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Level 5

The Diamond as Big as the Ritz and Other Stories

F. Scott Fitzgerald biography
http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/biography.html


Dracula

Information about Count Dracula
http://www.draculas.info/count_dracula/

Bram Stoker biography
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A588233


Dragon Seed

Pearl S. Buck biography
http://www.michaelbutler.com/cyberbil/pearl2/pbbio.html

Review of Dragon Seed
http://www.bookreporter.com/reviews/1559210338.asp


Frankenstein

Frankenstein study notes
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/frankenstein/

Mary Shelley chronology
http://www.rc.umd.edu/reference/chronologies/
mschronology/chronology.html


Kidnapped

Follow the trail of the story
http://www.booksfromscotland.com/Settings/Kidnapped-Map

Illustrated biography of Stevenson
http://www.sc.edu/library/spcoll/britlit/rls/rls.html


Lorna Doone

R. D. Blackmore biography
http://www.berkshirehistory.com/bios/rdblackmore.html

Background information on Lorna Doone
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorna_Doone


The Mayor of Casterbridge

The Mayor of Casterbridge study guide
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/casterbridge/

Thomas Hardy resources
http://www.victorianweb.org/authors/hardy/index.html


The Old Wives' Tale

Arnold Bennett biography
http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/swnnrtn/bennett/


Pride and Prejudice

Information on Pride & Prejudice
http://humanscience.wikia.com/wiki/Pride_and_Prejudice

Short biography of Jane Austen
http://www.janeaustensoci.freeuk.com/pages/biography.htm


The Stalled Ox and Other Stories

Saki biography
http://haytom.us/showarticle.php?id=84

Little-known short stories by Saki
http://www.gwywyr.com/saki/index.html


Three Men in a Boat

Jerome K. Jerome Society
http://www.jeromekjerome.com/


Vanity Fair

Vanity Fair information
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanity_Fair

Thackeray's illustrations of the novel
http://www.victorianweb.org/art/illustration/thackeray/gallery1.html


Wuthering Heights

Wuthering Heights readers' guide
http://www.wuthering-heights.co.uk/

Emily Bronte poems
http://www.poetseers.org/the_great_poets/
british_poets/emily_bronte_poems/


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