Welcome to Oxford Progressive English Readers for students Here you will find useful links to book-related websites.
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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