In this series you will find the treatises to help the students and teachers of English literature. Almost all the classic novels and plays have been summarized and analyzed.

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Ready Reference Treatise: Feathers by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 6,840. Language: English. Published: November 8, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Historical » USA
The plot revolves around a sixth grade girl named Frannie who grows up during that time. There is only one white boy in the class. The arrival of that new white boy causes a lot of chaos in the class.
Ready Reference Treatise: Touching Spirit Bear by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 8,780. Language: English. Published: November 5, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
Although it is a work of fiction, the author has done a lot of research and presented the setting and topic in such a manner that certain realities become obvious in the narrative.
Ready Reference Treatise: Around the World In Eighty Days by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 11,230. Language: English. Published: November 2, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Adventure » Travel
The story moves around the adventures of Phileas Fogg of London and his newly employed French valet Passepartout. They try to go around the world in eighty days on a twenty thousand pounds wager. It was set by Fogg’s friends at the Reform Club.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Scarlet Pimpernel by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 6,430. Language: English. Published: October 31, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Adventure » Action
Sir Percy Blakeney is the title character. He happens to be a very rich English fop. He becomes a very formidable swordsman and an expert escape artist. He is the one who rescues several French noblemen from the French tribunal and the fury of the masses in Paris.
Ready Reference Treatise: Dreaming In Cuban by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 11,510. Language: English. Published: October 30, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Hispanic & Latino
The story primarily focuses on the women, Celia del Pino, her daughters Lourdes and Felicia, and her granddaughter Pilar.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Blithedale Romance by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,930. Language: English. Published: October 27, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Romance » Clean & wholesome
In the words of Henry James, “The Blithedale Romance” is the lightest, the brightest, and the liveliest of all the unhumorous fiction written by Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Ready Reference Treatise: Paper Towns by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,040. Language: English. Published: October 24, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Adventure » Action
Quentin “Q” Jacobsen is the protagonist of the novel. He searches his childhood love and neighbor Margo Roth Spiegelman. Ben, Radar, and Lacey are Quentin’s friends. Having completed their search of missing Margo, they find out more about the real Margo.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Women of Brewster Place by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 6,120. Language: English. Published: October 22, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » African American fiction » Contemporary woman
The book very thoroughly investigates the lives of both men and women in an urban setting. It also explores relationships, including homosexual relationships.
Ready Reference Treatise: Villette by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 16,670. Language: English. Published: October 21, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Classics
Lucy Snowe is the central character and protagonist of the novel. She goes through an unspecified family disaster.
Ready Reference Treatise: Looking Backward by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 6,490. Language: English. Published: October 15, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Science fiction » Utopias & dystopias
After “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” and “Ben Hur,” “Looking Back” was the third-largest bestseller of its time. Many intellectuals, including John Dewey, were influenced by this novel.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Light In the Forest by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 12,500. Language: English. Published: October 12, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides
The book’s title has been derived from a poem written by William Wordsworth. The poem is presented at the beginning of the novel. The author had very extensively researched the relations between the Native Indians and the white during the eighteenth century in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Way of the World by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 7,180. Language: English. Published: October 9, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
When the play was first launched, it was not very well received by the audience. However, it is still occasionally performed in the different parts of the world.
Ready Reference Treatise: Miss Lonelyhearts by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,360. Language: English. Published: October 7, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
It is said that the author had an opportunity to read some letters, which were written to Susan Chester who was the advice columnist for the Brooklyn Eagle. He showed the letters to his friend Perelman but he refused to use those letters as source material.
Ready Reference Treatise: I Am the Cheese by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 12,350. Language: English. Published: October 4, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural
Adam Farmer, the protagonist of the novel, happens to be riding his bike from his home in the fictional town of Monument, Massachusetts. He is going to Rutterburg to see his father in the hospital.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Cay by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 8,640. Language: English. Published: October 2, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Children’s books » Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
The central character of the boy has been inspired by a real life incident. This character is based on a child who was onboard the Hato, when it was torpedoed. The boy fortunately drifted out to sea in a lifeboat.
Ready Reference Treatise: Edgar Huntly by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,620. Language: English. Published: September 30, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Historical » USA
The book has the distinction of being one of the earliest works of American fiction. This is the first book in the history of America that depicts the tense relationship between Americans and Indians on the frontier.
Ready Reference Treatise: Giovanni's Room by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 15,560. Language: English. Published: September 28, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » African American fiction » Romance
It is said that when Baldwin completed the manuscript and brought it to the publisher, the publisher told Baldwin to burn the book because it was primarily about homosexuality, a romantic relationship between two men.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Ramayana by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 15,290. Language: English. Published: September 25, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Historical » Ancient
The Ramayana is regarded to be one of the most sacred books of Sanatana Dharma, generally called Hinduism. It has its highly respectable and sacred place in the Hindu literature.
Ready Reference Treatise: The City of Ember by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,620. Language: English. Published: September 23, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic
Lina Mayfleet and Doon Harrow are the two protagonists. Both of them are young; they are friends. They begin to follow the clues that had been left behind by the original builders of this city and safely reach the outside world.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho) by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 7,200. Language: English. Published: September 21, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
The story is about the protagonist's journey to Egypt, after having a recurring dream that tells him about finding treasure in Egypt.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Borrowers by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 6,780. Language: English. Published: September 20, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Children’s books » Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
These tiny creatures borrow from the big people for their survival. “The Borrowers” is one of the five books n the same series. The same borrowers’ family features in all these five books. Eventually, they leave their house.
Ready Reference Treatise: Bud, Not Buddy by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,420. Language: English. Published: September 19, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides
The story revolves around the titular character Bud Caldwell. He is a ten-year old boy. He happens to be on his own. Life is not as much fun as it appears to be. The little boy has to face several problems in his journey of life.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Body of Christopher Creed by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 11,670. Language: English. Published: September 18, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Police Procedural
The story revolves around a high school student and how he attempts to solve the mystery of the disappearance of a classmate. The book was the winner of the Michael L. Printz Honor Book Award.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Golden Ass by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 12,910. Language: English. Published: September 15, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Historical » Classical Greece & Rome
“The Golden Ass” was originally titled ‘The Metamorphoses of Apuleius.’ St. Augustine later named it as “The Golden Ass.” It happens to be the only Ancient Roman novel in Latin that has survived in its entirety.
Ready Reference Treatise: Snow Country by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 5,150. Language: English. Published: September 14, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Romance » Fantasy
Having published it as a short story in the journal, Kawabata continued to write about the characters. Later on, parts of the novel eventually appeared in five different journals.