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The Deerslayer (Cliffs Notes)

admin — Fri, 14 May 2010 17:14:02 +0000


The Deerslayer is part of Cooper's Leatherstocking Tales, set in the mid-1700s, and tells a wild, savage story about nature and man. It is an adventure story, to be sure, but also a perspective of how America was formed.

CliffsNotes On Nicholas Sparks’ The Notebook (Cliffsnotes Literature)

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 15:06:45 +0000

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Measure for Measure (Cliffs Notes)

admin — Mon, 10 May 2010 17:34:52 +0000


A terrific drama of social mixings, blending together pimps and spies, dukes and friars, this dark comedy examines the justice served by a flexible government. Nobody captures a snapshot of a social era like Shakespeare.

Dante’s Divine Comedy: The Inferno (Cliffs Notes)

admin — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:35:49 +0000


Dante wrote three epic poems about heaven, purgatory, and hell. The Inferno is about the latter and is encyclopedic in scope and information. From Dante's own world of politics, theology, and learning, he poured everything he was and knew into this text.

The Return of the Native (Cliffs Notes)

admin — Wed, 28 Apr 2010 10:38:45 +0000


Hardy embodies the idea that we live in an indifferent universe, possibly even hostile to us. He also believes that everything we do is subject to the control of an impersonal force, such as destiny or fate. This novel illustrates these themes in a story of the disastrous marriage between a restless woman seeking excitement and a man interested in settling down where he was born.

Our Town (Cliffs Notes)

admin — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 02:24:15 +0000


A dearly beloved American play, this drama focuses on the daily lives of two small-town families in the early 1900s. It is a gentle and thorough walk through "American life."

Cliffsnotes Ox-Bow Incident (Cliffs notes)

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 18:10:24 +0000


Clark's "horse opera" is about the American West and the cowboy, but not in the stereotypical fashion that has come to guide most Westerns. This book is principally a psychological study, monitoring and measuring the personal changes that occur as men deal with immense space, rugged weather and countryside, and tending cattle.

Cliffsnotes Unvanquished (Cliffs notes)

admin — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 05:07:56 +0000


This is a novel from Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha series, dealing with the Sartori and Snopes families, representing the noblest aspects of humanity and the worst, respectively.

Cliffs Notes: Flowers for Algernon

admin — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 17:30:03 +0000

Daniel Keyes wrote little SF but is highly regarded for one classic, Flowers for Algernon. As a 1959 novella it won a Hugo Award; the 1966 novel-length expansion won a Nebula. The Oscar-winning movie adaptation Charly (1968) also spawned a 1980 Broadway musical. Following his doctor's instructions, engaging simpleton Charlie Gordon tells his own story in semi-literate "progris riports." He dimly wants to better himself, but with an IQ of 68 can't even beat the laboratory mouse Algernon at maze-solving: I dint feel bad because I watched Algernon and I lernd how to finish the amaze even if it takes me along time. I dint know mice were so smart. Algernon is extra-clever thanks to an experimental brain operation so far tried only on animals. Charlie eagerly volunteers as the first human subject. After frustrating delays and agonies of concentration, the effects begin to show and the reports steadily improve: "Punctuation, is? fun!" But getting smarter brings cruel shocks, as Charlie realizes that his merry "friends" at the bakery where he sweeps the floor have all along been laughing at him, never with him. The IQ rise continues, taking him steadily past the human average to genius level and beyond, until he's as intellectually alone as the old, foolish Charlie ever was--and now painfully aware of it. Then, ominously, the smart mouse Algernon begins to deteriorate... Flowers for Algernon is a timeless tear-jerker with a terrific emotional impact. --David Langford

Canterbury Tales Notes (Cliffs notes)

admin — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:54:20 +0000