Lit Guides
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The Lottery Shirley Jackson | Summary and Analysis
This short story was published in the June 26, 1948 issue of The New Yorker. The plot revolves around an…
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The Chrysanthemums | Summary and Analysis
Published in the short-story collection “The Long Valley” in 1938, The Chrysanthemums is one of Steinbeck’s best-known and most-read short…
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Death in the Woods | Summary and Analysis
Death in the Woods by Sherwood Anderson is a gripping tale that deals with the themes of struggle, isolation, misogyny…
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America by Claude Mckay | Summary and Analysis
America by Claude Mckay is a poem written in the form of a sonnet with fourteen lines, split into three quatrains.…
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Monkeyman | Summary and Analysis
This story was published in the collection “Short stories from 145th street” In 2000. Monkeyman by Walter Dean Myers is…
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The Woman’s Rose | Summary and Analysis
Narrated in the first person by an unnamed narrator, The Woman’s Rose by Olive Schreiner story explores the themes of…
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A Cup of Tea | Summary and Analysis
A Cup of Tea by Katherine Mansfield was first published in the “Story-Teller” in May 1922. It later appeared…
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A Story of a Wedding Tour | Summary and Analysis
A Story of a Wedding-Tour by Margaret Oliphant was published in the collection A Widow’s Tale and Other Stories, in 1898. Janey marries Mr…
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Adam’s Song Derek Walcott | Summary and Analysis
Adam by Derek Walcott is a poem that primarily deals with the book of Genesis and the story of how…
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The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains | Summary and Analysis
The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains by Frederick Marryat is a story published in Volume 56 of The New Monthly…
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