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University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Les Miserables, Volume 1 Fantine

For Students 9th - 10th
An HTML version of the first volume of Hugo's famous novel is available here from the University of Virginia.
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University of Virginia

The University of Virginia: Les Miserables, Volume 5: Jean Valjean

For Students 9th - 10th
The last volume of Hugo's novel is found at this etext from the University of Virginia.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Race and Identity in Antebellum America

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This unit features authors of Antebellum America and how they portray the American identity through their literature. Click on the tabs to explore the various resources available to enhance this unit.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Regional Realism: Mark Twain

For Students 9th - 10th
This biography features Mark Twain as a regional realist author, world renown for his ability to portray real Americans in the late nineteenth century. Click "Mark Twain Activities" for artifacts and activities.
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University of Virginia

Univ. Of Virginia: Leo Tolstoy: Childhood and Early Manhood

For Students 9th - 10th
The Electronic Text Center at the University of Virginia has provided the full text of Paul (Pavel) Birukoff's book entitled "Leo Tolstoy: Childhood and Early Manhood."
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University of Virginia

University of Virginia Library: Les Miserables Volume 2

For Students 9th - 10th
At this collection from the University of Virginia Library, Hugo's novel continues in Volume 2 with the story of Cosette. Read the whole volume.
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University of Virginia

University of Virginia: Traits of Indian Character

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Virginia essay offers a selection of Irving's work from the larger work, "The Sketch Book."
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University of Virginia

University of Virginia Library: Washington Irving

For Students 9th - 10th
This University of Virginia essay offers text summarizing and critiquing Washington Irving's work, "A History of New York."
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Other

The Last Days of Leo Tolstoy

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has much to offer the Tolstoy scholar. There is a diary entry written by a young woman the day after Tolstoy's death which reveals the emotions of the Russian people at the passing of this great man. There is the text of...
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Other

Uwm Libraries: James Fenimore Cooper

For Students 9th - 10th
Pages of information about Cooper are available from this site, along with pictures and information about his work, "The Last of the Mohicans".
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University of Virginia

The University of Virginia Library: Les Miserables Volume 3

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Virginia offers the etext of Volume 3 of Hugo's famous novel, divided by chapters.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: American Passages: Regional Realism: Sarah Orne Jewett

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a brief biography of Sarah Orne Jewett, known for her realistic writings of life in Maine during the nineteenth century. See "Sarah Orne Jewett Activities" for more resources.
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Varsity Tutors

Varsity Tutors: Web English Teacher: Victor Hugo

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Discover more about Victor Hugo's books "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" and "Les Miserables." This site provides links for lesson plans and activities for these two works.
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Washington State University

Washington State University: American Authors: James Fenimore Cooper (1789 1851)

For Students 9th - 10th
From this website, access the works of James Fenimore Cooper, an American writer known for his short stories, novels, and essays. Also contains good biographical information about the writer.
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Other

Gas Light: "The Shot" by Alexander Pushkin

For Students 9th - 10th
Full text of Pushkin's short story, "The Shot," translated into English. Includes a link to Gaslight etext page.
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University of Virginia

The University of Virginia Library: Les Miserables Volume 4

For Students 9th - 10th
The University of Virginia offers volume 4 of Hugo's famous novel in HTML at this site, which is worth checking out on the subject.
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New York University

Nyu: The Double Two Versions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a succinct summary of the novel, along with some comments from the Literature, Arts, and Medicine Database.
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Other

Ncas: A Comparison Between Tolstoy and Plato

For Students 9th - 10th
"Art, Science, and Transcendence: A Comparison Between Tolstoy and Plato" is the full text of a scholarly article written by Dr. T.J. Kuijl. For serious students of Tolstoy.
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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Eighteenth Century Chronology

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out more about eighteenth-century literature through this comprehensive chronology. This site is set up to take you from 1660 through to 1800.
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PBS

Nilolai Gogol's Dead Souls

For Students 9th - 10th
This PBS site discusses the influence of Ukranium folk tales on Gogol's work. Includes audio/video excerpts from the film versions of Vij, The Overcoat, and Dead Souls.
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Other

Zvi Har El: Jules Vern Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
This collection includes a biography, a complete bibliography, pictures of Jules Verne stamps, scholarly articles, a chronology and a Jules Verne virtual library.
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Library of Congress

Loc: "O Captain! My Captain!"

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Library of Congress provides comments on a poem written by Walt Whitman at the death of Abraham Lincoln. Image of the manuscript available at this Library of Congress site.
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Other

Roger Ebert: Review of Anna Karenina

For Students 9th - 10th
Roger Ebert, film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times, reviews the 1997 film version of Leo Tolstoy's classic novel Anna Karenina. The movie starred Sophie Marceau and Sean Bean as Anna and Vronsky.
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Other

Wired for Books: Community Reconsidered

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the transcripts of a conversation among three Ohio University literature professors about The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy. The conversation took place on July 27, 1997 at the Ohio University...