Product Description
The Neap smartstudy English text guide to Year of Wonders comprehensively analyses the first novel from award winning writer Geraldine Brooks. The novel follows the story of housemaid Anna Frith when, in 1666, the isolated village of Eyam, Derbyshire, is thrown into turmoil by the arrival of the plague. As peaceful village life disintegrates under the spread of disease, questions about the nature of love, hate, and fear are raised that are as relevant today as they were in the seventeenth century.
Key features:
- notes about the author/director/poet/playwright
- an overview of the historical and cultural context
- chapter/scene/story summaries
- character profiles
- analysis of themes and genres
- critical perspectives of the text
- key quotations
- focus questions in each section
- marginal notes explaining key passages, ideas, terms and characters
- a guide to planning and writing an essay
- sample essays with annotations
- further exam-style essay questions
- a bibliography and further reading section
