Literature

Introduction The Princess Bride is a fantasy novel written by William Goldman in 1973 as an abridgment which he calls “ the good parts” version of an older work by a Florinese author named S. Morgenstern. Goldman presents himself as the narrator and starts off the novel with an introduction and personal commentary of his childhood and his current life with his son...

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Full working title: The Tragicall History of D. Faustus and later, The Tragicall History of the Life and Death of Doctor Faustus. Author: Christopher Marlowe Type of Work: Play Narrator: None, however, the Chorus appears between scenes to offer background information and to provide commentary Point of View: Dr. Faustus is the central figure of the play, there are multiple long soliloquies...

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CONTENTS Quotations and Analysis O, that this too too solid flesh would melt, / Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew, / Or that the Everlasting had not fixed / His canon 'gainst self-slaughter. O God, God, / How weary, stale, flat, and unprofitable / Seem to me all the uses of this world! Act One scene two, ll. 129-34...

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The novel was written between 1845 and 1846 and was published by Emily Brontë herself, after being rejected by many publishers. Brontë, aware of the patriarchal society at the time, wrote under the male pseudonym Ellis Bell. Wuthering Heights was inspired by the surroundings of the author as she lived on the moors and also by the gothic genre of literature, which was...

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Before he died in 1886, William Barnes published a number of collections of poetry, which included "The Broken Heart," a poem about how true love cannot be bought or forced; it must be given freely, and how we must always do what we think is right. The Broken Heart BY WILLIAM BARNES News o' grief had overteaken Dark-eyed Fanny, now...

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In the poem "During Wind and Rain" by Thomas Hardy, the writer talks about the consistency of the behaviour of society towards idea and events of death and describes the vital role of the expiration of time and society’s take on its effects on human lives. During Wind And Rain BY THOMAS HARDY They sing their dearest songs-- He, she,...

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Introduction Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express is perhaps the most famous of Christie’s novels. In this book she introduces us to one of her many recurring characters, the sleuth and retired Belgian police officer Hercule Poirot. Poirot is fussy, short man with a prominent mustache which he takes great pains to groom. We are led to believe that Poirot’s...

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Characters and Analysis Harry Haller, or The Steppenwolf A reclusive middle-aged man. He resents all things bourgeois but nevertheless lives in a distinctly bourgeois boarding house. He refers to himself as Steppenwolf because he believes he is a man of two distinct natures: the lone wolf who rejects society and lives a life of solitary isolation, and the civilized man...

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Introduction Sylvia Nassar’s A Beautiful Mind is an account of the complicated life of Nobel Prize winning mathematician John Nash. We learn of his early life in which he demonstrated a precocious interest in codes and complicated games as well as the early signs of his brilliance, to his later achievements and eventual madness. Nassar’s book also shows us the early...

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Introduction Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland tells the tale of a young girl as she falls asleep in a meadow one summer day only to find herself trapped in a world of fantastic animals and people, and engaged in a series of adventures. Alice is led by a White Rabbit down the rabbit hole where she meets talking animals, a ruthless...

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