English Literature Head of Department: Mrs Smith, smithr@ashfordschool.co.uk Essential reading for English Literature lessons in September:
− The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. Please collect your copy from the English Office before the end of term. Please then complete an essay on the following: How does the first chapter of The Handmaid’s Tale establish a dystopian world? Reading for pleasure: We recommend reading for pleasure this summer! Please note these are not set texts for A level. There is no expectation that you will read all of the texts below, but the English Department highly recommends these excellent writers. Novels Bonjour Tristesse - Françoise Sagan The Murder of Roger Ackroyd - Agatha Christie Atonement - Ian McEwan The Buddha of Suburbia- Hanif Kureishi Brideshead Revisited - Evelyn Waugh Fiesta: The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway Breakfast at Tiffany’s - Truman Capote Spies - Michael Frayn The Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad The Turn of the Screw - Henry James The Scarlet Letter - Nathaniel Hawthorne Kite Runner – Khaled Hosseini Captain Corelli’s Mandolin – Louis De Bernieres Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austin Short Stories First Love, Last Rites - Ian McEwan Plays Noises Off - Michael Frayn Waiting for Godot - Samuel Beckett Uncle Vanya – Anton Chkov Poetry The Whitsun Weddings - Philip Larkin Selected Poems - Tony Harrison The World’s Wife - Carol Ann Duffy
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