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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Brontë Parsonage Museum
Learn more about Emily Brontė, her famous literary family, and the Brontė Society at this site, hosted by the Brontė Parsonage Museum. The site features a family history and time line, biographical information, and related links. It also includes a summary of the novel Wuthering Heights.

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

A Tale of Two Cities Web Site
This site gives a comprehensive overview of A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens, and the social setting in England at the time the novel was written. It also includes resources for students, including a vocabulary list and study guide.

Three Houses by Angela Thirkell

Angela Thirkell’s World
She was the granddaughter of British painter Edward Burne-Jones and the cousin of Rudyard Kipling. She sat for British painter John Singer Sargent and wrote a novel a year. She was Angela Thirkell, the author who charmed readers with her portrayal of English county life in over ten novels written between the 1930s and 1950s. Visit this site to learn more about Thirkell, her prolific writing career, her well connected family, and her numerous literary associations.

The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde Random Quote Generator
Oscar Wilde won his greatest fame in the theater, the perfect showcase for his favored epigrams. For a sampling of Wilde's incisive humor, go here and click through some of his pithy quotations.

 


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