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  • Beowulf SparkNotes Literature Guide

    SparkNotes

    Paperback (SparkNotes, Feb. 4, 2014)
    When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this title offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols, a review quiz and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing.
  • Their eyes were watching God: Zora Neale Hurston

    SparkNotes, Zora Neale Hurston

    Paperback (SparkNotes, Feb. 4, 2014)
    When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing.
  • The Canterbury Tales

    SparkNotes

    Paperback (SparkNotes, June 25, 2009)
    Why be frightened of the most wonderful collection of tales ever written? No Fear: The Canterbury Tales makes it simple for students to love Chaucer’s masterpiece in all its humor, bawdiness, and poignancy. It features the original text on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right; in addition, there is a complete list of characters with descriptions and plenty of helpful commentary.
  • The Old Man and the Sea SparkNotes Literature Guide

    SparkNotes, Ernest Hemingway

    Paperback (SparkNotes, Feb. 4, 2014)
    A study guide to the popular novel offers a plot summary, a review quiz, and an examination of important quotations, along with analysis of the key themes, motifs, characters, and symbols in the work.
  • Moby-Dick SparkNotes Literature Guide

    SparkNotes, Herman Melville

    Paperback (SparkNotes, Feb. 4, 2014)
    When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing.
  • The Crucible SparkNotes Literature Guide

    SparkNotes, Arthur Miller

    Paperback (SparkNotes, Feb. 4, 2014)
    When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this title offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols, a review quiz and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing.
  • Measure for Measure

    SparkNotes

    Paperback (SparkNotes, Nov. 7, 2017)
    Read Shakespeare’s plays in all their brilliance—and understand what every word means! Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.Each No Fear guide contains:The complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts the words into everyday languageA complete list of characters, with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentaryThis dark comedy, set in Verona, explores virtue and sin. Claudio has been arrested for getting his mistress pregnant—and Angelo, the strict, morality-spouting judge, has sentenced him to death. When Claudio’s sister Isabella, a novice nun, begs Angelo to show mercy, he is instantly smitten . . . and offers Isabella a choice: her virginity for her brother’s life.
  • War and Peace

    SparkNotes

    eBook (SparkNotes, Aug. 12, 2014)
    War and Peace (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by Leo Tolstoy Making the reading experience fun! Created by Harvard students for students everywhere, SparkNotes is a new breed of study guide: smarter, better, faster. Geared to what today's students need to know, SparkNotes provides: *Chapter-by-chapter analysis *Explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols *A review quiz and essay topicsLively and accessible, these guides are perfect for late-night studying and writing papers
  • The Odyssey SparkNotes Literature Guide

    SparkNotes, Homer

    Paperback (SparkNotes, Feb. 4, 2014)
    When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing.
  • Coriolanus

    SparkNotes

    Paperback (SparkNotes, Nov. 7, 2017)
    Read Shakespeare’s plays in all their brilliance—and understand what every word means! Don’t be intimidated by Shakespeare! These popular guides make the Bard’s plays accessible and enjoyable.Each No Fear guide contains:The complete text of the original playA line-by-line translation that puts the words into everyday languageA complete list of characters, with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentaryShakespeare’s late tragedy about the Roman leader who ascends to power has much to say about politics, leadership, and government that still applies to our world today.
  • The Alchemist

    SparkNotes, Paulo Coelho

    Paperback (SparkNotes, Feb. 4, 2014)
    SparkNotes Literature Guides: Making the reading experience fun! When a paper is due, and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! "SparkNotes Literature Guides" make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis; explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols; a review quiz; and essay topics. Lively and accessible, SparkNotes is perfect for late-night studying and paper writing. "Includes" An A+ Essay--an actual literary essay written about the Spark-ed book--to show students how a paper should be written. 16 pages devoted to writing a literary essay including: a glossary of literary termsStep-by-step tutoring on how to write a literary essayA feature on how not to plagiarize
  • The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn SparkNotes Literature Guide

    SparkNotes, Mark Twain

    Paperback (SparkNotes, Feb. 4, 2014)
    SparkNotes Literature Guides: Making the reading experience fun! When a paper is due, and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter, better, and faster. They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis; explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols; a review quiz; and essay topics. Lively and accessible, SparkNotes is perfect for late-night studying and paper writing. Includes:An A+ Essay—an actual literary essay written about the Spark-ed book—to show students how a paper should be written. 16 pages devoted to writing a literary essay including: a glossary of literary termsStep-by-step tutoring on how to write a literary essayA feature on how not to plagiarize