General Resources
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The House of Mirth
Examples of Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Art
Sir Joshua Reynolds
—Painter of "Mrs. Lloyd," the painting that served as the basis for Lily's tableau vivant.
Metropolitan Lives: The Ashcan Artists and Their New York—A collection of artworks documenting New York during the time of The House of Mirth
Quicksand
The Harlem Renaissance—an informative web site with art and poetry
Walden
Map of Concord, Massachusetts
Thoreau (from the Thoreau Society)
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Original Illustrations of the Novel
Biographical Information about Mark Twain
Information about Mark Twain's life and times from About.com
"A Private History of a Campaign that Failed" by Mark Twain—Twain's own answer to the question, "Just what were you up to during th Civil War?"
Discussion Questions
- The House of Mirth
- Book One, Chapters 1-4
- Book One, Chapters 5-9
- Book One, Chapters 10-14
- Book One, Chapter 15 and Book Two, Chapters 1-3
- Book Two, Chapters 4-8
- Quicksand
- Chapters 1-7
- Chapters 7-10
- Walden
- Economy
- Solitude, Visitors, The Bean-Field
John D. Schwetman, English 1001, Spring 2000
