Category: Study Guides

  • Mrs. Charlotte Palmer

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    Mrs. Charlotte Palmer is the minor character of the novel. She is the daughter of Mrs. Jennings and is described by the author as not a very clever woman that has a strong character. Like Lady Middleton, her beloved sister, Mrs. Charlotte Palmer is a good-looking, attractive, and elegant; nonetheless, it is quite difficult for…

  • Lady Chatterley’s Lover Study Guide

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    Lady Chatterley’s Lover Study Guide Author: D.H. Lawrence Original title: Lady Chatterley’s Lover One of the most scandalous novels of its age, “Lady Chatterley’s Lover” couldn’t be published openly without censorship. The author was blamed for graphically depicting sex scenes and disrupting the morals of the society. Unexpurgated version wasn’t printed in the United Kingdom…

  • George Wickham

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    Mr. George Wickham is a kind, pleasant and open person. His appearance is pleasant, and he is tall and slim. Mr. Wickham has a unique ability to find the approach to each person. He is an officer. At the end of the story, he gets married to the Lydia, the Mr. and Mrs. Bennet’s daughter.…

  • Simon (LOTF)

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    The most spiritual and innately good person, Simon represents all the positive features that humanity can be proud of. He is sensitive and takes care of the more vulnerable children. But his love for solitude and respect for nature make him an outcast on the island full of barbarized teenagers. His eagerness to work for…

  • Siddhartha Study Guide

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    Siddhartha Study Guide Author: Hermann Hesse Original title: Siddhartha Published: Published December 1st 1981 by Bantam Books (first published 1922) Setting: India ISBN 0553208845 (ISBN13: 9780553208849) Discover yourself and look at the world around you differently with this spiritual book by Herman Hesse. Published in 1922 it still preserves its relevance for those who are…

  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Summary

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    The story starts on a Saturday summer afternoon in 1912. In the small yard among the old houses of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, a tree, called the Tree of Heaven grows, offering the inhabitants shadow and inspiring deep thoughts. Francie Nolan, one of these inhabitants is eleven years old. She with her little brother gather garbage for…

  • Name Of The Rose Study Guide

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    Name Of The Rose Study Guide Author: Umberto Eco Original title: Name Of The Rose Characters: William of Baskerville, Adso of Melk, Abo, Adelmo of Otranto, Remigio of Varagine, Salvatore Out of many books the legendary Umberto Eco has written, “The Name of the Rose” remains one of the most symbolic and fascinating. With just…

  • Maya Angelou

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    Angelou is the main character of the novel and also plays the role of the narrator. She is very intelligent and prying girl who is extremely interested in everything that is somehow connected with languages. In this novel, she shares with readers her memories from her childhood and adolescence when everybody named her Marguerite. These…

  • Daisy Miller

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    In Daisy Miller, Henry James slowly reveals Daisy’s character through her interaction with other characters, especially Winterbourne, the main character. “The author uses the story of a third person, but the thoughts and views on Winterbourne dominate.” Therefore, the public no longer knows about Daisy as Winterbourne. ” This technique helps to preserve the ambiguity…

  • Alice Munro

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    Alice Munro is the half-sister of Cora. Alice is a blonde with blue eyes. She is the daughter of Alice Graham, the second wife of Munro. She is very kind, beautiful and gentle girl. Alice is an archetypal “girl in trouble” who throws her hands when bad people come and inspires such kind people like…