TY - BOOK AU - Constantakis,Sara AU - Jordan,Anne Devereaux ED - Gale Group. TI - Novels for students: presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels T2 - Gale virtual reference library SN - 9781414492711 (electronic book) AV - PN3385 PY - 2013/// CY - Detroit PB - Gale KW - Fiction KW - Study and teaching (Higher) KW - United States KW - Study and teaching (Secondary) KW - Stories, plots, etc KW - History and criticism N1 - "ISSN 1094-3552."; Includes indexes; The arrival / Shaun Tan -- Barchester Towers / Anthony Trollope -- Empire of the sun -- Fountain and tomb / Naguib Mahfouz -- Great expectations -- The martian chronicles / Ray Bradbury -- Native speaker / Chang-rae Lee -- Orlando : a biography / Virginia Woolf -- Peace like a river / Leif Enger -- The ponder heart / Eudora Welty -- Return to sender / Julia Alvarez --- Snow country / Yasunari Kawabata -- Tears of a tiger / Sharon M. Draper -- When the elephants dance / Tess Uriza Holthe N2 - Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance UR - http://link.galegroup.com/apps/pub/4QRK/GVRL?sid=gale_marc&u=bilk_itc ER -