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Teaching 'The Great Gatsby' With The New York Times Update | April 25, 2013 We now have an all-new version of this post, updated for the new movie with teaching ideas as well as both the resources below and many new ones. Find it here. A few years ago, Adam Cohen noted on the Opinion page that Jay Gatsby was at the top of a list of the 100 best fictional characters since 1900. He went on to discuss how and why Gatsby – the “cynical idealist, who embodies America in all its messy glory” – is still relevant, perhaps more than ever. Do your students still relate to Gatsby? We offer these resources on, and related to, F. Lesson Plans Student Crossword Puzzles Times Topics Resources From NYTimes.com From the Archives: Scott Fitzgerald Looks Into Middle Age Original 1925 Times review of “The Great Gatsby” (PDF).Scott Fitzgerald, Author, Dies at 44 The Times’s obituary on F. On Class and Wealth: What Happens to the American Dream in a Recession? On “Gatsby” Characters: On the Novel’s Setting: On the Fitzgeralds: On Adaptations:
The Official Web Site of Mark Twain Helen Hayes, Raymond Loewy and Mark Twain Honored on 2011 U.S. Stamps 12/30/10 Three CMG clients will be part of the U.S. Postal Service's 2011 Commemorative Stamp Program. This year's CMG honorees are actress Helen Hayes, industrial designer Raymond Loewy and author Mark Twain. These legends are three of 25 subjects highlighted in the stamp program, which was unveiled on Dec. 28. To view the ... The Official Web Site of Mark Twain has everything you want to know about this literary icon. The Community section is a great place to download FREE desktop wallpapers and screen savers. CMG Worldwide is the exclusive business representative for the Estate of Mark Twain. Visit the Official Store for books, CDs and video!
Shakespeare Neil deGrasse Tyson Lists 8 (Free) Books Every Intelligent Person Should Read A Reddit.com user posed the question to Neil deGrasse Tyson: "Which books should be read by every single intelligent person on the planet?" Below, you will find the book list offered up by the astrophysicist, director of the Hayden Planetarium, and popularizer of science. Where possible, we have included links to free versions of the books, all taken from our Free Audio Books and Free eBooks collections. Or you can always download a professionally-narrated book for free from Audible.com. Details here. If you're looking for a more extensive list of essential works, don't miss The Harvard Classics, a 51 volume series that you can now download online. 1.) 2.) 3.) 4.) 5.) 6.) 7.) 8.) Tyson concludes by saying: "If you read all of the above works you will glean profound insight into most of what has driven the history of the western world." He has also added some more thoughts in the comments section below, saying: Thanks for this ongoing interest in my book suggestions. Related Content:
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American Writers | Series About this Writer As a member of the Separatist movement within Puritanism, Bradford migrated to Holland in 1609 in search of religious freedom and lived 11 years in Leiden. In 1620 he helped organize the Mayflower's expedition to the New World. To bind the group into a political body, Bradford helped draft the important Mayflower Compact en route to America. Once on land, he helped select the site for the new colony. In 1621, after the colony's first, disastrous winter, he was unanimously elected governor, and he served in that position for some 30 years between 1621 and 1656. Though lacking in formal education, Bradford possessed native literary ability. Featured Works Mourt's Relation Of Plymouth Plantation A Dialog Between Some Young Men & Sundry Ancient Men Featured Place Plimoth Plantation Plymouth, MA Plimoth Plantation is the living history museum of seventeenth century Plymouth Colony.
The Literature Page - Read classic books by famous authors online Best Free Audio Books Online April 2, 2009 LearnOutLoud invites you jump in and listen to 100 of the best free audiobook downloads available online. For many years now we've featured a Free Audio Book every Friday as part of our Free Resource of the Day Emails. From these emails, we've pulled out 100 of our favorites, including ancient classics, Shakespearean drama, key European & Russian novels, important political documents, poetry introductions, and the finest American literature. 1. Listen to one of the all-time great works of American literature: The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. 2. Here's a set of free audio books that is almost too good to be true. 3. Download Jane Austen's undeniable classic Pride and Prejudice. 4. Here's a great short story you can listen to. 5. This edition of Mark Twain's great American novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the top free audio books on the internet. 6. It's time to pursue some ambitious reading (and listening) goals. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 15. 16. 17.
Literary Resources -- American (Lynch) This page is part of the Literary Resources collection maintained by Jack Lynch of Rutgers – Newark. Comments and suggestions are welcome. American Literature See also the Ethnicities and Nationalities page. Calls for Papers From Penn's list. Voice of the Shuttle — American Literature The best set of links. ALB1876: American Libraries before 1876 Nearly ten thousand records on early American libraries. American Authors (Mitsuharu Matsuoka, Nagoya Univ., Japan) Very extensive list of links to hundreds of Americanist sites. American Literature (Daniel Anderson, Texas) Hypertext editions of Crane, Faulkner, Gilman, Hansberry, Hawthorne, Hughes, Hurston, Irving, Jewett, Melville, Norris, and others. American Literature on the Web (Akihito Ishikawa, Nagasaki College of Foreign Languages) A usefully organized set of links to Americanist sites, with chronologies. American Studies at the University of Virginia American Studies Electronic Crossroads (Georgetown) Excerpts from the 19th-c. women's magazine. Drama
Authorama - Public Domain Books 10 of the best books set in London | Travel Colin MacInnes, Absolute Beginners, 1959 It evocatively celebrates a time and a place – 1958, Notting Hill – where youthful rebellion and multiculturalism are stirring out of London's post-war slumber. "Cool, this is London, not some hick city in the provinces! This is London, man, a capital, a great big city where every kind of race has lived ever since the Romans." • Notting Hill Helen Simpson, Title story from Constitutional, 2005 A teacher makes the most of her lunch-hour on Hampstead Heath, enjoying the views and the snippets of conversation. "From that hill up there to my left it's possible to see for miles, and on a clear day I can pinpoint my road in Dalston. Monica Ali, Brick Lane, 2003 In Monica Ali's novel, Chanu and his family discover a rich and varied London, including the delights of the East End's Brick Lane. "Nazneen walked a step behind her husband down Brick Lane. Sukhdhev Sandhu, Night Haunts, 2006 "The streets of London are made from gold. "Implacable November weather.