In his magnum opus, Harold Bloom guides readers through each of the Shakespeare's plays, describing--through profiles of such characters as Cleopatra, Hamlet, Falstaff, and Iago--how the Bard invented human personality.
When the Marquis de la Chance offers Isabelle, one of Cinderella's stepsisters, a choice and an opportunity to change her fate, she has the possibility of redemption and a chance to find her true self.
Mysteries abound as memory-erased Owen Conners, boy magician Kiel Gnomenfoot, and their half-fictional friend Bethany confront secrets, stolen memories, hidden clues, surprising twists and endings, and some very familiar faces.
Sorrentino has vastly extended the possibilities of what a novel can be in this extraordinary work, which both parodies and pays homage to the art of fiction.
In a world where one can literally get lost in literature, Thursday Next, a Special Operative in literary detection, tries to stop the world's Third Most Wanted criminal from kidnapping characters, including Jane Eyre, from works of ...
After the Fall (How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again) is a masterful picture book that will remind readers of all ages that Life begins when you get back up. 2018 NCTE Charlotte Huck Award Winner A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of 2017 A ...