From Anna Karenina and Beowulf to Ulysses and Wuthering Heights, The Faker's Guide to the Classics condenses the great (but long and complicated) novels, plays, and poems of world lit into bite-size nuggets, cutting out the bloated analysis and nauseating debate of other reading guides. Each of the 100 books profiled is a classic that everyone knows but only hardcore lit majors have actually read.
Ancient Roman authors are firmly established in the Western canon, and yet the birth of Latin literature was far from inevitable. The cultural flourishing that eventually produced the Latin classics was one of the strangest events in history, as Denis Feeney demonstrates in this bold revision.
Rudolph the Reindeer, Frosty the Snowman, and the kid who just wants his two front teeth for Christmas all make an appearance in this goofy, upbeat collection of holiday songs for young children. In the tradition of Kidz Bop productions, children and adults alike sing the catchy classics, accompanied by plenty of jaunty rhythms, a horn section, and bells to set hands a-clapping.
Mrs Bennett wants all her five daughters to marry and most importantly to marry well. When a rich young man comes to the village, Mrs Bennett is sure he will make a wonderful husband...
One of Jane Austen's most popular novels and a witty masterpiece full of insight into personal relationships and social tensions.
The Robin Hood stories come from the time we call the Middle Ages, about the years 1000 to 1500. They are "folk" stories. That is, they were told by - or to - the people of the small farms and villages. Not the rich. Not the lords and ladies. Folk heroes like Robin Hood help the common people when those with power are unjust. Those who hear the stories feel that the hero is "on our side
