National Endowment for the Arts
National Endowment for the Arts: The Big Read: Wolff: Old School
Guide to Tobias Wolff's Old School, with historical information, author biographies, discussion questions, and a ten-lesson unit of study including activities, writing exercises, project ideas, and essay topics. A radio show, with...
The Best Notes
The Best Notes: The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls
This is a study guide and a chapter-by-chapter summary for the memoir The Glass Castle by Jeanette Walls.
NC State University
Scribbling Women: American Female Authors
Alluding to a famous Hawthorne quote, "Scribbling Women" is collection of dramatized stories written by American female authors. Some resources may require a free membership.
Blackdog Media
Classic Reader: Tish by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Read the full text of the comedic book "Tish" comprised of several short stories by Mary Roberts Rinehart.
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Classic Reader: Where There's a Will by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Read the full text of the mystery "Where There's a Will" by Mary Roberts Rinehart known as the American Agatha Christie.
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Classic Reader: The Breaking Point by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Read the full text of the mystery "The Breaking Point" by Mary Roberts Rinehart.
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Classic Reader: The Case of Jennie Brice by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Read the full text of the crime novel "The Case of Jennie Brice" by Mary Roberts Rinehart about a missing woman.
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Classic Reader: The After House by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Read the full text of the mystery novel "The After House" by Mary Roberts Rinehart about gruesome murders aboard a yacht.
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Classic Reader: Alice Adams by Booth Tarkington
Read the full text of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel "Alice Adams" by Booth Tarkington about a young, middle-class girl who longs to belong to high society.
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Classic Reader: The Amazing Interlude by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Read the full text of the romantic story "The Amazing Interlude" by Mary Roberts Rinehart about a young woman who serves in the Red Cross in Belgium during WWI.
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Classic Reader: Bab: A Sub Deb by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Read the full text of "Bab: A Sub-Deb" by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Follow the hi-jinks of 17-year-old Babs as she chronicles her life in series of diary entries and "magazine articles".
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Classic Reader: The Bat by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Read the full text of the novel that combines mystery and humor "The Bat" by Mary Roberts Rinehart. Rinehart has been referred to as the American Agatha Christie.
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Classic Reader: The Circular Staircase by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Read the full text of the mystery novel "The Circular Staircase" by Mary Roberts Rinehart. The story centers around a woman who stops a series of crimes at a rented summer home.
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Classic Reader: The Confession by Mary Roberts Rinehart
Read the full text of the mystery "The Confession" by the master of suspense Mary Roberts Rinehart. At the heart of this novel is a possible haunted house.
Shmoop University
Shmoop: Kathryn Stockett: The Help
Brief biography on American novelist Kathryn Stockett and background about her first novel The Help. Includes summary and a look at how its message can apply to readers today.