Books in the The Connell Guide To ... series

The veteran and provocative Shakespeare critic Graham Bradshaw shows why so many critics have been wrong about Shakespeare’s greatest play.

The shocking story of Frankenstein seems as relevant today as it was when it was written nearly 200 years ago. Josie Billington tells us why.

The overwhelming majority of novels come, enjoy their brief moment, and go into oblivion never to return, but not The Great Gatsby: as this book shows it is one of the greatest of American novels.

For all her faults, Jane Austen's Emma is one of literature's most fascinating heroines. She is so clever - and funny - that it is almost impossible, as this short guide shows, not to be won over by her.

An entertaining and erudite guide to Shakespeare’s great sequence of history plays, culminating in Henry V, and to what the plays tell us about the public and private lives of politicians.

In this short guide, Graham Bradshaw explains the secrets in and behind one of the greatest short novels of all time.

An incisive, entertaining analysis of one of the greatest romantic novels in the English language - one which challenged 19th century stereotypes at every turn.

Simon Palfrey shows us the passion and the cruelty which lie beneath the surface of Shakespeare’s famous play – and how everything is driven and dominated by the character of Juliet.

A riveting account of the way Lord of the Flies came to be written and published, and of the qualities which make it one of the most disturbing books since World War Two.