Research and the British Romantic Era: Strategies and Sources explores primary and secondary research resources of this prolific era, including general literary research guides; union libra… OL11638820W
Literature and heresy in the age of Chaucer Literature and heresy in the age of Chaucer Andrew Cole After the late 14th century, English literature was fundamentally shaped by the heresy of John Wyclif and his followers. This study demonstrates how Chaucer, Langland, John Clanvowe, Margery Kempe, T… OL11885949W
Heretical Hellenism Heretical Hellenism Shanyn Fiske "The prevailing assumption regarding the Victorians' relationship to ancient Greece is that Greek knowledge constituted an exclusive discourse within elite male domains. Heretical Hellenism: Women Wr… OL11938188W
Select Plays of William Shakspeare in Six Volumes. Volume VI (All's Well That Ends Well / Antony an… Select Plays of William Shakspeare in Six Volumes. Volume VI (All's Well That Ends Well / Antony an… William Shakespeare Contains: All's Well That Ends Well Antony and Cleopatra As You Like It Comedy of Errors Coriolanus King Henry IV. Part 1 King Henry VIII King Richard II King Richard III [Romeo and Juliet]… OL12142277W
Darkborn Darkborn Alison Sinclair For the Darkborn, sunlight kills. For the Lightborn, darkness is fatal. Living under a centuries-old curse, the Darkborn and the Lightborn share the city ofMinhorne, coexisting in an uneasy equilibri… OL12400218W
Plays (As You Like It / Hamlet / Merchant of Venice / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest) Plays (As You Like It / Hamlet / Merchant of Venice / Taming of the Shrew / Tempest) William Shakespeare Contains: - As You Like It - [Hamlet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15203981W/Hamlet) - Merchant of Venice - Taming of the Shrew - [Tempest](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362699W) OL13086460W
Charles Dickens' David Copperfield Charles Dickens' David Copperfield Holly Hughes A guide to reading "David Copperfield" with a critical and appreciative mind encouraging analysis of plot, style, form, and structure. Also includes background on the author's life and times, sample … OL14868573W
The Haunted House The Haunted House Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell,Charles Dickens The drama begins with a Yuletide gathering in an eerie country retreat that's rumored to be haunted. There, Dickens and his friends, including acclaimed authors Elizabeth Gaskell and Wilkie Collins, … OL14869112W
Stand Up, Mr. Dickens Stand Up, Mr. Dickens Charles Dickens,Edward Blishen Extracts from Dickens' stories, with biographical commentary OL14869578W
A Woman of No Importance A Woman of No Importance Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret. A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton's country home, when it is an… OL14877870W
1984 1984 SparkNotes,Spark Publishing This volume provides a study guide for English author George Orwell's 1949 novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. It provides a plot overview, an analysis of major characters, and summaries & analysis of the t… OL14905934W
Plays (Cymbeline / Pericles / Tempest / Winter's Tale) Plays (Cymbeline / Pericles / Tempest / Winter's Tale) William Shakespeare Contains: - Cymbeline - Pericles - [Tempest](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL362699W) - Winter's Tale OL14915765W
Plays (Hamlet / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Twelfth Night) Plays (Hamlet / Macbeth / Merchant of Venice / Twelfth Night) William Shakespeare Contains: - [Hamlet](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15203981W/Hamlet) - Macbeth - Merchant of Venice - Twelfth Night OL14915838W
George Orwell's 1984 George Orwell's 1984 Kit Reed A guide to reading "1984" with a critical and appreciative mind. Includes background on the author's life and times, sample tests, term paper suggestions, and a reading list. OL14920097W
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