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Resources Elizabethan Project

**Novels for Students**
[|Alice's Adventures in Wonderland] [|1984] [|Animal Farm]
 * eBooks**
 * [|Pride & Prejudice]**

Databases
[|Artemis Literary Sources] [|Gale: Literature Resource Center] [|Gale Literary Index] [|Proquest] [|Proquest Learning: Literature] [|Literature & Criticism: eBooks EBSCOhost] [|Contemporary Authors] [|eLibrary] [|Artemis Literary Sources: Angela's Ashes]

Web Resources
Literary Criticism on the Free Web
 * Literary History [|http://www.literaryhistory.com] An index to free articles on English and American literature, mixed bag of scholarly and popular
 * Literary Index []
 * Literary Resources on the Net []
 * LitLinks []
 * Shmoop []

URL: http://www.sabian.org/alice.htm This excellent web site includes full online versions of Lewis Carroll's classic children's stories, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. In addition to the full text of each story chapter by chapter, there is also complicated and detailed commentary about each chapter of each story, by Dr. Marc Edmund Jones, a philosopher and author of astrological stories from the mid twentieth century. Illustrations from the original story are included in each chapter.
 * Orwell**
 * Lewis Carroll's Alice with Commentaries by Marc Edmund Jones**

Exploring the potential of the human spirit, Jane Austen went to a depth of character development rarely seen in a novel. Readers gain a profound understanding of the characters' thoughts, feelings, and shortcomings. Investigate how Sense and Sensibility turns out in a way you might not expect. Examine how Elizabeth and Darcy reconcile conflicting extremes in Pride and Prejudice. Northanger Abbey satirizes a Gothic terror novel while Manfield Park introduces a Cinderella-type character. http://www.gale.cengage.com/free_resources/whm/bio/austen_j.htm
 * Austen**

The work of English novelist Jane Austen is featured on this site, which offers biographical information and critical essays for the novels of Jane Austen. Details about Austen's family and upbringing in England provide insight into the childhood and literary influences on her later novels. A literary analysis of plot, Austen's intellectual pursuits, and events and people that became part of Austen's stories includes the following novels: Pride and Prejudice, Northanger Abbey, Sense and... http://people.brandeis.edu/~teuber/austenbio.html#_senseandsensibility
 * Jane Austen **

When two handsome and eligible bachelors come to town, the Bennett household is in an uproar. Jane Bennett quickly finds romance but Elizabeth Bennett resorts to verbal sparring with the proud Mr. Darcy. When a family scandal threatens to ruin everything, redemption comes from an unexpected source. Investigate online dating profiles for the men of Austen's writings and evaluate who will succeed in courtship. Explore the perceptions of the author about the characters, the approach to romance... []
 * Pride and Prejudice **

Gain a greater understanding of English gentry society in the early 19th century. Two centuries ago, the expectations of society were much different than they are today. Explore why certain characters' actions were considered scandalous then. Analyze Charlotte's marriage to Mr. Collins and why she and her family were content with it. The only alternative to marriage was to be a governess or companion to a lady, on call 24 hours a day. Investigate the consequences of elopement and the... http://www.jasa.net.au/study/indivsoc.htm
 * Understanding the Society in Which Jane Austen Sets Pride and Prejudice**