Catch of the Day - LitCharts - 18 Dec 09

LitCharts™, an online literature guide, is today's tasty catch

LitCharts is the newest series of literature guides on the web, claiming to be a faster, downloadable alternative to SparkNotes®.

Beowulf Guide Home Page

LitCharts introduces a number of innovations that make their guides effective and easy-to-use.

• Summary and Analysis sections are side-by-side to facilitate a close reading of the facts, patterns, and details of the text.
• The Theme Bar is a visual tool that shows you when and where each theme is active in the course of the work.
• The ThemeTracker provides a quick review of the entire book on a single page, perfect for last minute studying.

A Summary and Analysis Page for Heart of Darkness

LitCharts are just as detailed and helpful as conventional lit guides. However, LitCharts are much shorter than conventional lit guides, 10 or fewer printed pages.

LitChart's newest offering is a collection of guides for the iPhone/iPod Touch including To Kill a Mockingbird, The Catcher in the Rye, The Outsiders, Heart of Darkness, Beowulf and many more classics.

iPhone/iPod Touch Guide for To Kill a Mockingbird

Every LitChart and every feature on LitCharts is free online. Every LitChart is also available in its entirety as an easy-to-read, printer friendly PDF that is absolutely free.

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