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Praxis 5038 Latest Update with Verified Solutions James Fenimore Cooper Wrote famous series Leatherstocking Tales: The Pioneers, The Last of the Mohicans, The Prairie, The Pathfinder, The Deerslayer. First book was Precaution, which attempted to satirize Jane Austens novels. Last of the Mohicans Main character-Natty Bumppo (Hawkeye), setting 1757 Upstate NY, Seven Years War Harriet Beecher Stowe Born 1811 CT, wrote Uncle Toms Cabin Uncle Toms Cabin Story of a slave sold from KY into a life of danger and uncertainty. Huckleberry Finn Written by Mark Twain 1884: Main character Huck Finn Avi Wrote True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle, Nothing But the Truth, Crispin (which was a Newberry Award winner) 1984 Written by George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair) Scott O'Dell Wrote Island of the Blue Dolphin, The Black Pearl and Over Sea, Under Stone Emily Bronte Only published work is Wuthering Heights Wuthering Heights Focuses on passionate but doomed love between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff. Considered a classic of English literature Charlotte Bronte Wrote Jane Eyre under pen name Currer Bell Virgil Ancient Roman Poet, known for three major works Euclogues (Bucolics), Georgics and the epid Aeneid. The Aeneid Written by Virgil between 29-19BC tells story of Aeneas, a Trojan who travelled to Italy where he became ancestor to the Romans. Alice in Wonderland Childrens novel; fantasy Story about a girl who falls asleeps and dreams of a series of adventures Animal Farm Written by George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair); dystopian animal fable The Pigman Novel about Lorraine and her delinquent friend John, two high school sophomores who pledge they will report only facts about their experience with the principal. Written by Paul Zindel 1968 Sonnet 18 Shakespeare "Shall I compare thee to a summers day" Written in ABAB CDCE EFEF GG Rhyme scheme Sylvia Plath Wrote the Bell Jar The Bell Jar Novel about a young woman (Esther Greenwood) whose talent and intelligence have brought her close to achieving her dreams. She must overcome suicidal tendencies. Beowulf Author UNK. Old English heroic epic poem. Set in Scandanavia. Hero sets off to defeat Grendel. Jack London Wrote The Call of the Wild Crime and Punishment Novel written by Russian author Dostoyevsky. Novel about an attempt to prove a theory. A man murders two women, which he suffers great guilt and worry, psychological drama, setting 1860's. David Copperfield Written by Charles Dickens, tells story from adolescence to maturity of David Copperfield. Charles Dickens Wrote David Copperfield, Great Expectations, A Tale of Two Cities Anne Frank Written during about Nazi Holocaust John Keats English Poet during Romantic Movement during early 19th Century. Wrote "On First looking into Chapman's Homer" and "To Autumn" Louisa May Alcott Wrote Little Women Little Women Novel about the four March sisters in 19th century New England S.E. Hinton Wrote The Outsiders Moby Dick Written by Herman Melville Characters, Ishmael and Capt Ahab Frankenstein Written by Mary Shelley : Gothic Novel Emily Dickenson 19th Century Poet: Themes: Flowers/gardens, morbidity, gospel poems, irregular capitalization, use of dashes and emjambment, wrote "Wild Nights, Wild Nights" "I Heard a Fly Buzz When I Died" "Because I Could Not Stop For Death". Frederick Douglas Self Educated Slave who wrote book about himself Ralph Waldo Emerson American essayist, lecturer and poet. Friend of Thoreau. Most important member of transcendental movement. Wrote Self Reliance Edgar Allen Poe American writer, editor and literary critic. First to write detective and short stories. American romantic Movement Wrote: The Fall of the House of Usher The Raven, The Pit and the Pendelum, The Cask of the Amontillado, The Tell Tale Heart and Black Cat Elizabeth Barrett Browning Prominent Poet during Victorian Era. Wrote Aurora Leigh and Sonnet 43 (How do I love thee? Let me count the ways). Sonnet 43 How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. Elizabeth Barrett Browning Aurora Leigh Epic Novel/poem by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Written in blank verse and encompasses 9 books Virginia Woolf English Writer, regarded as one of the foremost modernist literary figures in 20th century. Wrote Mrs. Dalloway, Night and Day, The Voyage Out, Jacobs Room Jane Eyre Written by Charlotte Bronte, about an impoverished young woman as she struggles to maintain her autonomy in the face of oppression. Oscar Wilde Irish playwright, wrote the Picture of Dorian Gray The Picture of Dorian Gray English Gothic Novel about the portrait of a sinful young man ages while the young man depicted stays youthful. Wordsworth English Romantic poet. Wrote "We are Seven", "The World is Too much With us" Joint publication of "Lyrical Ballads" with Samuel Taylor. Believed childhood was magical, country life, magnificent time of innocence, youth Amy Tan Wrote "The Joy Luck Club" H.G. Wells First to write science fiction. "The Time Machine". "The War of the Worlds". The Invisible Man Fahrenheit 451 1953 dystopian novel by Ray Bradbury Great Gatsby Written by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Characters Gatsby and Daisy The Joy Luck Club Story about a group of Chinese mothers and their American born daughters Self Reliance Written by Ralph Waldo Emerson Thoreau American author, poet, philosopher, abolitionist, leading transcendentalist. Wrote Civil Disobedience Civil Disobedience Published 1849. Author argues that individuals should not permit governments to overrule or atrophy their consciences, and that they have a duty to avoid allowing such acquiescence to enable the government to make them the agents of injustice. The Red Badge of Courage Written by Stephen Crane. War Novel took place during the American Civil war. Story about a young private in the Union army, Henry Fleming who flees from the field of battle Macbeth Considered one of Shakespeare's darkest and most powerful tragedies. set in Scotland, the play is inspired by a witch's prophecy. Robinson Crusoe Written by Daniel Defoe. A man is shipwrecked on an island where he lives for more than 20 years. Watership Down Classic heroic fantasy novel. Written by Richard Adams about a small group of British rabbits. Holes Written by Louis Sachar. Won 1998 National Book Award for young People's Literature and 1999 Newberry Award. Katherine Patterson Female American author best known for children's novels. Won two Newberry Awards. Wrote Bridge to Terabithia, Jacob Have I loved, The Great Gilly Hopkins