english literature

A collection of nine critical essays on Chaucer's "The Pardoner's Tale" arranged in chronological order of publication.

Contains over thirty short stories and poems by Neil Gaiman, some previously published, written in the genres of horror, science fiction, dark fantasy, and speculative fiction.

Young Emily and Charlotte Bront? solve a mystery.

Surveys world literature in English from the U.S., Ireland, India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Malaysia, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the West Indies, South Africa, and the new African states.

Contains profiles of sixteen novels, each including an introduction to the story and its author, a plot summary, descriptions of characters, analysis of themes and style, discussion of historical context, a critical overview, and other related information.

Includes a quicklinks page allowing the reader to assess further information to include taking a tour of Victorian London and view short clips of films based on Dickens' novels.

Presents a biography of the three Bronte sisters, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, and their lives growing up on the moors of Enland inventing stories with their brother, Branwell, which led them each to write their famous books "Jane Eyre," "Wuthering Heights," and "Agnes Grey.".

Presents the complete writings of nineteenth-century author Oscar Wilde, featuring his one novel, "The Picture of Dorian Gray," and including plays, stories, poems, essays, and letters. Includes illustrations by Charles Robinson and Aubrey Beardsley.