Novels for students
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Each volume provides discussions of the literary and historical background of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes concise synopses of plot, characters and themes, a brief author biography, discussion of the story's cultural and historical significance, and excerpted criticism.
Study and teaching (Secondary)Middlemarch (Eliot, George)LiteratureRazor's edge (Maugham, W. Somerset)Hotel du Lac (Brookner, Anita)Study and teaching (Higher)Ugly American (Lederer, William J.)History and criticismHours (Cunningham, Michael)FictionEnglish patient (Ondaatje, Michael)Midnight's children (Rushdie, Salman)