Prosecutor Pinard denounced the book, concerned that it would corrupt the public taste. ... In his letters to Louise Colet, he explains his plans for Madame Bovary: "What seems beautiful to me, what I should like to write, is a book about nothing, a book dependent on nothing external, which would be held together by the strength of its style, just as the earth, suspended in the void, depends on nothing external for its support; a book which would have almost no subject, or at least in which the subject would be almost invisible, if such a thing is possible. " The book, indeed, is about "noth...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In Little Women, Alcott accepts this inevitable changeover with the four March sisters maturing as the book progresses. ... The critic Isabelle Jan contends that a child making such a flight into another, dreamlike world is no easy task: Peter, like all children, "require a sponsor and a guide- (68). ... I would argue that he did not have this guide, as his relationships with the other children in the book are far from overwhelmingly cordial. ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Indeed, the full title of the book is "Jane Eyre: An Autobiography" and it is therefore written in first person. ... The conversation between Jane and Helen (pg. 69-70) has a life-long effect on Jane's values and guides her behaviour as an adult. ...

• Word Count: 3018
• Approx Pages: 12
• Grade Level: Undergraduate