Title: Novels for students
Description: Contains entries that provide information about fifteen novels, each with an introduction to the novel and its author; a plot summary; descriptions of characters; analysis of themes; an explanation of literary techniques and movements; a historical context essay; a look at media adaptations; and reading suggestions.
Subjects: Study and teaching (Secondary), Literature, Study and teaching (Higher), History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, Fiction, English fiction, American fiction
Places: United States
People: S. E. Hinton, Alex Haley, Nevil Shute (1899-1960), Isak Dinesen (1885-1962), Rita Mae Brown, Herman Melville (1819-1891), James Dickey, Margaret Mitchell (1900-1949), Bernard Malamud, James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851), Daniel Defoe (1661?-1731), Niccolo Machiavelli (1469-1527), Julia Alvarez, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (1899-1977), Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-2018)
Time periods: 20th century, 19th century, 18th century