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A guide to internet resources for studying or teaching English Literature. Links marked 'DVD' indicate that work by that author has been filmed and is listed on the Books Made Into Movies site. Links to the bookshop are intended to assist anyone wishing to find or purchase books. The Google search box will help you search this site, or the web. To suggest sites or authors to add to the lists, report dead links or give feedback on the site please contact IanMackean@hotmail.com
 
 
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English Literature Essays

 Essays contributed mainly by visitors to this site

Glossary of Literary Terms

 Definitions of terms frequently encountered in the study of English literature

English Literature Bookshop

 Find the English literature books you need

GCSE & A Level Books - all subjects

 Books to help you study, revise and pass the exams.

Books Made Into Movies

 Many great books have been made into films. Here you can browse an illustrated list of novels and plays which have been filmed

Short Story Writing

 Advice for aspiring writers

Literature Web Search

 If you don't find what you need on this site, try here for other web sites about authors, genres, periods and movements, and all aspects of literature.

Useful links for literature students

Literature study notes

BBC GCSE Bitesize English Literature  SparkNotes  CliffsNotes  Novelguide  GradeSaver  BookRags  Pink Monkey   York Notes

Author studies

Books and Writers  Literary Encyclopedia  Literature Network  Literature Annotations  British Council Contemporary Writers  Cambridge Encyclopedia

Authors on search engines

Google  Yahoo  Literature Web Search

Literature web directories

Literature Web Search   Google   Literaryhistory  University of California  Rutgers University  Internet Public Library  Geometry.net  Academic Info  BUBL   English Literature on the Web

Literature web search

Literature  Authors  English Literature  American Literature  Canadian Literature  World Literature  Genres  Periods and Movements  Reviews and Criticism  Libraries

GCSE Exam Boards


Check your course specification to see what you are expected to do and how you will be marked

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CIE Cambridge International Examinations
EDEXCEL Edexcel Foundation
OCR Oxford, Cambridge and RSA Examinations
SEG Southern Examining Group - part of AQA
WJEC Welsh Joint Education Committee

English literature terms

Glossary of literary terms  Cambridge Univerisity  Rutgers University  Thompson Gale  Cyber English  University of North Carolina   Books

Essay writing & study help

University of Toronto    Getting an A   Englishbiz.co.uk   Teaching resources   Ms E's notes   Infoplease.com   Converse   Interpreting literature  Spelling course   Books: essay writing   Books: grammar guides  Books: GCSE

Literary theory

Rutgers University   Uinversity of California   Cambridge University   About.com   Books

Ebooks

Project Gutenberg   On-line Books   Bartleby.com   Literature online   University of Oxford   University of Toronto   University of Virginia   Bralyn Archive   MemoWare   Voidspace   Online Library   Literature Post   TomeRaider    Literature Web Search

Reference

Literary Encyclopedia   Cambridge Encyclopedia   Wikipedia   Factbites  Biography.com    IngentaConnect Scholarly Research   Find Articles  TheFreeDictionary   Dictionary.com  WordZone   Ask Oxford   Merriam-Webster Online   Online translation   Google Book Search   Books

Free downloads

Free English Dictionary From Wordweb   Free English Grammar Guide From Lingua Systems
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Historical periods of English literature, with recommended links

History of the English language

History of the English Language   University of Toronto   The Routes of English   Books

Old English literature (pre-1100)

Old English   Hypertext course from Oxford University  Anglo Saxon   Old and Middle English   Books

Middle English literature (1100-1500)

Luminarium   Rutgers University   Uinversity of California   Yahoo   Literature Web Search  Books

Renaissance & early C17th (1425-1660)

Luminarium C16th   Luminarium C17th   Rutgers University   Uinversity of California   Books

Restoration (1660-1702) & 18th century (1702-1784)

Luminarium   Neoclassicism   Rutgers University   Uinversity of California   San Antonio College    Eighteenth century novel   The Age of Reason   Books   Books: satire   DVD (drama)   DVD (fiction)

Romantic literature (1760-1850)

Uinversity of California  Rutgers University   Romantic Circles  Romanticism On the Net  Books

Gothic literature (1764-present)

Literary Gothic   Uinversity of California   Rutgers University   Books

Victorian literature (1819-1901)

The Victorian Web   Political and social novels   Literaryhistory   Rutgers University   Uinversity of California   Victorian Women Writers Project   Literature Web Search  Books   DVD

The War Poets (1914-1918)

First World War.com   WW1 poetry   Lost Poets   War Poetry   WorldWar1.com   War literature   Poets of the Great War   The Georgians and The War Poets  Literature Web Search  Yahoo   Books

Modern & postmodern (1914-present)

Literaryhistory  Rutgers University  Uinversity of California: modern  Uinversity of California: contemporary  British Council  Literature Web Search  Books: postmodern   

The Beat writers (Mid-20th century)

Literary Kicks   Dharma Beat   Blue Neon Alley   SparkNotes on Kerouac  Literature Web Search  Books  Recordings  DVD

Postcolonial literature (Mid-C20th-present)

Postcolonial Web   Postcolonial Studies   The Imperial Archive   The Empire Writes Back   Literaryhistory   Books

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Regional sites

Canadian literature

The Canadian Literature Archive   National Library   Northwest Passages   Writing in Canada   Canadian Writers   Canadian Theatre   Literature Web Search  Books

Indian English Literature

Indian English Literature   Literature Web Search  Books

Irish literature

Luminarium   BUBL Link   Island Ireland   Books

Scottish literature

The Association for Scottish Literary Studies   Books
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Authors A - Z, with recommended links

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Chinua Achebe (1930-)

Postcolonial Web   SparkNotes   GradeSaver   BookRags   Literaryhistory   Literature Web Search   Yahoo   Books

Sir Kingsley Amis (1922-1995)

Kingsley Amis and the era of Lucky Jim   Lucky Jim   Google   Yahoo   Books   DVD

Simon Armitage (1963-)

Simon Armitage study guide   Simon Armitage   British Council   Yahoo   Books

Matthew Arnold (1822-1888)

The Victorian Web   Cambridge Encyclopedia    Literaryhistory   Regarding Matthew Arnold   Literature Web Search   Arnold as a critic   Books

Margaret Atwood (1939-)

Home site   Writing in Canada   Handmaid's Tale   Literature Web Search   Yahoo   Gertrude Talks Back   The treatment of female protagonists   Books

Jane Austen (1775-1817)

The Victorian Web   Literaryhistory    SparkNotes   Jane Austen Information Page   Persuasion   Literature Web Search   Books   DVD

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Julian Barnes (1946-)

Julian Barnes.com   Guardian Reviews   British Council Contemporary Writers   Literature Web Search   Books

Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)

Samuel Beckett. An Introduction   The Role of Comedy in Beckett's Plays   Waiting for Godot   Samuel Beckett Resources   The Journal of Beckett Studies   Nobel Prize Internet Archive   The Samuel Beckett Endpage   Literature Web Search   Literaryhistory   Google   Books   DVD

Elizabeth Bishop (1911-1979)

Elizabeth Bishop and her influence   Literaryhistory   Poets.org   Yahoo   Literature Web Search   Books

William Blake (1757-1827)

Blake study guide   William Blake page   Blake multimedia   Literature Web Search   Yahoo   Books

James Boswell (1740-1795) & Samuel Johnson (1709-1784)

The Victorian Web   Rutgers University   James Boswell   Colorado College   Literature Web Search   Books: Boswell   Books: Johnson

The Bronte sisters.

Charlotte (1816-1855), Emily (1818-1848), Anne (1820-1849)

Bronte sisters web   The Victorian Web   Literaryhistory   The Cambridge History   About Literature   SparkNotes   Charlotte Bronte and Jean Rhys: doubleness   Charlotte Bronte and Jean Rhys: symbolism   Books: Bronte sisters   Books: Charlotte   Books: Emily   DVD

John Bunyan (1628-1688)

Profile   Online library   Literature Web Search   Pilgrim's Progress   Books

  

Anthony Burgess (1917-1993)

Introduction   A Clockwork Orange   GradeSaver   Literaryhistory   Yahoo   Books   DVD

Fanny Burney (1752-1840)

Burney Society   Bartleby   Evelina   Literature Web Search   Yahoo   Books

  

Lord Byron (1788-1824)

Lord Byron   Byron Society   Don Juan   Letters and Journals Vol 1   Vol 2   Literature Web Search   Books   DVD

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Morley Callaghan (1903-1990)

The Short stories of Morley Callaghan   The Canadian Encyclopedia   Canadian Writers   Google   Literature Web Search   Books

Angela Carter (1940-1992)

Angela Carter   Yahoo   Literature Web Search   Books  DVD

Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400)

Luminarium  SparkNotes  GradeSaver  Yahoo   The Wife of Bath's Prologue and Tale  Christian Literature: Chaucer vs Bunyan   Books

Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834)

Introduction   Ancient Mariner   Literaryhistory   Literature Web Search   Yahoo   Coleridge and becoming: Kubla Khan and Dejection: an Ode   Books

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924)

The Victorian Web   Literaryhistory   GradeSaver   NovelGuide   SparkNotes   Heart of Darkness   Books

Robert Cormier (1925-2000)

SparkNotes   Literature Web Search   Yahoo   Books   DVD

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Daniel Defoe (1660-1731)

SparkNotes   GradeSaver   Literaryhistory  Yahoo   Books   DVD

Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

The Victorian Web   Gad's Hill Place   42explore   David Perdue   Literaryhistory   SparkNotes   GradeSaver   Novelguide   Dickens's narrative   Books   DVD

John Donne (1572-1631)

Cambridge history (section X1)   Luminarium   SparkNotes   John Donne Journal   Metaphysical poems   Love poetry   Religious poetry   Books

Carol Ann Duffy (1955-)

Carol Ann Duffy study guide   British Council   Literature Web Search   Books

  

Lawrence Durrell (1912-1990) 

Lawrence Durrell, an introduction   International Lawrence Durrell Society   Google   Literature Web Search   Books

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George Eliot (1819-1880)

The Victorian Web   Literaryhistory   Political and social novels (section X1)   Books   DVD

T S Eliot (1888-1965)

Introduction   What the thunder said   Literaryhistory   Modern American Poetry   T S Eliot pages   SparkNotes   Exploring The Waste Land   Prufrock the outsider   The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock   Books

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William Faulkner (1897-1962)

Faulkner on the web   Literaryhistory   SparkNotes   Yahoo   Sartoris   Books

Henry Fielding (1707-1754)

Literature Web Search   Fielding's Morality   Books   DVD

  

F Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)

Literaryhistory   Jazz Age Culture   SparkNotes   Novelguide   Yahoo   Books   DVD

E M Forster (1879-1970)

Literaryhistory   E M Forster links   SparkNotes  Literature Web Search   Books   DVD

Brian Friel (1929-)

Brian Friel   Translations, Colonial Context   Wikipedia   Emory University   Yahoo   Books

Robert Frost (1874-1963)

Literaryhistory  Modern American Poetry   Books

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William Golding (1911-1993)

Lord of the Flies   Literaryhistory   BookRags   SparkNotes   Yahoo   Books   DVD

Oliver Goldsmith (1728-1774)

Luminarium   Cambridge History   Literature Web Search   Yahoo  She Stoops to Conquer   Books   DVD

Thomas Gray (1716-1771)

Thomas Gray Archive   Thomas Gray page   Literature Web Search   Books

  

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Lorraine Hansberry (1930-1965)

A Rasin in the Sun   GradeSaver   Books and writers   Yahoo   The Ghetto Trap   Books

Thomas Hardy (1840-1928)

Thomas Hardy Association   Thomas Hardy Resource Library   Literaryhistory   Thomas Hardy Miscellany   The Victorian Web   GradeSaver   SparkNotes   Jude the Obscure   Tess of the d'Urbervilles   Literature Web Search   Books   DVD

Seamus Heaney (1939-)

Introduction   Literaryhistory   Literature Web Search   Yahoo   Books

  

Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961)

Introducing Ernest Hemingway   SparkNotes   GradeSaver   Yahoo   Literaryhistory   Literature Web Search   Books   DVD

Barry Hines (1939-)

bbc.co.uk   Books   DVD

  

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John Irving (1942-)

John Irving   Yahoo   Google   Literature Web Search   Books   DVD

Christopher Isherwood (1904-1986)

All the Conspirators   Books & Writers    Chistopher Isherwood at The Huntington   Yahoo   Books   DVD

Kazuo Ishiguro (1954-)

British Council   Literaryhistory   Google   Yahoo   Books

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Henry James (1843-1916)

SparkNotes   GradeSaver   Literaryhistory   Google   Literature Web Search   The Turn of the Screw   Books   DVD

Ben Jonson (1572-1637)

Cambridge History   Luminarium   Literature Web Search   Volpone   Ben Jonson Unmasked   Books

James Joyce (1882-1941)

Joyce Foundation   Joyce Centre   Joyce Portal   Portrait of the Artist - Rebellion and Release  Literature Web Search   Books   DVD

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John Keats (1795-1821)

John Keats.com   The Victorian Web   Literaryhistory   SparkNotes   Englishhistory.net   Poems   Books

Jack Kerouac (1922-1969)

Literary Kicks   Dharma Beat   Blue Neon Alley   SparkNotes on Kerouac   On the Road review   Literature Web Search  Books  Recordings   DVD

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

The Victorian Web   Literaryhistory   Nobel Prize Resources   The Kipling Society   World of Rudyard Kipling   Poems   Kim   Books

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Ring W Lardner (1885-1933)

Lardnermania   Yahoo   Books  DVD

  

Philip Larkin (1922-1985)

Philip Larkin Society   Literaryhistory   Philip Larkin   Books

  

D H Lawrence (1885-1930)

Victorian Web   Literaryhistory   Aesthete's list   Literature Web Search   Books   DVD

Harper Lee (1926-)

SparkNotes   NovelGuide   Yahoo   Literature Web Search   Books

Doris Lessing (1919-)

Doris Lessing   Literature Web Search   Yahoo   Books

  

C S Lewis (1898-1963)

C S Lewis   GradeSaver    SparkNotes   Literaryhistory   Yahoo   Books   DVD

The Liverpool Poets

The Liverpool Poets, an Introduction   Brian Patten: life, love, death, and poetry

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Bernard Malamud (1914-1986)

Miscellany   SparkNotes   Yahoo   Books   DVD

  

Frank McCourt (1931-)

Angela's Ashes   Yahoo   Literature Web Search   Books   DVD

  

Ian McEwan (1948-)

Ian McEwan.com   The Guardian Unlimited   Yahoo   Literature Web Search    Books   DVD

Arthur Miller (1915-2005)

SparkNotes   GradeSaver   Literaryhistory   Yahoo   Literature Web Search   Books   DVD

John Milton (1608-1674)

Luminarium   About.com   Yahoo   Literature Web Search   SparkNotes   GradeSaver   BookRags   Books

Toni Morrison (1931-)

Anniina's   Toni Morrison Society   SparkNotes   GradeSaver   Moral ambiguity  Books   DVD

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Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977)

Lolita   Pale Fire   Google   Yahoo   Literaryhistory   Literature Web Search   Books   DVD

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Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964)

A Good Man Is Hard To Find   Student's Guide   Books and Writers   Literaryhistory   Google   Yahoo   Literature Web Search   Good Country People   Books

George Orwell (1903-1950)

George Orwell   Literaryhistory   Google   Yahoo   SparkNotes  Books   DVD

  

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Brian Patten (1946-)

Home page   Brian Patten: life, love, death, and poetry   Books

  

Harold Pinter (1930-)

Harold Pinter official site   Literature Web Search   Moonstruck   Biography   Literaryhistory   Winners and losers in Pinter   Books   DVD

Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)

The Bell Jar   Sylvia Plath   Literaryhistory   Yahoo   Literature Web Search   Books   DVD

  

Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

Knowing Poe   SparkNotes   Literaryhistory   Yahoo   Literature Web Search   Books   DVD

  

Alexander Pope (1688-1744)

The Victorian Web   Literature Web Search   A Heroic Poet   SparkNotes   The Rape of the Lock   Essay on The Rape of the Lock   Books

Ezra Pound (1885-1972)

Introduction to Ezra Pound  Ezra Pound pages   Literaryhistory   Yahoo   Literature Web Search   Books

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J K Rowling (1967-)

J K Rowling   Harry Potter   SparkNotes   Yahoo   Literature Web Search   Books: Harry Potter   DVD: Harry Potter

Salman Rushdie (1947-)

Literature Web Search   Books

 

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J D Salinger (1919-)

Literaryhistory   SparkNotes   BookRags   Novelguide   Yahoo   Books

  

William Shakespeare (1564-1616)

Absolute Shakespeare  Resource Center   Rutgers University   Uinversity of California   Shakespeare and the Renaissance   Shakespeare criticism   The Shakespeare Mystery   The Merchant of Venice - Shylock & Anti-Semitism   Shakespeare Searched   Literature Web Search   Yahoo   Books   DVD

George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Pygmalion   Literature Web Search   Books   DVD

  

Mary Shelley (1797-1851)

The Victorian Web   SparkNotes   NovelGuide   Literary Gothic   Literaryhistory   Yahoo   Books   DVD

Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822)

Introduction   The Victorian Web   Literaryhistory   Literature Web Search   Yahoo   Books

  

Richard Sheridan (1751-1816)

Columbia Encyclopedia   Spartacus Schoolnet    Wikipedia   Literature Web Search   Books   DVD

Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586)

Sidney Homepage   Luminarium   Literature Web Search   Yahoo   Books

  

Edmund Spenser (1552-1599)

Luminarium  University of Cambridge  SparkNotes  The Faerie Queene  Books

 

John Steinbeck (1902-1968)

Literaryhistory   SparkNotes   Novelguide   Yahoo   Literature Web Search   Books   DVD

Robert L Stevenson (1850-1894)

SparkNotes   The Victorian Web   NovelGuide   GradeSaver   Literary Gothic   Yahoo   Literature Web Search   Books   DVD

Bram Stoker (1847-1912)

Bram Stoker   SparkNotes   GradeSaver   Literary Gothic   Yahoo   Literature Web Search   Books    DVD

  

Tom Stoppard (1937-)

Travesties    Moonstruck   Yahoo   Literature Web Search   In Search of Reality   Books   DVD

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)

The Victorian Web   Great Books Index   Gulliver's Travels   San Antonio College   Books   DVD

Algernon Swinburne (1837-1909)

The Victorian Web   Literaryhistory   Literature Web Search   Yahoo   Books

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Lord Tennyson (1809-1892)

The Victorian Web   Literaryhistory   SparkNotes   Literature Web Search   Yahoo   Books

Dylan Thomas (1914-1953)

Introduction to Dylan Thomas   bbc.co.uk   Literaryhistory   Literature Web Search  Yahoo   Google   Books

J R R Tolkien (1892-1973)

The Lord of the Rings   SparkNotes   Yahoo   Literature Web Search    Books   DVD

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John Updike (1932-)

Books & Writers   Literaryhistory   Literature Web Search  Google   Yahoo   Books   DVD

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Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007)

Slaughterhouse Five   SparkNotes    Literature Web Search   Books   DVD

  

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Alice Walker (1944-)

Anniina's   Living by Grace   GradeSaver   Stripping Bark   The Color Purple   SparkNotes   Sylvia Plath & Alice Walker   Books   DVD

War poets (1914-1918)

First World War.com   WW1 poetry   Lost Poets   War Poetry   WorldWar1.com   War literature   Poets of the Great War   The Georgians and The War Poets  Yahoo   Books

John Webster (1580-c1625)

Luminarium   John Webster   Literature Web Search   Yahoo   The Duchess of Malfi   Books

Walt Whitman (1819-1892)

Introduction to Walt Whitman   CliffsNotes   Leaves of Grass   Poets.org   Wikipedia   Modern American Poetry   Literature Web Search   Yahoo   Google   Books

Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)

The Victorian Web   Literaryhistory   SparkNotes   Wilde e-texts   Wilde's Trials   Literature Web Search  Books   DVD

Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)

Mrs Dalloway Through the Lens of 'Modern Fiction'   Virginia Woolf Society   International Virginia Woolf Society   Literaryhistory   Yahoo   Books   DVD

William Wordsworth (1770-1850)

The Victorian Web   Cambridge History   Uinversity of California   Literaryhistory   The Wordsworth Circle   Concordance   Complete works   Memory In Romanticism    Lyrical Ballads   Wordsworth and Lucy   Books

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W B Yeats (1869-1935)

Introduction to W B Yeats   Yeats's 'Last Poems'   National Library of Ireland   Literaryhistory   Literature Web Search   Yahoo   SparkNotes   Yeats Country (photos of locations of Yeats's poems)   Books

Sites about poetry

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Modern American poetry   CompleteClassics   Cortland Review   Everypoet.com   Famous poets   Fence magazine   Literaryhistory   The Poetry Archive   The Poetry Society   Poetry.com   Poet text.com   Academy of American Poets   Sonnet Central   Symbolist poetry   Windows Project   The Poetry Book Society   Literature Web Search  Books: poetry   

Literary magazines

  

3 A.M. Magazine   Antigonish Review   Atlantic Online   BBR for SF/Fantasy writers   Books Unlimited   Crime Time   Granta   Literary Kicks   The Literary Review   The London Review of Books   Mslexia   New York Review of Books   On the Page   The Reader   Richmond Review   Salon   Short Stories   Spike Magazine   TLS  Wasafiri   Zoetrope  Literature Web Search

Prizes and laureateships

  

Nobel Prize for Literature   Nobel e-Museum   Nobel Prize Internet Archive   BookPrizeInfo.com   Booker Prize Reviews   British Literary Prizes   The Man Booker Prize   The Costa (ex-Whitbread) Book Award   The Orange Prize