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Contains full text for 31,098 plot summaries, synopses and work overviews, nearly 100,000 articles/essays of literary criticism, and nearly 140,000 author biographies. Also includes 430 literary journals, over 605,000 book reviews, 60,000 classic and contemporary poems, more than 15,000 classic and contemporary short stories, over 5,200 author interviews, and more than 7,100 classic texts.

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Summary: 
Contains full text for classic texts, plot summaries, synopses, work overviews, literary criticism essays, author biographies and interviews, literary journals, book reviews, and poems.
Content Types: 
  • Encyclopedias & Dictionaries
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Varies with topic