The third in our series of guides to literary classics, Reader's Guide to Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave is an ideal complement for students reading Douglass's historic autobiography. Douglass's Narrative confronts, and forces its readers to confront, questions that have challenged the world's greatest writers, and our Reader's Guide enriches students' thinking, discussion, and writing about the extraordinary story it tells.

Reader's Guide to Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave includes interpretive questions for shared inquiry discussion, a process that promotes thoughtful reading and personal interpretation. A variety of readings and activities will deepen students engagement with the book, and background and context materials provide readers with a better sense of the world about which Douglass wrote.