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Written by Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering follows the life of Henry Bertram, heir to the Ellangowan estate. A dishonest lawyer is plotting to steal Bertram's inheritance and Henry must find a way to extricate himself...

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At the time of its publication, this was an extremely controversial work which greatly angered the orthodox German Protestant Church. In it, Lessing expresses his opinion on various religious questions as well as his view of mankind's religious history...

Using his own childhood experience, D. H. Lawrence creates a story about the struggles of a working class family in Nottinghamshire. Mrs. Morel, after losing her favorite son William, becomes extremely possessive of her other son Paul and worries about losing him to another woman. Sons and Lovers was hailed as the first modern retelling of the Oedipal drama..

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Gotthold Ephraim Lessing is considered the founder of modern German literature, the first true German playwright, and the father of German criticism. His play, Minna von Barnhelm, written in 1767, a comedy concerned with ordinary German life, revolutionized the German stage. The story centers on events that occur after General Tellheim, a discharged Prussian soldier, refuses to marry Minna, a German noble, due to the differences in their circumstances. ..

Sinclair Lewis studies provincial small-town life in Minnesota through his protagonist Carol Kennicott, the wife of an attorney who finds herself out of synch with her social milieu as her interest in unions and profit sharing are found to be unsuitable topics of conversation at bridge parties and women's clubs meetings. The book was a best-seller and nominated for the Pulitzer Prize...

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George F. Babbitt is the quintessential middle-class American who longs to break free of social conformity and embrace the Bohemian life. But art and culture are merely merchandise in America and to George Babbitt, "his motor-car was poetry and tragedy, love and heroism". The word "Babbittry" refers to unthinking conformity to middle-class standards...

Aaron Sisson leaves his job in a colliery and abandons his family in search of a more adventurous life. He travels through post-WWI Europe, paying his way by playing his flute. During his travels, he meets a variety of people and begins to ponder the decline of humanity...

John Locke, one of the foremost philosophers of the seventeenth century, made significant contributions to the studies of politics, government, and psychology. Some Thoughts Concerning Education, his only discourse on education, deals mainly with moral education and its role in creating a virtuous adult. He also discusses topics ranging from the effectiveness of physical punishment to table manners...

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