Made-up events and characters tell us things "that history books have never told us so clearly," so as "to make history, what happened, more comprehensible"(p. 75). ... Their success seems to have surprised Eco, who puzzled for "two years" after the publication of his first novel, "trying to figure out why the book was being read by people who surely could not like such 'cultivated' books" (Eco, 1983). ... This prototypical Benedictine community was not intended to be built, so the designers were freed from practical constraints like lot size, features of the site, or economics. ...

• Word Count: 4697
• Approx Pages: 19
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The material is divided into three books, each with three chapters. ... Toward the end of the book, the broken, debt-ridden hero, Anthony Patch, "awoke in the morning so nervous that Gloria could feel him trembling in the bed before he could muster enough vitality to stumble into the pantry for a drink." ( p. 388 ) Gloria and Anthony Patch are seen as glamorous, and "free." ...

• Word Count: 2828
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: High School

Morrison then moved to Syracuse, New York and began to work as an editor for Random House, which gave her free time in the evenings to raise her two small children as well as write novels. ... While serving as a publisher, she published books by several African American writers. ...

• Word Count: 2626
• Approx Pages: 11
• Grade Level: Undergraduate