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Selected Works:

Professor of English Tim Spurgin and student Emily Alinder '09 created reading guides for five long-standing Freshman Studies works. Use the drop down menu above, or the links below, to visit the reading guides.

Each guide includes:
· A summary of the work
· Brief biography of the author
· Discussion questions
· A recent Freshman Studies lecture by LU faculty
· Links to other interesting supplemental material

Chinua Achebe, Things Fall Apart

Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice

Chuang Tzu, Basic Writings

Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac

Virginia Woolf, A Room of One's Own