Novels for students.  presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels /  Volume 50 : 
Sara Constantakis, project editor ; foreword by Anne Devereaux Jordan. 
 - 1 online resource (xix, 363 pages) :  illustrations 
 - Gale virtual reference library .
<br/><br/> "ISSN 1094-3552." 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
<br/><br/>Burger's daughter / by Nadine Gordimer -- Code name verity / by Elizabeth Wein -- The guide / by R. K. Narayan -- Lie down in darkness / by William Styron -- The loved one / by Evelyn Waugh -- The magicians / by Lev Grossman -- O brother, where art thou? -- Rebecca -- Rickshaw boy / by Lao She -- The secret history / by Donna Tartt -- The sheltering sky / by Paul Bowles -- Someone like you / by Sarah Dessen -- Unless / by Carol Shields -- Yonnondio : from the thirties / by Tillie Olsen. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781573027168 (electronic book) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Fiction--Study and teaching (Higher)--United States.<br/>Fiction--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.<br/>Fiction--Stories, plots, etc.<br/>Fiction--History and criticism.