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: Dicey's Song by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,930. Language: English. Published: June 27, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
Cynthia Voigt, the author of the present novel, was the second child in the family of six. She was brought up in a well off family. Her parents could afford to send her to an exclusive private school in Wellesley, Massachusetts, near her family home in Boston.
Ready Reference Treatise: Dead Man Walking by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 11,090. Language: English. Published: June 25, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » True Crime » Murder » General, Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides
She was a spiritual advisor to two convicted murderers who were waiting death sentence. The present book is based on her experiences while she was working as a spiritual advisor.
Ready Reference Treatise: Tell Me a Riddle by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,480. Language: English. Published: June 24, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » African American fiction » Urban life
Through this book, the author seems to be very clearly providing a voice to the voiceless. She also shows marginalized stereotypes as complex individuals.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Cherry Orchard by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,160. Language: English. Published: June 22, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » Russian & Former Soviet Union
The first production of the play was directed by Constantine Stanislavski. The playwright had originally intended it to be a comedy, but it does have some elements of tragedy.
Ready Reference Treatise: A Separate Peace by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 8,210. Language: English. Published: June 20, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Classics
The story extensively explores some of the most important themes such as patriotism, morality, and loss of innocence. Gene is the narrator of the story.
Ready Reference Treatise: I Will Marry When I Want by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,390. Language: English. Published: June 19, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » American / African American
The play is set in Post Independence Kenya. It illustrates the legacies of colonialism and innumerable difficulties which the Kenyans faced after the successful overthrow of British colonial rule.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Secret River by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 14,940. Language: English. Published: June 18, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
The novel is about an early 19th century Englishman who was transported to Australia on the charge of theft.
Ready Reference Treatise: Slaughterhouse Five by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,440. Language: English. Published: June 16, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
The story revolves around a soldier named Billy Pilgrim. It describes his experiences during the Second World War. “Slaughterhouse Five” is considered as most influential and popular work of the author.
Ready Reference Treatise: Salome by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 6,310. Language: English. Published: June 15, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » Ancient & Classical
It is a one act play that tells the Biblical story of Salome, who was the stepdaughter of the tetrarch Herod Antipas.
Ready Reference Treatise: Rhinoceros by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 7,650. Language: English. Published: June 14, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » European / French
The play is set in a small provincial French town. Over the course of the three acts of the play, the inhabitants of this small town turn into rhinoceroses.
Ready Reference Treatise: Phaedra by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 6,080. Language: English. Published: June 13, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » Ancient & Classical
The story of the play revolves around Phaedra, wife of King Theseus of Athens, and her insatiable lust for her stepson, Hippolytus.
Ready Reference Treatise: Persepolis by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 15,790. Language: English. Published: June 12, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Graphic novels & comics » Historical fiction
The novel describes the author’s childhood up to her early adult life in Iran. It was the period during and after the Islamic revolution in Iran.
Ready Reference Treatise: Maestro by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,200. Language: English. Published: June 9, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Nonfiction » Art, Architecture, Photography » Performing arts » Reference
The author, like the central character Paul, is originally from Southern Australia. He happens to have completed high school in Darwin before going to the University of Adelaide.
Ready Reference Treatise: Lucy by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 8,930. Language: English. Published: June 8, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
The novel opens in medias res. Lucy is born and brought up in the West Indies. She moves to the United States to become an au pair for a wealthy white family. Lucy’s story seems to be highly inspired by the own experiences of Jamaica Kincaid.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Lovely Bones by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 20,830. Language: English. Published: June 7, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Horror » Weird fiction
The novel was critically acclaimed and proved to be an instant bestseller. The unique plot and story of the novel pulled the attention of most of the famous critics and reviewers from around the world.
Ready Reference Treatise: Joseph Andrews by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 14,930. Language: English. Published: June 3, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
It is considered to be one of the first novels in the English language. The author defined the novel as a comic epic poem in prose.
Ready Reference Treatise: Devil In a Blue Dress by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 14,750. Language: English. Published: May 31, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Mystery & detective » Hard-Boiled
The story of the novel revolves around the central character Ezekiel “Easy” Rawlins, and how he is transformed from a day laborer into a detective.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Devil's Arithmetic by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 11,940. Language: English. Published: May 29, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Jewish
Hannah finds herself in a death camp that is thought to be Auschwitz. She begins to live the life of a girl named Chaya in the concentration camp. At this point, she realizes how important it is to know about the past.
Ready Reference Treatise: Chinese Cinderella by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 8,260. Language: English. Published: May 27, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Asian American
She had published her autobiography in 1997. “Chinese Cinderella” is a revised version of part of that autobiography. The autobiography was titled “Falling Leaves.”
Ready Reference Treatise: The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 7,800. Language: English. Published: May 26, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
The story primarily explicitly describes the author’s own experience under dictator Rafael Trujillo in his ancestral homeland.
Ready Reference Treatise: A Hero of Our Time by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 8,800. Language: English. Published: May 25, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
The novel has three major narrators. The first narrator is an unnamed young officer in the Russian army. He happens to be travelling through the Caucasus Mountains. During his journey he documents his travel detains to be published later.
Ready Reference Treatise: Educating Rita by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,630. Language: English. Published: May 23, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
It is regarded as Willy Russell’s one of the most regarded works. It is also considered to be one of the most popular works for the drama theatre in the late 20th century.
Ready Reference Treatise: Equus by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,560. Language: English. Published: May 22, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Once, a seventeen years old boy had blinded six horses in a small town near Suffolk. When Peter Shaffer heard about this crime, he got inspired to write the present play.
Ready Reference Treatise: Left to Tell by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 7,520. Language: English. Published: May 21, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Nonfiction » History » Holocaust
The Rwandan Genocide had taken place in 1994. The book was published 12 years after that tragedy. The genocide was so horrible that it claimed about one million lives in only one hundred days.
Ready Reference Treatise: Cyrano de Bergerac by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 11,260. Language: English. Published: May 20, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides
It is a verse drama written in rhyming couplets. Each line has twelve syllables. The verse form is very similar to the Alexandrine formant, but the lines often have a lack of caesura.