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Literature Help: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,020. Language: English. Published: March 15, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides
According to the author he wrote this novel because he had been repeatedly asked by several teachers, librarians, and teenagers to write one young adult novel.
Literature Help: Eugene Onegin by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 7,310. Language: English. Published: March 13, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » Russian & Former Soviet Union
Being considered a classic of Russian literature, “Eugene Onegin” inspired several contemporary and future writers in the country.
Literature Help: What Is the What by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,770. Language: English. Published: March 10, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » African American fiction » Historical
The story is based on the real life story of Valentino Achak Deng. The story describes his struggles and how he overcame them. Achak Deng was a Sudanese refugee who had come to take refuge in the United States. He was the member of the Lost Boys of Sudan Programme.
Literature Help: Persuasion by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 13,730. Language: English. Published: March 5, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
“Persuasion” of often described as a ‘perfect novel.’ It is often said that the reader of the book can easily judge by himself or herself whether the book is worthy of praise.
Literature Help: Perfume by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,960. Language: English. Published: March 3, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Thriller & suspense » Psychological thriller
The novel very minutely explores the sense of smell and the relationship of smell with the emotional meaning which the perfumes or scent may have.
Literature Help: Six Characters In Search of an Author by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 8,350. Language: English. Published: March 1, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
It is an absurdist meta-theatrical play which explores the relationship between authors, their characters, and theatre practitioners.
"Wild Duck" Summarized and Analyzed by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 8,730. Language: English. Published: February 27, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Several critics consider “Wild Duck” as Henrik Ibsen’s masterpiece. The play very skillfully recounts the fatal effects of what Ibsen termed the ‘life lie,’ some kinds of delusions which a person needs to escape from the harsh reality which is intolerable for the person.
Literature Help: Long Day's Journey Into Night by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,480. Language: English. Published: February 24, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » American / African American
The action of the play covers the time period of one day from morning till midnight in the month of Augusts 1912. The play is set at the seaside Connecticut home of the Tyrones.
Literature Companion: Roots by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 8,880. Language: English. Published: February 22, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » African American fiction » Historical
The story revolves around Kunta Kinte, who happens to be an eighteenth century African. He is captured as an adolescent and then sold as a slave in the United States.
Literature Help: Annie John by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,250. Language: English. Published: February 17, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » African American fiction » Contemporary woman
The novel deals with several significant issues such as mother-daughter relationships, racism, lesbianism, education, depression, and the conflict between the modern medicine and the medicine based on the native superstitious knowledge.
Literature Help: Glengarry Glen Ross by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 7,260. Language: English. Published: February 16, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » American / African American
The play covers the time period of two days. The story revolves around the parts of two days in the lives of four very desperate real estate salesmen from Chicago.
Quick Guide: No Exit by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature · Quick Guides to Novels and Plays. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 6,880. Language: English. Published: February 14, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
The play revolves around the description of the afterlife. Three deceased characters are punished in their afterlife. Those characters are being locked into a room, in Hell, together till eternity.
"She Stoops to Conquer" Summarized and Analyzed by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,260. Language: English. Published: February 13, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
“She Stoops to Conquer” is known for its enduring appeal. There are only few plays that have remained popular even today, and “She Stoops to Conquer” is one such play. Even today, the play is regularly performed.
Literature Companion: For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,650. Language: English. Published: February 12, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » American / African American
The play includes a series of poetic monologues. These monologues are accompanied by music and dance movements. This form of performance was coined by Shame as the Choreopoem.
Literature Help: Seize the Day by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 6,580. Language: English. Published: February 6, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » African American fiction » Urban life
The book was written in 1950s which was a kind of formative period during which the middle class in the United States was being created.
Literature Companion: Sula by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,780. Language: English. Published: February 5, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » African American fiction » Contemporary woman
Unlike the experiences of the two black girls in her first novel “The Bluest Eye,” “Sula” also describes the experiences of the girls when they grow into adulthood.
Literature Companion: Spring Awakening by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,720. Language: English. Published: February 3, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » European / German
The play primarily criticizes the sexually-oppressive culture that prevailed in the 19th century in Germany. Erotic fantasies have been very skillfully dramatized in this play.
Quick Guide: The Sound of Waves by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature · Quick Guides to Novels and Plays. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 14,590. Language: English. Published: February 1, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Romance » General
It is a coming-of-age novel that describes Shinji’s development into a mature person and his romance with Hatsue who happens to be the daughter of a rich ship owner Terukichi.
Literature Help: Snow Falling on Cedars by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,740. Language: English. Published: January 30, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Romance » Suspense
It is said that while the author was writing the book, he was a teacher. He wrote this novel in the early morning hours over the period of ten years. It was a very slowly written novel, but it is one of the best modern works of literature.
Literature Help: The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 12,020. Language: English. Published: January 27, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Romance » Contemporary
The continuous story is about four young girls who get a pair of jeans which fits all of them very well although all of them have different shapes and sizes.
Literature Help: Shane by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.50 USD. Words: 7,860. Language: English. Published: January 24, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Adventure » Men’s adventure
When the novel was published in the magazine, it was titled ‘Rider from Nowhere.’ Later on it was published as a complete novel with the title “Shane.”
Literature Help: Sister Carrie by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 10,680. Language: English. Published: January 22, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Women's fiction » Feminist
Having reached the city, she begins realizing her own American Dream. She initially becomes a mistress to men and she thinks that it is superior. However, she later becomes a very famous actress.
Literature Help: Season of Migration to the North by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.99 USD. Words: 9,740. Language: English. Published: January 14, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » Cultural & ethnic themes » Asian American
When there was Islamic government in Sudan, it was banned in Sudan for several years. In the novel there is some graphic sexual imagery in the second half of the novel and that was perhaps the biggest reason to ban the novel in Sudan.
Literature Help: A Raisin In the Sun by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $1.99 USD. Words: 6,960. Language: English. Published: January 12, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Plays » American / African American
“A Raisin In the Sun” is considered an autobiographical play. Lorraine Hansberry happens to be one of the first playwrights to sketch realistic pictures of African-American life.
"Ragtime" Summarized and Analyzed by
Series: A Quick Guide · Study Guides: English Literature. Price: $2.50 USD. Words: 9,170. Language: English. Published: January 10, 2015 by Raja Sharma. Categories: Nonfiction » Reference » Study guides, Fiction » African American fiction » Historical
The author has blended historical characters with fictional characters into a firm framework that encompasses the events, characters, and the important ideas in American History.