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Redwall Abbey: Personal Website of Brian Jacques

For Students 9th - 10th
This link will lead you to the home page of Jacques' personal site. It contains links to every possible facet of the Redwall series.
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Life of Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
Information packed site. Includes a lengthy, but interesting biography, theory on the cause of his death, his works, pictorial, and more.
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Sonoma State University

Berkeley Digital Library: Adventure by Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
The full-text of Jack London's novel Adventure originally published in 1911.
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Sonoma State University

Sun Site: Jack London White Fang, Etext

For Students 9th - 10th
This site features the full text of White Fang originally published in The Outing Magazine between May and October 1906 as well as a concordance.
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Uua: Louisa May Alcott

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed biography of Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888 CE) from the Dictionary of Unitarian & Universalist Biography. Contains a couple of pictures as well.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Lyrical Ballads (1798)

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Toronto features the complete text of Wordsworth's and Coleridge's "Lyrical Ballads". It includes Coleridge's "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and Wordsworth's "Lines Written a Few Miles Above Tintern...
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Dorothy Parker

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains a list of poems by Dorothy Parker, all which are linked to the text of each.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Poetry of Percy Bysshe Shelley

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Toronto has links to 39 poems written by Percy Shelley, with line-by-line notes for each work. A section of biographical information is provided.
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University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto: Samuel Taylor Coleridge

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Toronto site provides information on Samuel Taylor Coleridge. The text of some of his works is provided.
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Sonoma State University

Berkeley: Rise and Fall of Jack London

For Students 9th - 10th
Provides a bibliographical essay. Includes the stages of receptiveness from the public, i.e. golden age, bronze age, iron age, etc.
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University of Virginia

University of Virginia: William Wordsworth, "Lyrical Ballads"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the University of Virginia provides the text to the book of poems "Lyrical Ballads," featuring the work of Coleridge and Wordsworth.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Dorothy Parker

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers an organized collection of biographical information on Dorothy Parker.
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Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Vicente Aleixandre

For Students 9th - 10th
This essay describes the influences and work of Nobel Prize winner, Vicente Aleixandre.
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Other

Into the Wardrobe: A Web Site Devoted to c.s. Lewis

For Students 9th - 10th
What a find! Here you have a detailed chronology and biography of this beloved writer, an introduction and questions and answers by the site's editor, Dr. Zeus, and a chat room to pursue further study. Also includes audio excerpts by...
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NPR: National Public Radio

Npr: Harper Lee, Author, Dies at Age 89

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about the life and death of Harper Lee, author of To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Website
American Academy of Achievement

Academy of Achievement: Ernest J. Gaines

For Students 9th - 10th
Biography of American author, Ernest Gaines, well-known for his novels and essays, including The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pitman and A Gathering of Old Men, both adapted for television.
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Eric Wilson

For Students 2nd - 8th
Information about Canadian novelist Eric Wilson and his fiction are included along with the first chapter from each of his mystery novels.
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C. P. Snow/" 'The Two Cultures' Today"/commentary

For Students 9th - 10th
This article appeared in "The New Criterion Online," and addresses not only Snow's book but also the feud between Snow and F. R. Leavis. It provides a helpful overview of Snow's thinking and stature in the literary and scientific worlds.
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America Dept. Of State: Outline of American Literature [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This online book presents an overview of American literature chronologically. Eras and movements are explained and biographies of significant authors are provided. This is a good way to understand the background and influences of...
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Other

New York Public Library: Homespun Heroines

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Great research find! "Homespun Heroines and Other Women of Distinction", edited by Haillie Quinn Brown, is found here, on-line. You may select any chapter or "page" through the book.
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University of South Carolina: Leaves of Grass

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of South Carolina site, presented by the Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, chronicles the publication history of Whitman's many revisions of "Leaves of Grass." Includes photographs of rare copies of early...
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CNN

Cnn en Espanol: Las Mejores Frases De Gabriel Garcia Marquez

For Students 9th - 10th
In Spanish. Article presents some of the most important and well-known phrases of author Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Includes a slideshow of images and a brief video.
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New York Public Library: African American Women Writers of the 19th Century

For Students 9th - 10th
A digital collection of some 52 published works by 19th-century black women writers. This collection provides access to the thought, perspectives and creative abilities of black women as captured in books and pamphlets published prior to...
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World War 1

Worldwar1.com: Trenches on the Web: Jack London on the Great Wat

For Students 9th - 10th
Military "slant" on Jack London's work and life. Good site!