Switched at birth by a female slave who fears for her infant son's life, a light-skinned child changes places with the master's white son. From this simple premise, Mark Twain fashioned one of his most entertaining, funny, yet biting novels, an engrossing tale of reversed identities, an eccentric detective, a horrible crime, and a tense courtroom scene.
In this useful guide, Paul Cantor provides a clearly structured introduction to Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy. Cantor examines Hamlet’s status as tragic hero and the central enigma of the delayed revenge in the light of the play’s Renaissance context. He offers students a lucid discussion of the dramatic and poetic techniques used in the play. In the final chapter he deals with the uniquely varied reception of Hamlet on the stage and in literature generally from the seventeenth century to the present day.
Added by: deception | Karma: 319.20 | Fiction literature | 13 January 2010
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Theodore Dreiser - An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy is a detailed portrayal of the dark side of the American Dream — the story of what can happen when an ordinary man's desire for wealth and status overwhelms his moral sense. It is one of the greatest American novels of any style or period.
Sir Henry Clithering, ex-commissioner of Scotland Yard, is staying with his old friends Colonel and Mrs Bantry. Miss Marple is invited to dinner, and there will be mysteries to unravel.
Having failed to prevent a murder, Miss Marple is all the more eager to unmask the murderer.
Added by: dovesnake | Karma: 1384.51 | Fiction literature | 30 November 2009
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One of the most staged of all of Shakespeare's plays, Othello is a tale of love and betrayal, secrets, passions, and intrigue. Psychology and wit pit strength and virtue against jealousy and evil agendas. The results leave no winners, only tragedy in the lives of the jealous Moor, Othello, and his wife, Desdemona.
