Survey of British Literature

Summer Reading List

2010-2011

Required Reading:

Eliot, George                                                   Silas Marner

Additional Readings:

Huxley, Aldous                                               Brave New World

Hilton, James                                                  Random Harvest

Hudson, W.H.                                                Green Mansions

Waugh, Evelyn                                               The Loved One

Orwell, George                                               1984

                                                                       Animal Farm

Verne, Jules                                                     Around the World in Eighty Days

Forester, C.S.                                                  The African Queen

Forster, E.M.                                                   A Room with a View

Adams, Richard                                               Watership Down

Kipling, Rudyard                                              Kim

                                                                       The Light That Failed

Wilde, Oscar                                                   The Picture of Dorian Gray

Conrad, Joseph                                               Lord Jim

Stoker, Bram                                                   Dracula

Tolkien, J. R.R.                                               The Hobbit

Wells, H.G.                                                     The War of the Worlds

Stevenson, Robert Louis                                  Kidnapped

Bronte, Charlotte                                             Jane Eyre

Shute, Nevil                                                    On the Beach

DuMaurier, Daphne                                         Rebecca

Austen, Jane                                                    Emma

Stewart, Mary                                                 The Crystal Cave

Dickens, Charles                                             David Copperfield

Hardy, Thomas                                               The Mayor of Casterbridge

There will be a test on the required novel (Silas Marner) on the first day of school. No excuses for not having read the novel will be accepted. On the first day of school, a date will be set for a novel report on the same novel. The form that follows will be reviewed and explained in class.

The report is to be typed in Times New Roman – 12 pt and placed in a folder. Please use the folders that require holes to be punched in the report; the other types will not hold the papers securely. You are responsible for maintaining the folder for the entire year. Each report is to be handed in with all previous reports. Newly completed novel reports will not be accepted without previously graded reports. All reports will be handed in at the end of the second semester. If you wish to keep a personal copy of the reports, please save to a flash drive or your computer.

The following list contains the information to be included in your reports:

1. Title

2. Author

3. Original Publication Date

4. Background on the Author and the Literary Period

5. Theme

6. Setting

7. Point of View

8. Character Sketch of One Main Character

The report is to be written in paragraph form (including #’s 1, 2, and 3). Research is required for #4 and will probably be helpful in composing section #’s 5 and 7. Research will necessitate the inclusion of in-text citations, a works cited page and a bibliography.  MLA style is required.