Arguably Toni Morrison's best novel, Beloved addresses the powerful legacy of slavery and those whose voices have been historically silenced by it.

Shakespeare's Hamlet is one of the most famous characters in all of world literature. This is an eBook version of the original edition of this Bloom's Major Literary Characters title, containing all the classic essays on Hamlet

Published in 1984 to instantaneous acclaim, Sandra Cisneros draws on her own experience as a Hispanic woman writer facing obstacles in a patriarchal Hispanic community to write The House on Mango Street.

Perhaps best known for the horror films it has spawned, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, published in 1818 and revised in 1831, is a tale that warns against the “advancements” of modern man and the Industrial Revolution.

Stephen Crane's first novel, Maggie :

Carson McCullers depicts life in a small town in the south with startling clarity and vision.;The Member of the Wedding;is the coming-of-age story of Frankie Adams, a lonely Georgian girl in the throes of adolescence.This is an

In this highly symbolic and satirical novel, E.L. Doctorow addresses the insurmountable societal constrictions that entrapped lower class American citizens at the turn of the 20th century.