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: Bird by Bird by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises, Book 101 · Study Guides: English Literature, Book 126. Price: $1.75 USD. Words: 3,180. Language: English. Published: September 18, 2013 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Nonfiction » Education & Study Guides » Study guides - Literature
“Bird by Bird” by Anne Lamott was first published in 1994. It is considered her best-known work. The book is inspired by the author’s own personal relationships.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Catcher in the Rye by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises, Book 102 · Study Guides: English Literature, Book 127. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 3,720. Language: English. Published: September 22, 2013 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Cultural interest, general
“The Catcher in the Rye” by J. D. Salinger was first published in 1951. It is said to be one of the best novels written by Salinger. The book was originally published only for adult readers, but over the years it began to be popular with adolescent readers because the themes of teenage angst and alienation appeal to young readers.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Time Machine by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises, Book 103 · Study Guides: English Literature, Book 156. Price: $1.50 USD. Words: 4,990. Language: English. Published: October 10, 2013 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
“The Time Machine” by H. G. Wells was first published in 1895. It is a science fiction novella. The credit of popularizing the scientific concept of time travel goes to “The Time Machine.”
Ready Reference Treatise: Invisible Man by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises, Book 104 · Study Guides: English Literature, Book 158. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 4,450. Language: English. Published: October 12, 2013 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » African American fiction » General
“Invisible Man” by Ralph Ellison was first published in 1952. It was published by Random House. The story explores many of the social and intellectual issues which face African Americans in the early 20th century. The plot also deals very effectively with the notion of Black Nationalism. It describes the relationship between black identity and Marxism.
Ready Reference Treatise: Arcadia by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises, Book 105 · Study Guides: English Literature, Book 171. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 4,350. Language: English. Published: November 30, 2013 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Nonfiction » Philosophy » Aesthetics
“Arcadia” by Tom Stoppard is a famous play written in 1993. The play revolves around the relationship between past and present and between order and disorder and the certainty of knowledge.
Ready Reference Treatise: The White Tiger by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises, Book 106 · Study Guides: English Literature, Book 187. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 12,530. Language: English. Published: January 21, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Coming of age
The story is told through a retrospective narration by Balram Halwai. He is a village boy. The novel follows this village boy’s first journey to Delhi where he works as driver of a rich landlord. From there he goes to Bangalore. He kills his master in Delhi and flees from there.
Ready Reference Treatise: Middlemarch by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises, Book 107 · Study Guides: English Literature, Book 188. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 5,060. Language: English. Published: January 25, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Classics
The novel "Middlemarch"describes in detail that the choice of an occupation by which one earns a living is also very important issue. The author very clearly points to the consequences of making wrong choices in life.
Ready Reference Treatise: Mother Courage and Her Children by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises, Book 108 · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 7,790. Language: English. Published: March 17, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
The play is not set in modern times. It is set during the Thirty Years’ War of 1618-1648. The play revolves around a wily canteen woman, nicknamed Mother Courage. She works with the Swedish Army. She is quite courageous and she has decided to make her living from the war.
Ready Reference Treatise: Yonnondio: From the Thirties by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises, Book 109 · Study Guides: English Literature, Book 246. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 7,390. Language: English. Published: June 9, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Classics
The book describes the lives of the Holbrook family. It shows their struggle to survive during the 1920s. They happen to be a working class family. The book also deals with the themes of motherhood, socioeconomic order, and pre-depression era. When the book was first published, it was published as an unfinished piece of writing.
Ready Reference Treatise: Little Women by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises, Book 110 · Study Guides: English Literature, Book 251. Price: $2.25 USD. Words: 11,500. Language: English. Published: July 3, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Classics
“Little Women” was particularly written for female readers; however, it became equally popular with male readers. True love, work, and domesticity are the three noticeable themes of the novel. These three themes are interdependent.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Caretaker by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises, Book 111 · Study Guides: English Literature, Book 263. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 6,840. Language: English. Published: July 28, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » American / African American
According to Harold Pinter, he wrote “The Caretaker” while he and his wife were living in Chiswick. There are some events in the play which clearly seem to be drawn on those events which had taken place in Pinter’s own life at the time.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Remains of the Day by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises, Book 112 · Study Guides: English Literature, Book 266. Price: $2.50 USD. Words: 8,010. Language: English. Published: August 3, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Classics
The story revolves around Steven’s professional and personal relationship with Miss Kenton, his former colleague and the housekeeper.
Ready Reference Treatise: Disgrace by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises, Book 113 · Study Guides: English Literature, Book 267. Price: $2.50 USD. Words: 6,890. Language: English. Published: August 4, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » African American fiction » Historical
The story very descriptively deals with the country’s changing scenario. There is a third person narrator, David Lurie, whose narration dominates the major part of the story.
Ready Reference Treatise: Child of the Dark by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises, Book 115 · Study Guides: English Literature, Book 293. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 4,780. Language: English. Published: September 17, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Hispanic & Latino
The author had a very difficult childhood. It was full of prejudice and ostracism and there were several reasons for that. There were several things which were against her in that prejudiced society.
Ready Reference Treatise: Juno and the Paycock by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 7,930. Language: English. Published: October 26, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
There was a treaty signed between the IRA and the British government that allowed the self governance of sixteen out of twenty two counties.The treaty was signed in the year 1921. It was, however, a controversial treaty. The die-hard Republicans demanded the independence of all of Ireland.
Ready Reference Treatise: Alas, Babylon by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.50 USD. Words: 8,650. Language: English. Published: October 29, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides
The most significant theme of the novel is war. Several other themes such as survival, cooperation, perseverance, community, and hope have been explored very efficiently in the novel.
Ready Reference Treatise: Flowers for Algernon by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 7,850. Language: English. Published: November 15, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Science fiction » Adventure
Charlie Gordon happens to be the first human test subject for the surgery. He writes a series of progress reports and tells the story. There are several moral and ethical themes in the novel.
Ready Reference Treatise: Look Back In Anger by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 9,480. Language: English. Published: November 24, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Jimmy Porter is an educated and intelligent young man of working class; he is highly dissatisfied. Alison is his wife; she is from upper middle class, but she is quite impassive.
Ready Reference Treatise: Midaq Alley by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 12,760. Language: English. Published: December 10, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
The book “Zuqaq al Midaq” was first published in Arabic, in Egypt, in the year 1847. Midaq Ally is a back street in Cairo, Egypt. The place teems with crowds. It is presented as a microcosm of the world.
Ready Reference Treatise: Pedro Paramo by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 11,810. Language: English. Published: December 28, 2014 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Visionary & metaphysical
Gabriel Garcia Marquez was one of the greatest admirers of the book. He admitted once during an interview that he was greatly inspired by “Pedro Paramo.” He said that having written his first four books, he felt blocked and he was not able to write anything. He discovered “Pedro Paramo” in 1961 and read it.
Ready Reference Treatise: Shabanu by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 13,920. Language: English. Published: January 16, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Asian American
The story takes place in Pakistan. The country had become an independent nation in 1947, after the departure of the British from British India. Before the colonists left India, they divided the British India into two parts, India and Pakistan.
Ready Reference Treatise: The Secret Life of Bees by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 14,050. Language: English. Published: January 20, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » African American fiction » Contemporary woman
Sue Monk Kidd had started writing “The Secret Life of Bees” as a short story in 1993. After several years, she decided to convert this short story into a novel.
Ready Reference Treatise: Shantaram by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 16,720. Language: English. Published: January 29, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Adventure » Action
The story revolves around a convicted Australian bank robber and heroin addict. That convict happens to have escaped from Pentridge Prison and reached Bombay, India.
Ready Reference Treatise: Walk Two Moons by
Series: Ready Reference Treatises · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 11,190. Language: English. Published: February 8, 2015 . Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Adventure » Travel
Sharon Creech had originally intended to write it as a follow-up to her earlier novel “Absolutely Normal Chaos,” but when she began writing the novel, her idea changed.