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A Study Guide for Raymond Chandler's "The Big Sleep," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of your research needs.
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"A dying millionaire hires private eye Philip Marlowe to handle the blackmailer of one of his two troublesome daughters, and Marlowe finds himself involved with more than extortion. Kidnapping, pornography, seduction, and murder are just a few of the complications he gets caught up in."--Amazon.com.
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A page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world's most polarizing punctuation mark. The semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut, and Orwell detest it. Herman Melville, Henry James, and Rebecca Solnit love it. But why? When is it effective? Have we been misusing it? Should we even care? In [this book, the author] charts the rise and fall of this infamous punctuation mark, which for years was the trendiest one in the world...
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These two classic novels featuring private eye Philip Marlowe made Raymond Chandler's name synonymous with America's hard-boiled school of crime fiction. The Big Sleep was an instant success when first published in 1939. It centers around a paralyzed California millionaire with two psychopathic daughters; he involves Marlowe in a case of blackmail that turns into murder.
Farewell My Lovely, which Chandler regarded as his
12) The big sleep
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Hard-boiled private eye Richard Marlowe has his hands full when he gets involved in a web of sex, blackmail-- and murder.
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Disc 1: The Maltese falcon: Some high-living lowlifes want to get their hands on a bejeweled falcon. Detective Sam Spade wants to find out why and find out who will take the fall for his partner's murder. The big sleep: L.A. private eye Philip Marlowe takes on a blackmail case and ends up wearing out his gumshoes trailing murderers, nightclub rogues, the spoiled rich and more.
Disc 2: Ex-tennis pro Tony Wendice decides to murder his wife for her...
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"The first fully annotated edition of Raymond Chandler's 1939 classic The Big Sleep features hundreds of illuminating notes and images alongside the full text of the novel and is an essential addition to any crime fiction fan's library. A masterpiece of noir, Raymond Chandler's The Big Sleep helped to define a genre. Today it remains one of the most celebrated and stylish novels of the twentieth century. This comprehensive, annotated edition offers...
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Philip Marlowe returns in the 1978's version which transposes novelist Raymond Chandler's famous detective tale from the Los Angeles of the past to present day England. What appears to be a routine blackmail case for Marlowe soon spirals into murder and madness.
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To have and have not: During World War II, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sensuous lounge singer.
The big sleep: Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a rich family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.
Dark passage: A man convicted of murdering his wife escapes from prison and works with a woman...
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To have and have not: An American fisherman becomes involved with a beautiful young drifter and a French freedom fighter on Martinique. The big sleep: Private eye Philip Marlowe gets caught up in a twisted tale of blackmail and murder. Dark passage: A man wrongfully accused of his wife's murder escapes from prison to find the real killer. Key Largo: A man visits the widow and father of an old war buddy in a Florida island hotel and finds that an infamous...
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The hardboiled Marlowe's latest cases, the search for an ex-convict's lost love, and the murder of a client, take on an even more sinister turn when they begin to connect, leading the private eye deeper and deeper into the seamy underbelly of 1940s Los Angeles. As the stakes are raised and the body count swells, it looks like Marlowe might be next on the list to take the big sleep.
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Farewell, my lovely: "Philip Marlowe is involved in a case of deception, double-cross and murder. When Moose Malloy, a giant ex-con fresh from prison, asks to find his missing sweetheart, Marlowe winds up unconscious on the floor with a dead man next to him. The case could very well cost Marlowe his life." -- Container.
Big sleep: "Philip Marlowe is caught in a deadly case of blackmail. General Sternwood, an aged and wealthy American, is being blackmailed...
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