The Sparknotes site contains context, plot summaries, study questions, and related information for dozens of works frequently encountered in college curricula. Originally developed by graduate students at Harvard, most of the content is the work of graduate students and English majors. Most of the treatments are sufficiently thorough to be useful at the college level.

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