Robyn Schneider's The Beginning of Everything is a witty and heart-wrenching teen novel that will appeal to fans of books by John Green and Ned Vizzini, novels such as The Perks of Being a Wallflower, and classics like The Great Gatsby and The Catcher in the Rye. Varsity tennis captain Ezra Faulkner was supposed to be homecoming king, but that was before--before his girlfriend cheated on him, before a car accident shattered his leg, and before he fell in love with unpredictable new girl Cassidy Thorpe. As Kirkus said in a starred review, Schneider takes familiar stereotypes and infuses them with plenty of depth. Here are teens who could easily trade barbs and double entendres with the characters that fill John Green's novels. Funny, smart, and including everything from flash mobs to blanket forts to a poodle who just might be the reincarnation of Jay Gatsby, The Beginning of Everything is a refreshing contemporary twist on the classic coming-of-age novel--a heart-wrenching sto...
This Norton Critical Edition includes:
- Sheila Murnaghan's new translation of the great Greek tragedy of betrayal, revenge, and murder, set in Corinth in the fifth-century B.C.E.
- A full introduction and explanatory annotations by Sheila Murnaghan.
- Ancient perspectives on the unforgettable plot from Xenophon, Apollonius of Rhodes, and Seneca.
- Seminal essays on Medea by P. E. Easterling, Helene P. Foley, and Edith Hall.
- A Selected Bibliography.
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Product details
- Paperback | 128 pages
- 130 x 213 x 8mm | 127g
- 20 Jul 2018
- WW Norton & Co
- New York, United States
- English
- Critical
- Critical edition
- 0393265455
- 9780393265453
- 882,351
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