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Shmoop: The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue and Frame Story

For Students 9th - 10th
Read background information on The Canterbury Tales: General Prologue and Frame Story in this informative site that includes a look at the characters.
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Shmoop: The Canterbury Tales: The Miller's Tale

For Students 9th - 10th
The Miller's Tale is a story contained within The Canterbury Tales. Read about the love triange in the story and the characters involved?
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S Hmoop: The Canterbury Tales: The Second Nun's Tale

For Students 9th - 10th
Found in The Canterbury Tales, the Second Nun's Tale is the story of how a woman converts her husband and brother in law to becoming Christians. Read about the other characters in this fascinating tale.
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Shmoop: The Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Prologue

For Students 9th - 10th
A most interesting character in The Canterbury Tales, the wife of Bath reveals much about herself and others. This site analysis the themes and other characters in this fascinating story.
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Shmoop: T He Canterbury Tales: The Wife of Bath's Tale

For Students 9th - 10th
Read and learn more about this fascinating tale in this comprehensive site about The Wife of Bath's Tale.
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Shmoop: The Cask of the Amontillado

For Students 9th - 10th
This fascinating short story considered one of Edgar Allan Poe's best is thoroughly examined in this interesting and informative site.
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Shmoop: Cat on a Hot Tin Roor

For Students 9th - 10th
This Pulizter Prize winning play is analysed in depth in this fascinating look at Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.
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Shmoop: Catch 22

For Students 9th - 10th
Joseph Heller's Catch-22's famous novel is analysed in terms of characters and themes.
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Shmoop: Cathedral

For Students 9th - 10th
Raymond Carver's most famous story, Cathedral, is looked at in depth in this site that explores themes and characters.
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Shmoop: The Chairs

For Students 9th - 10th
Written in 1952, The Chairs is analysed in depth in terms of character and themes in this interesting site.
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Shmoop: The Chosen

For Students 9th - 10th
Chaim Potok's first novel, The Chosen, of two Jewish boys coming of age is examined in depth in this interesting site. Find out more about the characters, their motivations and the themes in the novel.
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Shmoop: A Clean, Well Lighted Place

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about Ernest Hemingway's story, A Clean, Well-Lighted Place, in this interesting site that examines the characters and focuses on the themes of loneliness and isolation.
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Shmoop: A Clockwork Orange

For Students 9th - 10th
Anthony Burgess' Clockwork Orange contains to be a novel worth reading. Find out about the characters and their motivations in this outstanding site.
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Shmoop: The Color Purple

For Students 9th - 10th
The Color Purple won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1983. This site does an excellent job of analysing the characters, the themes and important quotations from the book.
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Shmoop: The Comedy of Errors

For Students 9th - 10th
One of Shakespeare's early comedies, The Comedy of Errors, is a delightful comedy that is profiled in depth in this site. Read about the major characters, important quotations and themes.
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Shmoop: The Count of Monte Cristo

For Students 9th - 10th
Written in the 19th centure, The Count of Monte Cristo is one of Alexandre Dumas' most famous novels. This site examines in detail the characters, themes and important quotations from the novel.
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Shmoop: Crime and Punishment

For Students 9th - 10th
Initially written in installments, Crime and Punishment was published in 1866. This still popular novel is explored in detail in this interesting site that looks at characters and themes.
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Shmoop: The Crucible

For Students 9th - 10th
Arthur Miller's play The Crucible is a re-enactment of the Salem Witch Trials. This fascinating site analyses the themes and characters in play.
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Shmoop: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

For Students 9th - 10th
This intriguing short story was first published in 1922. Read about the characters stepping back in time and the important quotations in the novel from this comprehensive site.
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Shmoop: Cyrano De Bergerac

For Students 9th - 10th
Published in 1897, Cyrano de Bergerac was an instant hit in Paris. Read about the characters and the themes in this excellent site.
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Shmoop: De Daumier Smith's Blue Period

For Students 9th - 10th
This both comic and tragic short story is wonderfully analysed in this site which focuses on characters and themes.
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Shmoop: Death of a Salesman

For Students 9th - 10th
This Pulitzer Prize winning play is thoroughly analysed in this excellent site that looks at the characters and their motivations.
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Shmoop: The Diamond as Big as the Ritz

For Students 9th - 10th
The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's most quirky, imaginative fantasy stories. Find out about the characters and themes in this informative site.
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Shmoop: The Diary of Anne Frank

For Students 9th - 10th
Anne Frank's remarkable story is analysed in this excellent site that looks at important quotations in the book.