Library of Congress
Loc: Lewis Carroll Scrapbook Collection
Digitized original scrapbook that was kept by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson and contains approximately 130 items, including newspaper clippings, photographs, and a limited number of manuscript materials, collected between 1855-72.
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Metro Active: "The Dark Corners of Daily Being"
This review appeared in "Metro" magazine examines the stories that make up the collection "After Rain." Barra considers Trevor "the greatest living writer of short stories in the English language." This is an interesting look at Trevor's...
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Shakespeare Resource Center: Two Gentlemen of Verona
Shakespeare's "Two Gentlemen of Verona" provided for by the Shakespeare Resource Center. Concise synopsis and characters with descriptions.
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Shorter Poems by Thomas Love Peacock
Index page for 15 full-text selected poems by the 19th century English poet, including "Beyond the Sea," "A Bill for the Better Promotion of Oppression on the Sabbath Day," and "Castles in the Air."
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Joseph Conrad
Explore the life and work of the famous author Joseph Conrad through this informative site.
Varsity Tutors
Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: J. K. Rowling
This teacher guide for J. K. Rowling and her Harry Potter books includes links to a biographical information, lesson plans, and activities.
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Official Site of j.k. Rowling
This J.K. Rowling's official site -- very flashy, media rich, and fun for children. A much livelier, as the author herself admits, after a recent makeover. Read Rowlings biography (includes pictures), check out the Daily News, and...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: The Wicked Wit of Jane Austen
Whether she's describing bickering families, quiet declarations of love, or juicy gossip, Jane Austen's writing often feels as though it was written just for you. Iseult Gillespie explores the sly societal satire and unique...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Round Faced Beauty" by L. Adams Beck
The text of "The Round-Faced Beauty" by L. Adams Beck, a British-born author who settled in Canada. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: "The Ninth Vibration" by L. Adams Beck
Text of the short story "The Ninth Vibration" by L. Adams Beck, a Canadian author with British roots. (Free site registration offers some additional features, e.g., the ability to insert annotations.)
Bartleby
Bartleby.com: Siegfried Sassoon (1886 1967 Ce)
Bartleby has made available several volumes of the poet's work. Site includes a very brief biography, the collections themselves, quotations from his work, and several poems which appear in Modern British Poetry.
World War 1
Worldwar1.com: Great War Society: The Allies Post Caporetto Support of Italy
This is an excerpt from the book Touring the Italian Front 1917-1919 by Francis Mackay (also known as Battleground Europe). It describes the ground and operations covered by the British, French and US Expeditionary Forces deployed from...
Robert H. Sarkissian
Island of Freedom: Matthew Arnold
Provides lots of information about the Victorian Age poet Matthew Arnold (1822-1888 CE). A biography of the poet, links to some of his poems, and links to other authors and key figures of the time period are provided here on the site.
The Book Report
Kids reads.com: Brian Jacques
This site gives you a biography of Brian Jacques as well as an interview with him about his writing.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Anniina Jokinen: On a Drop of Dew
This site contains the translated version of Andrew Marvell's, On A Drop Of Dew.
Luminarium
Luminarium: Works of John Donne: A Valediction Forbidding Mourning
Luminarium: Works of John Donne: A Valediction Forbidding Mourning in is the text of one of John Donne's most famous poems which uses metaphors and comparisons to explain the separation of two lovers.
Penguin Publishing
Penguin Random House: "The Time Machine" Teacher Guide [Pdf]
Teacher guide for "The Time Machine" includes chapter-by-chapter plot summaries, pre-reading journal ideas, vocabulary studies, study questions, discussion topics, figurative language, character studies, themes, and reading strategies.
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The Venerable Bede: Biography
Biographical note on the Venerable Bede, a monk and historian who lived from 673 C.E. until 735 C.E.
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Aesop's Fables: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
This site features "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens separated into staves or sections.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Augustus Does His Bit by George Bernard Shaw
This is the full text of the one-act play Augustus Does His Bit by George Bernard Shaw including an author's note.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: In the Shadow of the Glen by J. M. Synge
This is the full text of the one-act play In the Shadow of the Glen by John Millington Synge including a list of characters.
New Advent
Catholic Encyclopedia: Alcuin
This Catholic Encyclopedia site offers a very good biography of Alcuin, with extensive information on his work as an educator, a scholar, a theologian, and a liturgist of the 8th century. Please note that "The Catholic Encyclopedia" is a...
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens
This is the complete text of the fairy tale novella The Cricket on the Hearth by Charles Dickens.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley
This is the complete text of the novel Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley.
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