Victorian Reading List
Tricky
The Signalman – Charles Dickens
Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carol
The Water-Babies – Charles Kingsley
Trickier
Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson
The Sign of the Four (Sherlock Holmes)
Dracula – Bram Stoker
Trickiest
The Moonstone – Wilkie Collins
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
Modern Text Reading List
History Boys:
The Lady in the Van – Alan Bennet
Talking Heads – Alan Bennet
DNA:
Punk Rock – Simon Stephens
Girls Like That – Evan Placey
An Inspector Calls:
Never Let Me Go:
The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
The Road – Cormac McCarthy
An Inspector Calls:
The Silver Sword – Ian Serraillier
Animal Farm – George Orwell
Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
Blood Brothers:
Educating Rita – Willy Russell
Our Day Out – Willy Russell
A Kestral for a Knave – Barry Hines
Shakespeare Reading List
Hamlet – William Shakespeare (supernatural and murder)
Anthony and Cleopatra – William Shakespeare (power female figure)
Guildenstern and Rosencrantz are Dead – Tom Stoppard
Recommended Revision Guides
GCSE AQA English Language (Grades 5-1 or Grades 9-1) Study & Exam Practice, CGP, ISBN 9781782944683
Target - Get back on Track - Grade 3/5/9 English Language workbooks (Writing and Reading), Pearson, ISBN 9780435183233 (Grade 5, writing), ISBN 9780435183196 (Grade 5, reading)
There are a very wide range of study guides available for all these texts, below is only a small selection of what is available:
Poetry revision: New GCSE English Literature AQA Poetry Guide: Power & Conflict Anthology - for the Grade 9-1 Course, CGP, ISBN 978-1782943617
Shakespeare:
GCSE English Literature for AQA Macbeth Student Book, Cambridge, ISBN 978-1107453951
GCSE English Literature for AQA Romeo and Juliet Student Book, ISBN 978-1107453821
Victorian novel:
A Christmas Carol: York Notes for GCSE (9-1), ISBN 978-1447982128
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: York Notes for GCSE (9-1), ISBN 978-1447982180
Frankenstein: York Notes for GCSE (9-1), ISBN 978-1447982142
Modern texts:
9-1 GCSE REVISION NOTES for KAZUO ISHIGURO'S NEVER LET ME GO, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, ISBN 978-1537415079
DNA GCSE Student Guide, Methuen Drama, ISBN 978-1474232548
GCSE English Text Guide - Blood Brothers, CGP, ISBN 978-1782943112
Study and Revise for GCSE: The History Boys, Hodder Education, ISBN 978-1471853678
An Inspector Calls: York Notes for GCSE (9-1), ISBN 978-1447982166
Tricky
The Signalman – Charles Dickens
Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carol
The Water-Babies – Charles Kingsley
Trickier
Treasure Island – Robert Louis Stevenson
The Sign of the Four (Sherlock Holmes)
Dracula – Bram Stoker
Trickiest
The Moonstone – Wilkie Collins
Jane Eyre – Charlotte Bronte
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
Great Expectations – Charles Dickens
Modern Text Reading List
History Boys:
The Lady in the Van – Alan Bennet
Talking Heads – Alan Bennet
DNA:
Punk Rock – Simon Stephens
Girls Like That – Evan Placey
An Inspector Calls:
Never Let Me Go:
The Remains of the Day – Kazuo Ishiguro
Brave New World – Aldous Huxley
The Road – Cormac McCarthy
An Inspector Calls:
The Silver Sword – Ian Serraillier
Animal Farm – George Orwell
Of Mice and Men – John Steinbeck
Blood Brothers:
Educating Rita – Willy Russell
Our Day Out – Willy Russell
A Kestral for a Knave – Barry Hines
Shakespeare Reading List
Hamlet – William Shakespeare (supernatural and murder)
Anthony and Cleopatra – William Shakespeare (power female figure)
Guildenstern and Rosencrantz are Dead – Tom Stoppard
Recommended Revision Guides
GCSE AQA English Language (Grades 5-1 or Grades 9-1) Study & Exam Practice, CGP, ISBN 9781782944683
Target - Get back on Track - Grade 3/5/9 English Language workbooks (Writing and Reading), Pearson, ISBN 9780435183233 (Grade 5, writing), ISBN 9780435183196 (Grade 5, reading)
There are a very wide range of study guides available for all these texts, below is only a small selection of what is available:
Poetry revision: New GCSE English Literature AQA Poetry Guide: Power & Conflict Anthology - for the Grade 9-1 Course, CGP, ISBN 978-1782943617
Shakespeare:
GCSE English Literature for AQA Macbeth Student Book, Cambridge, ISBN 978-1107453951
GCSE English Literature for AQA Romeo and Juliet Student Book, ISBN 978-1107453821
Victorian novel:
A Christmas Carol: York Notes for GCSE (9-1), ISBN 978-1447982128
Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde: York Notes for GCSE (9-1), ISBN 978-1447982180
Frankenstein: York Notes for GCSE (9-1), ISBN 978-1447982142
Modern texts:
9-1 GCSE REVISION NOTES for KAZUO ISHIGURO'S NEVER LET ME GO, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, ISBN 978-1537415079
DNA GCSE Student Guide, Methuen Drama, ISBN 978-1474232548
GCSE English Text Guide - Blood Brothers, CGP, ISBN 978-1782943112
Study and Revise for GCSE: The History Boys, Hodder Education, ISBN 978-1471853678
An Inspector Calls: York Notes for GCSE (9-1), ISBN 978-1447982166