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: In Our Time by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 13,260. Language: English. Published: February 16, 2016 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
The book had a complex publication history. For the 1923 edition of the book, the author had selected six prove vignettes composed by Ezra Pound. Eventually, in the following year, the author added twelve vignettes more in the edition that was printed in Paris.
Ready Reference Treatise: The House of Mirth by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,160. Language: English. Published: February 13, 2016 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Classics
The book tells the story of Lily Bart. She is a well-born woman, but she is rendered without any money in the high society of New York City.
Ready Reference Treatise: The House on Mango Street by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 11,620. Language: English. Published: February 11, 2016 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Hispanic & Latino
The book tells the story of the central character Esperanza Cordero. She happens to be a young Latina girl. The novel portrays her life growing up in Chicago with Chicanos and Puerto Ricans. Esperanza eventually determines to leave her impoverished Latino neighborhood.
Ready Reference Treatise: Monkey by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,110. Language: English. Published: February 9, 2016 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
The book was originally published in 1942. The present book has remained one of the most widely read English version of the book “Monkey.”
Ready Reference Treatise: A Hope In the Unseen by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 14,460. Language: English. Published: February 4, 2016 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs
It was the first book written and published by the author and journalist Ron Suskind. The book presents the biographical account of the life of Cedric Jennings during his last years in high school and initial years in college.
Ready Reference Treatise: A Lost Lady by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 7,890. Language: English. Published: January 25, 2016 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Romance » Clean & wholesome
Although the book has been written in the third person, the major part of the story is presented from the perspective of Niel Herbert, who happens to grow up in Sweet Water. He is the witness to the decline of Mrs. Forrester. He feels very deeply for the lost lady.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Princess Bride by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 8,900. Language: English. Published: January 22, 2016 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Fantasy » Dark
Some of the earlier works were highly successful, but “The Princess Bride” made the author known all over the world.
Ready Reference Treatise: We the Living by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,770. Language: English. Published: January 18, 2016 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Romance » Historical » General
Ayn Rand is a Russian-American novelist. Through this novel, she gave her first statement against Communism. The author mentions in the foreword that “We the Living” was the closest she would ever come to writing an autobiography.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Mill on the Floss by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 13,800. Language: English. Published: January 15, 2016 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Romance » Action/adventure
Several critics admired the first half of the novel. The first half of the novel mainly describes the childhoods of Maggie and Tom Tulliver. Most of the critics did not like the second half and the ending of The Mill on the Floss.
Ready Reference Treatise: Charlotte Temple by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 8,570. Language: English. Published: January 12, 2016 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Classics
The American edition of the novel was published in 1794. It proved to be a highly successful novel and it instantly became a bestseller. Up to the present time, the novel has gone through more than two hundred editions in America.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 17,090. Language: English. Published: January 10, 2016 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Nonfiction » Biography » Autobiographies & Memoirs
Equiano was a former slave. The book describes his time that he had spent in enslavement. He had begun to study the Bible, attempting to free himself from the clutches of slavery. He was eventually successful in gaining independence and success in business.
Ready Reference Treatise: Founding Brothers by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 13,720. Language: English. Published: January 4, 2016 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Nonfiction » History » American
The book describes the interactions among certain individuals who are both gifted and flawed. The interactions among those individuals had very greatly influenced the early development of the United States of America.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 11,910. Language: English. Published: January 3, 2016 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Adventure » Sea adventures
Eventually, Pym is rescued by the crew of the Jane Guy. When he is on the rescue ship, Pym meets a sailor named Dirk Peters. They continue their adventures together further south.
Ready Reference Treatise: Wonder by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,800. Language: English. Published: December 29, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Children’s books » Action & Adventure / Survival Stories
The book was on the Best Seller List of the New York Times and the Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List. The book won Maine Student Book Award, Vermont’s Dorothy Canfield Fisher Children’s Book Award, Mark Twain Award, and Nene Award in the years 2014 and 2015.
Ready Reference Treatise: Amadeus by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 8,300. Language: English. Published: December 23, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
According to the playwright, “Amadeus” was inspired by a short play that was written by Alexander Pushkin in the year 1830. The play was titled “Mozart and Salieri.”
Ready Reference Treatise: Desire Under the Elms by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,420. Language: English. Published: December 20, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » American / African American
Just like “Mourning Becomes Electra,” the present play happens to be an attempt by the playwright to adapt plot elements and themes of Greek tragedy to a rural setting in New England.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Outsiders by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 8,270. Language: English. Published: December 7, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Young adult or teen » Urban
When her first book was published, S. E. Hinton was only eighteen years old. The story basically examines the general desire of the people to form groups, compete, and remain united for survival.
Ready Reference Treatise: This Boy's Life by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 12,960. Language: English. Published: December 4, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Adventure » General
Wolff spent most of his youth in the industrial town of Chinook, Washington. While living there, he would often get into trouble because he did not have much to do in that town.
Ready Reference Treatise: Woman at Point Zero by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 8,430. Language: English. Published: November 30, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Asian American
Firdaus happens to be a murderess. The novel presents her first-person account. She agrees to tell her life story to the author, before her execution.
Ready Reference Treatise: On the Beach by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,190. Language: English. Published: November 28, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Science fiction » Apocalyptic
The novel describes the experiences of a group of people in Melbourne who are awaiting the arrival of fatal radiation that has been spreading towards them from the northern hemisphere.
Ready Reference Treatise: Legend by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,280. Language: English. Published: November 24, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Fantasy » Urban
When the book was launched, most of the reviews received by the author were highly positive. Most of the critics admired the novel’s fast-paced action and alternating viewpoints.
Ready Reference Treatise: The French Lieutenant's Woman by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 14,310. Language: English. Published: November 21, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Classics
Charles Smithson is the central character of ‘The French Lieutenant’s Woman.” The novel explores his fraught relationship with the former governess Sarah Woodruff. Charles happens to be a gentleman and amateur naturalist, and Sarah is an independent woman. He falls in love with her.
Ready Reference Treatise: Lying Awake by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 11,550. Language: English. Published: November 16, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Inspirational
Mark Joseph Salzman, the author of “Lying Awake” was born on 3rd of December 1959 in Greenwich, Connecticut, USA. This American writer is widely known for his immensely popular and widely read memoir “Iron & Silk.”
Ready Reference Treatise: Lucky Jim by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,700. Language: English. Published: November 13, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Classics
The style of writing is quite wide-ranging and finely modulated. In the initial part of the story, there is the mention of ‘old song.’ ‘Oh, lucky Jim, How I envy him.’
Ready Reference Treatise: Ghosts by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 6,990. Language: English. Published: November 10, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Most of the plays written by Henrik Ibsen present a scathing commentary on the nineteenth century morality. The present play is also one such play. The play investigates the issues such as religion, venereal diseases, incest, and euthanasia.