Bram Stoker’s Dracula, published in 1897, has been a staple of high school English classrooms for generations. Its story and characters have been broadly adapted for film, television, radio, and the stage. Indeed, the name “Dracula” has become functionally synonymous …
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The eNotes Guide to Getting Free Books
Being a bookworm has its perks: Studies show that reading regularly can improve your verbal and written comprehension, boost your vocabulary, reduce your stress levels, and even increase your brain activity. However, it can also become an expensive habit to …
5 Books to Impress Timothée Chalamet’s Character From Lady Bird
by Aidan Mellon-Reyes The film Lady Bird has many iconic characters, but Timothée Chalamet’s character, Kyle, will forever remain the epitome of the deep thinker whose favorite band will always be the one that “you wouldn’t know.” Kyle’s always either reading …
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Deep Dive: Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens was a prolific writer who transformed his own life experiences into vibrant, imaginative fiction and became one of the most beloved authors in the Western literary canon. A Few Facts at a Glance Charles Dickens was born in …
10 Books We Love to “Hate” for National Book Lovers Day
Confession time: We do love books, but we do not unconditionally love all books. Loving something—promoting it, recommending it, upholding it—makes us all the more more responsible for recognizing and interrogating its flaws. In fact, we find some books so …
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July New Content Update
We’ve been busy continuing to create new study guides for your education and enjoyment. Here is a list of fifteen of our new titles for July. 1. Black Theology and Black Power by James H. Cone Cone’s Black Theology and Black Power explores and …
The New Top 10 American Novels: One profe’s list
This year, the Fourth of July will feel different: the Black Lives Matter movement has inspired a national reckoning around racism that pushes all of us who live in this country to ask deep, critical questions about this country we …
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A Summer Reading List Extravaganza
Here you go: another acknowledgment that times are strange. This summer feels like many things, but “relaxed” has yet to be one of them. When considering a new summer reading list “in these unprecedented times” it seemed safe to include …