Great novels are often connected-to (or based-on) real-life events. It's fun to search-for (and uncover) those connections. This Collection features fictional stories with real-life tie-ins.
Shakespeare, who died 400 years ago, was a master with words, including insults. Let's examine some of his most-biting.
Taking much of what Tom Sawyer says literally, Huck Finn thinks he can actually summon a genie by rubbing on an old tin can.
It's the Ides of March, and Julius Caesar receives a warning from the shadows. See an animated version of Shakespeare's famous play.
Because Jacob Marley cared little for his fellow man during his lifetime, his Ghost carries a long, heavy, ponderous chain.
Learn more about the author, James Joyce and his work Ulysses.
Learn about this famous author through the work of Ten Great Writers of the Modern World - James Joyce's Ulysses"
If James Joyce loved his town Dublin so much, why did he leave?
Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Bront (1816-1855), remains popular even though it was first published in October of 1847.
Charlotte Bront once served as a governess at Stone Grappe Hall.
In Chapter III, of Jane Eyre, Mr.
Within five years of Jesse James'' death, publishers were releasing young-adult stories about the famous outlaw.
J.M. Barrie often traveled with the Llewelyn-Davies boys after their parents died.
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