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KS4 Literature Texts and Notes

Authors deemed suitable for study at Key Stages 3 and 4 (from New National Curriculum Orders, November 1999) 

Homework Online

Summary Central  - summaries of novels commonly used in American High Schools, but of value for GCSE

Titles covered by Summary Central
1984 by George Orwell   The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain    Brave New World by Aldous Huxley   Candide by Voltaire    The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger   The Crucible by Arthur Miller   The Crucible by Arthur Miller (2)   Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller   A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen   East of Eden by John Steinbeck   The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald   The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams   The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck    The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (2)   Hamlet by William Shakespeare   Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad  Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte   Lord of the Flies by William Golding   Macbeth by William Shakespeare   The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka   The Misanthrope by Moliere   Oedipus Rex by Sophocles   Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare   The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane (2)   The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne   The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne (2)   The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad    The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner   Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy   Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte

Andrew Moore - NEAB study guide. Excellent, tightly focused materials.

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Welcome to Moving Words - on-line INSET programme for teachers of English, focusing on Literature From Different Cultures and Traditions. Creative use of technologies, esp. Flash, and interesting approaches to multi-cultural poetry teaching.

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FreeBooknotes.com - Free study guides for over 200 books American. Comprehensive listings, notes written by American students.

The Internet Public Library

Online Literature Library - Classics at the Online Literature Library

UCSC Library - Research & Subject Guides Subject and research guides created and maintained by the UCSC Library.

Literary Resources on the Net (Lynch)

American Studies, Black History and Literature Literature and History written by and on African Americans, October 1998

Internet Resources in English Literature "An extensive listing of Internet sites on the subject of English literature from Carleton University. Categories include Medieval, Renaissance, 18th Century, Victorian, 20th Century (American and British), Canadian, and Literary/Critical Theory

NovelGuide: Literary Analysis Starts Here

NovelGuide.com is the premier free source for literary analysis on the web. We provide an educational supplement for better understanding of classic and contemporary literature through Chapter Summaries, Character Profiles, Metaphor Analysis, Theme Analyses, and Author Biographies. Listed by Title

Animal Farm, by George Orwell   The Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger    Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley   Silas Marner, by George Eliot   Lord of the Flies, by William Golding   Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, by R.L Stevenson   The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald   Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck   A Separate Peace, by John Knowles   The Color Purple, by Alice Walker   Their Eyes Were Watching God, by Zora Neale Hurston    The Count of Monte Cristo, by Alexandre Dumas