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Aren't midsummer night dreams the worst? You wake up all sweaty and gross, and for a minute there, you can't even remember where you are. And also,...

A cheap shot at a bestseller or a deeper book with connections relevant to the human race? In The Call of the Wild, the protagonist is a dog named...

Would would the world be like without books? Ray Bradbury tackles that question—and many more— in Fahrenheit 451. Go ahead; read it on your Kin...

The ultimate young-kid-lost-in-the-wilderness book. And yes, there are a lot of them.

Everyone has that happy-go-lucky friend. The one who skips through life with a smile and believes everybody has a beautiful soul. We're guessing th...

If you suddenly came into a bunch of money, you'd give it all away, right? Yeah, we figured.

In Julie of the Wolves, a girl is thrown into the wild, far away from civilization. Find out how she fares by watching this video.

Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Kubla Khan" is like one long drug trip. Don't try this at home.

Life of Pi tells the story of a boy and a tiger trapped on a lifeboat for 227 days... or does it?

Why not just buy a new wall? We're sure Mr. Frost would be okay with it.

The book is as big as the whale.

Can you really learn about human nature by removing yourself from the company of other humans? Henry David Thoreau thought it was a possibility and...

Anyone who has ever bought anything from IKEA knows this to be true.

Indecision may or may not be this man's biggest problem. All he can do is go left or right. It's not that big of a deal...or is it?

In Poe's raven's defense, he probably only knew that one word...

What's the deal with "Nectar in a Sieve"? Shmoop amongst yourselves.

Break out the tissues. Of Mice and Men isn't an easy one to stomach.

This video provides a summary of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men. When George and Lennie find new work during the Great Depression, fights, frie...

This video discusses the important ladies of The Sun Also Rises…make that the one important lady. Brett is the only major female character in the...

Stephen Crane wrote The Red Badge of Courage about the Civil War not long after the war had ended. And get this: he didn't even fight in the war. W...