Novels for Students

Description:

Contains entries that provide information about fifteen novels, each with an introduction to the novel and its author; a plot summary; descriptions of characters; analysis of themes; an explanation of literary techniques and movements; a historical context essay; a look at media adaptations; and reading suggestions.

subjects: Study and teaching (Secondary),  Literature,  Study and teaching (Higher),  History and criticism,  Criticism and interpretation,  Fiction,  English fiction,  American fiction

People: S. E. Hinton,  Alex Haley,  Nevil Shute (1899-1960),  Isak Dinesen (1885-1962),  Rita Mae Brown,  Herman Melville (1819-1891),  James Dickey,  Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949),  Bernard Malamud,  James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851),  Daniel Defoe (1661?-1731),  Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527),  Julia Alvarez,  Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1899-1977),  Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018)

Places: United States

Times: 20th century,  19th century,  18th century