Classic Literature Study Guides

Sometimes it takes a little extra work to really understand a work of literature. After you've read the poem, short story, play, or novel, take a look at these study guides. You'll find lists of discussion questions, key terms, major themes, and more.

  • Death of a Salesman: Summary
  • 'The Outsiders' Quiz
  • 'Wuthering Heights' Quiz
  • 'Wuthering Heights' Summary
  • 'Wuthering Heights' Themes, Symbols, Literary Devices
  • 'Wuthering Heights' Characters
  • 'A Streetcar Named Desire' Themes
  • 'A Streetcar Named Desire' Summary
  • 'A Doll's House' Quiz
  • A Streetcar Named Desire
    'A Streetcar Named Desire' Overview
  • 'A Streetcar Named Desire' Quotes
  • 'A Streetcar Named Desire' Characters
  • UK - Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House directed by Carrie Cracknell at the Young Vic in London.
    'A Doll's House' Overview
  • 'A Doll's House': Themes and Symbols
  • A selection of Brave New World covers.
    'Brave New World' Quiz
  • 'Things Fall Apart' Summary
  • Acclaimed Nigerian author Chinua Achebe (L) and fo
    'Things Fall Apart' Overview
  • 'Things Fall Apart' Characters
  • Carl Van Vechten portrait of Zora Neale Hurston
    'Their Eyes Were Watching God' Overview
  • 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' Themes, Symbols, and Literary Devices
  • 'Things Fall Apart' Themes, Symbols, and Literary Devices
  • 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' Summary
  • 'Their Eyes Were Watching God' Characters
  • 'The Outsiders' Themes
  • On the set of The Outsiders
    'The Outsiders' Overview
  • 'The Outsiders' Quotes
  • 'The Outsiders' Summary
  • 'The Outsiders' Characters
  • Miranda, Prospero and Ariel, from 'The Tempest' by William Shakespeare, c.1780 (oil on canvas)
    'The Tempest' Quiz
  • King Lear and Cordelia
    'King Lear' Quiz
  • A midsummer night's dream
    'A Midsummer Night's' Dream Quiz
  • G.Peck Questions Witness In 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
    ‛To Kill a Mockingbird’ Quiz
  • Act 5 Scene 3 From King Lear By William Shakespeare 19th Century
    'King Lear' Overview
  • 'King Lear' Summary
  • King Lear Characters
  • Woman speaks animatedly to man who is holding a log
    'The Tempest' Summary
  • 'The Tempest' Characters: Description and Analysis
  • Artist rendering of a man in a small boat on a stormy sea looking out at a ship
    'The Tempest' Themes, Symbols, and Literary Devices
  • Scene from Shakespeare's The Tempest, 1856-1858. Artist: Robert Dudley
    'The Tempest' Overview
  • 'The Tempest' Quotes Explained
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream Themes, Symbols, and Literary Devices
  • A Midsummer Night’s Dream Summary
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream, c
    A Midsummer Night’s Dream Overview
  • 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' Themes
  • 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' Summary
  • 'Brave New World' Summary
  • 'Brave New World' Themes
  • 'Brave New World' Characters
  • 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' Characters
  • 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' Quotes Explained
  • Scene from "One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest" Produced By Fantasy Films - Released November 19, 1975
    'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' Overview
  • The Alchemist Cover 25 Anniversary
    'The Alchemist' Overview
  • 'The Alchemist' Characters
  • 'The Alchemist' Themes
  • 'The Alchemist' Quotes
  • 'The Alchemist' Summary
  • 'Death of a Salesman' Overview
  • 'Death of a Salesman' Themes and Symbols
  • 'Death of a Salesman' Characters
  • 'Death of a Salesman' Quotes
  • 'The Crucible' Quotes
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