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Presents Upton Sinclair's classic novel, which depicts the conditions of the Chicago stockyards through the eyes of a young Lithuanian immigrant struggling in early-twentieth-century America, and includes a historical time line, a theme and plot outline, critical analyses, and other study tools.

Marlow comes face to face with the corruption and despair that lies at the heart of human existence when he undertakes a journey on behalf of a Belgian trading company up the Congo River in search of the tormented white ivory trader, Kurtz.

Presents a detailed chronology of the life and career of author Edith Wharton, along with the text of her classic novel "The House of Mirth," introduction, and textual notes.

Contains thirteen short stories by American women writing in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.