A study in Scarlet is a well known novel written in 1887 by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Sherlock Holmes is a gifted man who solves mysteries in a way that no one else could By using his skills along with evidence and his new companion Dr Watson Holmes uncovers a mystery of revenge murder and love The answers to the enduring questions found in this story from the book club are answered rather strangely but very interestingly The book is split into two parts Being a Reprint from the Reminiscences of J
Everyone in society is linked John Boynton Priestley was born in Yorkshire in 1894 He knew early on that he wanted to become a writer but decided against going to university as he thought he would get a better feel for the world around him away from academia Instead he became a junior clerk with a local wool firm at the age of 16 When the First World War broke out Priestley joined the infantry and only just escaped death on a number of occasions After the war he gained a degree from Cambridge U
T he year is 1775 and social ills plague both France and England Jerry Cruncher an odd job man who works for Tellsons Bank stops the Dover mail coach with an urgent message for Jarvis Lorry The message instructs Lorry to wait at Dover for a young woman and Lorry responds with the cryptic words Recalled to Life At Dover Lorry is met by Lucie Manette a young orphan whose father a once eminent doctor whom she supposed dead has been discovered in France Lorry escorts Lucie to Paris where they meet
Critical Essays Analysis of The Prelude The Prelude is the greatest long poem in our language after Paradise Lost says one critic Its comparison with the great seventeenth century epic is in some respects a happy one since Milton was after Coleridge Wordsworths greatest idol The Prelude may be classed somewhat loosely as an epic it does not satisfy all the traditional qualifications of that genre The epic is customarily defined as a long narrative poem which recounts heroic actions commonly leg
Cold Sassy Tree written by Olive Anne Burns is a story about a young boy named Will growing up in a small town Will has many questions as he is coming of age Usually when these questions arise he turns to his Grandfather for answers Wills Grandfather serves as his mentor through out this book and Will knows he has a lot of learning to do Will starts to wonder about death and the after life When he asks his Grandfather he responds As you know son jest believin we gon live forever in the next wor
In The Birthmark from Nathaniel Hawthornes Tales Hawthorne confuses the reader by introducing the story in a wordy and overwhelming manner The introduction leaves the reader confused and wondering why an author would begin a story this way The first part of the introduction basically uses an unnecessary amount of vocabulary to tell us a little background there is a scientist who loves his work and managed to marry a beautiful young woman The latter part of the introduction is practically indeci
The Third Summer of the Sisterhood is about four girls who have found magical pants that fit them each perfectly And it seems as if everytime they have a problem and they are wearing the pants it just seems to get better Now they are all off to college and about to embark on a wonderful yet difficult journey They learn how to start new lives without each other but they all still carry on one another in their heart as they go along Tibby is faced with a decision of dating her close friend Brian