Each volume of < I>< X>Novels< /X> for < X>Students< /X>< /I> contains easily accessible and content-rich discussions of the literary and historical background of 12 to 15 works from various cultures and time periods. Each < X>novel< /X> included in this new resource was specially chosen by an advisory panel of teachers and librarians -- experts who have helped us define the information needs of < X>students< /X> and ensure the age-appropriateness of this reference's content. & are some of the novels they will find: < UL>< LI> "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" by Samuel Langhorne Clemens< li> "Emma" by Jane Austen < li> "Hard Times" by Charles Dickens < li> "House of the Seven Gables" by Nathaniel Hawthorne < li> "Picture of Dorian Gray" by Oscar Wilde< /ul>
