Study Guides

Over 40,000 guides with summaries, analysis, and criticisms for the most important books.

Authoritative

Written by teachers, literary scholars, and PhD candidates, each eNotes study guide is 100% accurate and fact-checked. Our in-house publishing team copy edits and proofreads each entry to ensure you have all the information you need to understand a book and excel in your class.

Comprehensive

Our study guides feature a thorough analysis of the work, with all the main plot points, themes, and ideas covered. Many study guides also contain essays and quote analysis. With these in-depth features to thousands of titles, eNotes study guides ensure you'll never be in the dark about a literary work again.

Instructive

After reading a book and its eNotes study guide, prepare for your next test with an instructive quiz. eNotes study guides are accompanied by more than 1,000 free quizzes that test your understanding of a novel, story, or play and its characters.

Affordable

For a low monthly rate, subscribers receive access to thousands of original study guides with detailed analyses. Subscribers also enjoy unlimited access to over 300,000 homework questions answered by our expert eNotes Educators! Ready to try it?

Featured Study Guides

New Study Guides

Recently Updated Study Guides

Shakespeare

New on the eNotes Blog

Literary Fact Calendar

May 21st in Literary History

1688

Alexander Pope is born

Explore: The Rape of the Lock, Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man

1771

Christopher Smart dies

Explore: Christopher Smart, My Cat, Jeoffry

1790

Thomas Warton dies

Explore: Thomas Warton

1916

Harold Robbins is born

Explore: The Carpetbaggers, A Stone for Danny Fisher, Harold Robbins

1926

Robert Creeley is born

Explore: Fading Light, Robert Creeley, I Know a Man

1944

Janet Dailey is born

2000

Barbara Cartland dies

Explore: Who was Barbara Cartland and what is her contribution to literature?