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Works:	782 works in 1,494 publications in 2 languages and 182,692 library holdings
Genres:	Fiction Domestic fiction Psychological fiction Romance fiction Criticism, interpretation, etc Drama Juvenile works Young adult works Historical fiction Gothic fiction
Classifications:	PR4172, 823.8

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Most widely held works about Inc Cliffs Notes

Cliffs Notes, Inc. : quality of product-- service-- policy by Clifton K Hillegass( Book )
A midsummer night's dream by William Shakespeare( Book )
A separate peace : notes, including introduction, chapter summaries and commentaries, character sketches, critical notes, questions by Cary M Roberts( Book )
Canterbury tales : notes by Bruce Nicoll( Book )
1984 notes : including Orwell's life and career, 1984 and anti-utopian fiction, brief synopsis, list of characters, chapter commentaries, character analyses, "Is the world of 1984 possible?", alienatioin in 1984, love in 1984, plot, style, and structure, humanity and society in 1984, key quotations in 1984, 1984 game page and essay topics, selected bibliography by Gilbert Borman( Book )

Julius Caesar : notes by James E Vickers( Book )
King Lear : cliffs notes by James K Lowers( Book )
The Clifton K. Hillegass papers by Clifton K Hillegass( )
Divine comedy: The inferno by Dante Alighieri( Book )
Merchant of Venice : Commentary, Complete Text, Glossary by William Shakespeare( Book )
Cry, the beloved country (Cliff's) by Alan Paton( Book )
The Aeneid (Cliffs) by Virgil( Book )
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn : notes, including life and background ... by James L Roberts( Book )
The jungle : notes by Frank H Thompson( Book )

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Most widely held works by Inc Cliffs Notes

The old man and the sea : notes by G. K Carey( )

7 editions published between 1973 and 2000 in English and held by 1,693 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Canterbury tales : notes by Bruce Nicoll( )

6 editions published between 1964 and 1997 in English and held by 1,665 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Including biographical and historical introduction, Chaucer's language, summaries and commentaries, principal characters, critical analysis ..."

Catcher in the rye : notes by Robert B Kaplan( )

4 editions published between 1965 and 1992 in English and Slave and held by 1,664 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

An aid to students, including a summary of each chapter and a commentary

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë( )

7 editions published between 1979 and 1999 in English and held by 1,630 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Against a background of English moors in the eighteenth century, the lives of two families become intertwined through marriage, passion, and the dominating force of a man called Heathcliff

Moby Dick : notes by James L Roberts( )

10 editions published between 1966 and 1999 in English and held by 1,627 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Notes on Moby Dick including life and times of Herman Melville, introduction, list of characters, synopsis, chapter summaries and commentaries, critical analysis, character analyses, questions of examination and review, and bibliography. -- Adapted from title page

Macbeth : notes by Denis Calandra( )

6 editions published between 1979 and 1999 in English and held by 1,624 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Scene-by-scene synopses and character sketches enhance the student's understanding of the themes, plot, and language of the tragedy

The Odyssey : notes ... by Robert J Milch( )

10 editions published between 1966 and 1999 in English and held by 1,576 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

These notes present a ... discussion of the action and thought of the [poetry] ... and a concise interpretation of its artistic merits and ... significance. They are ... a supplementary aid to serious students ... [and] they are also helpful in preparing for an examination ...-A note to the reader

King Lear : notes ... by James K Lowers( )

6 editions published between 1960 and 1992 in English and held by 1,575 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Including introduction, sources, the play, leading characters, synopsis, summaries and commentaries, review questions, selected bibliography"--Subtitle

Anna Karenina : notes by Marianne Sturman( )

3 editions published in 1965 in English and held by 1,527 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Notes on a drama of vengeance, infidelity, and retribution. It portrays the moving story of people whose emotions conflict with the dominant social mores of their time

The sun also rises; notes, including life and background, general introduction, list of characters, commentary, notes on main characters, "The Hemingway Code Hero", review questions and essay topics by G. K Carey( )

9 editions published between 1964 and 1968 in English and held by 1,511 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Notes on a story that focuses on a "lost generation" of Americans who fought in France during World War I and who expatriated themselves from America after the world

The jungle : notes by Frank H Thompson( )

3 editions published between 1970 and 1995 in English and held by 1,509 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Including Sinclair's life and career, background in social history, The jungle as propaganda, list of characters, brief synopsis, chapter summaries and commentaries, characterization, review questions and theme topics

A farewell to arms; notes, including life and background, general introduction, list of characters, commentary, critical notes on general meaning, the code hero, dramatic structure, style, character studies, questions and theme topics by James L Roberts( )

11 editions published between 1963 and 1999 in English and held by 1,500 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Includes the life and background of Ernest Hemingway, a list of characters, commentary, and critical notes

As I lay dying; notes, including life and background, structure and narrative technique, list of narrator-characters, analysis and commentary, critical notes, notes on main characters, review questions and theme topics by James L Roberts( )

9 editions published between 1964 and 1969 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,475 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. CliffsNotes on As I Lay Dying takes you into the lives of not one, but several narrators in this novel about the value of life. The central problem of the novel involves the reasons for Addies request to be buried and why her family defies fire and water to fulfill it

Richard II : notes by Denis Calandra( )

6 editions published between 1960 and 1999 in English and held by 1,443 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This is the drama of a king too fine and dandy to be an effective ruler. Faulted with incompetence and hoodwinked by his court, he loses his kingdom as the result of following his pleasure's course

Doctor Faustus : notes ... by Eva Fitzwater( )

5 editions published between 1967 and 1995 in English and held by 1,442 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

King Henry IV, part 1 : notes : including introduction, characters, synopsis, summaries and commentaries, medium: verse and prose, sixteenth-century political theory, review questions, selected bibliography by James K Lowers( )

12 editions published between 1960 and 1999 in English and held by 1,431 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

This popular play entertains and inspires in alternating comic scenes and serious ones and is the birthplace of one of the theater's greatest characters, Sir John Falstaff. Young Prince Hal rebels against his father the king until he must go to the king's aid to stamp out the rebellion of nobles

T.S. Eliot's major poems & plays : notes ... by Robert B Kaplan( )

8 editions published between 1965 and 1999 in English and held by 1,418 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Includes a biography of Thomas Stearns Eliot, a commenary of major poems and plays, selected bibliography, . commentary of modern poetry and drama, and more

Absalom, Absalom!; notes by James L Roberts( )

8 editions published between 1964 and 1998 in English and held by 1,411 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Notes on William Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom! Including an introduction to the novel, list of characters, commentaries, character analyses, and review questions

Treasure Island & Kidnapped : notes ... by G. K Carey( )

6 editions published between 1974 and 1990 in English and held by 1,400 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Including life of the author, lists of characters, summaries, critical interpretations, questions for review, and selected bibliography

The stranger : notes by G. K Carey( )

4 editions published in 1979 in English and held by 1,380 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Includes the life of Camus, plot summary, a list of characters, chapter summaries and commentaries, critical notes, and more

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