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  • This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Bouvard and Pécuchet by Gustave Flaubert. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including study, circularity and stupidity. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 48-page reading guide is structured as...
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  • This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Bruges-la-Morte by Georges Rodenbach. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including resemblance, grief and the city of Bruges. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 64-page reading guide is structured as follows:...
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  • This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Carmen by Prosper Mérimée. It provides a thorough exploration of the novella’s plot, character and main themes, as well as a useful introduction to the literary and historical context in which it was written. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your...
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  • This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Claude Gueux by Victor Hugo. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot and main themes, along with a discussion of the death penalty in 19th-century France and Hugo's staunch opposition to it. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve...
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  • This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Colonel Chabert by Honoré de Balzac. It provides a thorough exploration of the book’s plot, characters and main themes, including honor, marriage and money. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 34-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography...
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  • This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Cousin Bette by Honoré de Balzac. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel's plot, characters and main themes, as well as an examination of Balzac's realism and his depiction of the power of money. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve...
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  • This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including in particular guilt, madness and poverty. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 24-page reading guide is...
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  • This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand. It provides a thorough exploration of the play's plot, characters and main themes, including love, friendship and duality. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 23-page reading guide is structured as...
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  • This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of David Copperfield by Charles Dickens. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including social class, the education system and coming of age. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no...
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  • This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of De Profundis by Oscar Wilde. It provides a thorough exploration of the letter’s content, characters and main themes, including love, guilt and imprisonment. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 42-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography...
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  • This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Dracula by Bram Stoker. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including myths, science and superstition. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 27-page reading guide is structured as follows:...
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  • This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Eugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac. It provides a thorough exploration of the book's plot, characters and main themes, such as the greed and shallowness of the French bougeoisie and life in the French provinces during the 19th century. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing...
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  • This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including marriage, social class and the double standard applied to male and female sexuality. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time....
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  • This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Father Goriot by Honoré de Balzac. It provides a thorough exploration of the book’s plot, characters and main themes, in addition to an examination of Balzac's approach to writing. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no...
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  • This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel's plot, characters and main themes, as well as an examination of its genre and Shelley's use of the Prometheus myth. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and...
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  • This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of Germinal by Émile Zola. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including mining, class and socialism. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 62-page reading guide is structured as follows: Biography...
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