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Shmoop: Beowulf
Written somewhere between the 8th and 11th centuries, Beowulf is analysed in great detail in this interesting site.
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Shmoop: Big Sur
This semi-biographical novel written by Jack Kerouac set in the 1960s shows the life of Jack Duluoz who is an alter-ego for Jack Kerouac. Read about the characteres and themes in this novel.
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Shmoop: Billy Budd
The final novel by Herman Melville is Billy Budd. This fascinating site analysis the plot and setting of the novel.
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Shmoop: The Birthmark
This short story by Nathaniel Hawthrone, The Birthmark, is one of Hawthorne's more well known short stories. Read about this story and its major characters and themes in this fascinating site.
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Shmoop: The Black Cat
This site contains interesting information about the mystery writer Edgar Allan Poe. In addition, the short story, The Black Cat, is analysed in terms of characters and themes
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Shmoop: Brave New World
Published in 1932, the novel Brave New World has received both applause and criticism. Read about the characters, their philosophies and the themes of the novel in this informative site.
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Shmoop: Breakfast at Tiffany's
Made into a classic film, the novel, Breakfast at Tiffany's is looked at in depth in this interesting and informative site.
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Shmoop: The Bald Soprano
One of the most frequently performed plays in France, The Bald Soprano, is analyzed in terms of plot, and themes in this informative site.
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Shmoop: The Canterbury Tales: T He Reeve's Tale
This unsettling tale is looked at in depth in this site that explores, the characters, and themes in one of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales.
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Shmoop: The Moonstone
One of the most famous of Wilkie Collins' novels was The Moonstone. Read all about the work and its major characters in this informative site.
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Shmoop: One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
Published in 1962 in the Soviet Union/Russia, this book although a work of fiction, discusses in detail the gulag system, a type of prison that existed in Russia. In this carefully researched site find out more about the prison and the...
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Shmoop: Breaking Dawn
Full of interesting information, this site about Breaking Dawn, the book, characters and themes is worth a close look.
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Shmoop: The Bean Eaters
This poetry collection, The Bean Eaters, is the title poem of one of Gwendolyn Brook's amazing poetry collections. Read about the poem and the interesting discsussion questions provided.
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Shmoop: The Highwayman
Read about this familiar poem, The Highwayman, in this comprehensive site that analyses the themes and characters.
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Shmoop: If We Must Die
Read about If We Must Die and find out about the many symbols and the imagery in this poem that looks at injustices to the Black community in the early part of the twentieth century.
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Shmoop: The Lady of Shalott
This wonderful poem , The Lady of Shalott, is a poem written about King Arthur. Read the fascinating analysis of this poem in this comprehensive site.
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Shmoop: Musee Des Beaux Arts
This site contains a wealth of information on W. H. Auden's famous poem Musee des Beaux Arts. Read about the major themes and refer to the interesting study questions.
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Shmoop: Mutability
Read about the themes in Mutability a poem written by William Wordsworth.
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Shmoop: Parsley
Read about the poem, Parsley, by African American poet, Rita Dove. This site goes into detail examing the poem and its signifciance.
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Shmoop: The Prisoner of Chillon
The poem, The Prisoner of Chillon, was written by Lord Byron in 1816. Read about the meaning, and important quotations from the poem in this comprehensive site.
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Shmoop: The Road Not Taken
One of Robert Frost's most well known poems, The Road Not Taken, is analysed in detail in this comprehensive site.
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Shmoop: To Autumn
Read about one of John Keats' most renowned poems in this interesting site that looks at the themes, and background information on the poem.
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Shmoop: The Call of the Wild
This fascinating site on Jack London's famous novel The Call of the Wild is looked at in detail in this site that includes character anaylsis and a discussion of themes in the novel.
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Shmoop: Candide
This interesting and informative site looks at Voltaire's humorous criticism of power and wealth. Find out about the characters and their motivations in this comprehensive site.