A Jane Austen Education - How Six Novels Taught Me about Love, Friendship, and the Things That Really MatterWilliam Deresiewicz turns to Austen's novels to reveal the remarkable life lessons hidden within. With humour and candor, Deresiewicz employs his own experiences to demonstrate the enduring power of Austen's teachings. Progressing from his days as an immature student to a happily married man, this is the story of one man's discovery of the world outside himself. Deresiewicz never thought Austen's novels would have anything to offer him. But when he was assigned to read "Emma" as a graduate student at Columbia, something extraordinary happened: he began viewing the world through Austen's eyes. His life suddenly acquired all the fascination of a novel. His real education had finally begun.
The (almost) complete collection of Jude Deveraux’s novels and stories. I have not read the novels (I just found them and thought they would make a great post) so I have divided them basing myself on information from Wikipedia (see more info). Jude’s fans: comments and suggestions are welcome!
A Tale of Two Cities (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations)
Written for serial publication in 1859, Charles Dickens' "A Tale of Two Cities" is a historical novel that takes place in England and France in the years leading up to the French Revolution. It is one of Dickens' most famous and widely taught novels. Its first line, which begins, "It was the best of times, it was the worst of times," is one of the most recognizable openers in all of literature.
Desperation is the companion novel to King's The Regulators, which was published simultaneously under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Forget the more-or-less literary novels of recent years, like Dolores Claiborne.
Graphic novels have found their way into the classroom, as teachers are realizing their usefulness as literacy tools. After a study of graphic novels, researchers concluded that the average graphic novel introduced readers to twice as many words as the average children’s book. This realization has reinforced the idea that the comics format is a good way to impart information.
