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  • Two Gentlemen of Verona

    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 commentaryDiscover the play that may have been Shakespeare’s first. Proteus is in love with the coy Julia—but when he travels to Verona and meets Silvia, the object of his best friend Valentine’s passion, Proteus instantly desires her, too. It isn’t long before Proteus betrays Valentine in hopes of winning Silvia. But meanwhile Julia has her own plans to get involved . . .
  • Great Expectations SparkNotes Literature Guide

    SparkNotes, Charles Dickens

    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.
  • The Oedipus Plays: Antigone, Oedipus Rex, Oedipus at Colonus SparkNotes Literature Guide

    SparkNotes, Sophocles

    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.
  • Warriors Don't Cry

    SparkNotes

    eBook (SparkNotes, Aug. 12, 2014)
    Warriors Don't Cry (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by Melba Patillo Beals 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 Grapes of Wrath SparkNotes Literature Guide

    SparkNotes, John Steinbeck

    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, and a review quiz and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing.
  • The Tempest

    SparkNotes, John Crowther

    eBook (SparkNotes, May 30, 2018)
    This No Fear Shakespeare ebook gives you the complete text of The Tempest and an easy-to-understand translation.Each No Fear Shakespeare containsThe complete text of the original play A line-by-line translation that puts Shakespeare into everyday language A complete list of characters with descriptionsPlenty of helpful commentary
  • The Iliad SparkNotes Literature Guide

    SparkNotes, Homer

    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.
  • Ulysses

    SparkNotes

    eBook (SparkNotes, Aug. 12, 2014)
    Ulysses (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by James Joyce 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
  • A Day No Pigs Would Die

    SparkNotes

    eBook (SparkNotes, Aug. 12, 2014)
    A Day No Pigs Would Die (SparkNotes Literature Guide) by Robert Newton Peck 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 topics Lively and accessible, these guides are perfect for late-night studying and writing papers.
  • Macbeth SparkNotes Literature Guide

    SparkNotes, William Shakespeare

    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.
  • Hamlet

    Neil Babra, William Shakespeare

    Paperback (SparkNotes, Jan. 25, 2008)
    Read Shakespeare in graphic-novel form--with NO FEAR! No Fear Shakespeare Graphic Novels is a series based on the translated texts of the plays found in No Fear Shakespeare. The original No Fear series made Shakespeare’s plays much easier to read, but these dynamic visual adaptations are impossible to put down. Each of the titles is illustrated in its own unique style, but all are distinctively offbeat, slightly funky, and appealing to teen readers. Each book will feature:Illustrated cast of charactersA helpful plot summaryLine-by-line translations of the original playIllustrations that show the reader exactly what’s happening in each scene—making the plot and characters even clearer than in the original No Fear Shakespeare books
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  • Hamlet SparkNotes Literature Guide

    SparkNotes, William Shakespeare

    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.