An autobiographical account by the runaway slave Frederick Douglass that chronicles his experiences with his owners and overseers, and discusses how slavery affected both slaves and slaveholders.
Retells the adventures of a French professor and his two companions as they sail above and below the world's oceans as prisoners on the fabulous electric submarine of the deranged Captain Nemo.
Presents a collection of short stories by Mark Twain along with background information, chronology of Twain's life and work, timeline of significant events, outline of themes and plots, explanatory notes, critical analysis, and discussion questions.
Presents James Joyce's 1914 work made up of fifteen short stories about strangers of various classes who all live in Dublin; and includes historical context, interpretive notes, excerpts of criticism, a chronology of Joyce's life and work, and questions for discussion.
Raskolnikov, an impoverished Russian student, murders a despicable old pawnbroker, reasoning that his evil act is outweighed by humanitarian good, but he discovers the fault in his theory when he is plagued by horror and guilt over his actions. Includes a selection of study aids.