No Great Mischief

ISBN 978-1-86478-037-6

The smartstudy® English guide to Alistair MacLeod’s No Great Mischief is a comprehensive aid to understanding this novel about the MacDonalds, a clan from the Scottish Highlands that journeys to Nova Scotia to start a new life.

Key Features:

• notes about the author/director/poet/playwright
• an overview of the historical and cultural context
• chapter/scene/story summaries
• character profiles
• analysis of themes and genres
• critical perspectives of the text
• key quotations
• focus questions in each section
• marginal notes explaining key passages, ideas, terms and characters
• a guide to planning and writing an essay
• a sample essay with annotations
• further exam-style essay questions
• a bibliography and further reading section

$16.95

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