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British Library: Discovering Literature: Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African

For Students 9th - 10th
Read the background of "Letters of the Late Ignatius Sancho, an African" and view additional resources such as articles, collection items, and teacher resources.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Evelina

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of "Evelina" by Frances Burney and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: John Wycliffe

For Students 9th - 10th
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of John Wycliffe. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, and works.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Guthlac

For Students 9th - 10th
Familiarize yourself with the life of Guthlac. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Pamela

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of "Pamela" by Samuel Richardson and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Tristram Shandy

For Students 9th - 10th
Read an overview of "The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman" by Laurence Sterne and view additional resources such as articles and collection items.
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British Library: Discovering Literature: William Caxton

For Students 9th - 10th
Familiarize yourself with the life of William Caxton. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, works, and teacher resources.
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British Council: Margaret Drabble

For Students 9th - 10th
This rich site offers a brief biography, list of works, prizes and awards, and a statement by the author. Contact information for the author is included.
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British Council Arts: William Trevor

For Students 9th - 10th
Read a critical perspective, see a list of the author's work, or read a brief biography at this site about novelist, short story writer William Trevor. Contact information is included.
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British Library: Thomas Hardy's Dorset

For Students 9th - 10th
View landscape images from a variety of artists that depict author Thomas Hardy's native Dorset. These images provided the backdrop for his novels. Click on an image for further details.
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British Library: Teaching Resources: Putting Hamlet in Context: A Summary of Sources

For Students 9th - 10th
This summary of sources is a quick and easy way to explore the contexts for Hamlet - from ideas on mortality and revenge to traveling players, melancholy, and madness. It will help you make thoughtful connections between the play and the...
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British Library: Blake's 'The Chimney Sweeper': Literature & Injustice

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this lesson, learners will explore sources related to the lives of chimney sweepers in the early 19th century, highlighting the conditions endured by the children whose plight William Blake highlights in his 'Chimney Sweeper' poems.[PDF]
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British Library: A Christmas Carol: Discovering Literature Resources

For Students 9th - 10th
This list is a list of resources that can be used for Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol". Included are articles on the setting, analysis of the text, and links to additional teaching resources.
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Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'Archipelago' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 5th - 8th
"Archipelago", a novel by David Ward set in the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, follows a boy who is transported to prehistoric times and must learn to survive there. This extensive teacher's guide includes chapter summaries...
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British Library: 20th Century: 20th Century Theatre

For Students 9th - 10th
Find close readings, critical interpretations, and personal responses to the works of key 20th-century playwrights and practitioners, including Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Shelagh Delaney, and Timberlake Wertenbaker.
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British Library: 20th Century Teaching Resources: An Inspector Calls

For Students 9th - 10th
Find contextual treasures from production posters and programs to J.B. Priestley's scrapbook.
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British Library: 20th Century: Mrs Dalloway: Exploring Consciousness

For Students 9th - 10th
Elaine Showalter describes how, in Mrs. Dalloway, Virginia Woolf uses stream of consciousness to enter the minds of her characters and portray cultural and individual change in the period following the First World War.
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British Library: 20th Century: An Introduction to the Bell Jar

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Sarah Churchwell examines how "The Bell Jar" critiques the expectations and limitations placed on young women in the 1950s - and how these expectations and limitations have shaped the novel's reception.
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British Library: 20th Century: An Introduction to an Inspector Calls

For Students 9th - 10th
Chris Power introduces "An Inspector Calls" as a morality play that denounces the hypocrisy and callousness of capitalism and argues that a just society can only be achieved if all individuals feel a sense of social responsibility.
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British Library: 20th Century: 'The Man From Over the Top of the Hill'

For Students 9th - 10th
In this article, Simon Armitage explores some of Ted Hughes's themes and interests and his impact on his own life and work.
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British Library: 20th Century: An Introduction to Animal Farm

For Students 9th - 10th
George Orwell's "Animal Farm" combines animal fable with political satire targeting Stalinist Russia. John Sutherland describes the novel's genesis, its struggle to find a publisher, and its eventual success.
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Paul Yee: 'Dead Man's Gold and Other Stories' Teaching Guide [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his book of short stories, "Tales from Gold Mountain", provides a summary of the book, discussion questions and classroom activities. The book explores the experiences of Chinese immigrants to...
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British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Themes

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
From Romantic poetry to Gothic horror, from depictions of poverty and industrialization to portrayals of the middle classes, and from crime fiction to fin de siecle decadence: the literary works of the Romantic and Victorian periods...
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British Library: People: Mary Shelley

For Students 9th - 10th
Familiarize yourself with the life and works of Mary Shelley. This source contains a quick fact sheet, a short biography, and links to related articles, collection items, works, and teacher resources.

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