Research: a classic British novel

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Research a classic British novel

• Blog entry Everything you never wanted to know
  about the research process

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Animal Farm

• You would like this book
• if you enjoy historical satire
• and political metaphors. It is not about animals
  on a farm. You need to be interested in European
  government to enjoy and understand this.

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Beowulf

• If you enjoy mythology, you would like this epic
  poem. Be ready for the sentence structure, but if
  you liked 300 and have an interest in history,
  you would like this.
• Warning The students who do not read the rest of
  the poem do poorly on this assignment.

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Emma by J. Austen or Tess by T. Hardy

• If you like match-making, if you are girly
• and enjoy reading about love, gossip
• and boys, you would like this novel.

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Frankenstein

• A good book for suspense
• and heartbreak.
• A lot like an Edgar Allan Poe piece.

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The Hobbit or Lord of the Rings

• You would like this book if you are a literary
  fanatic and enjoy vivid details. You would also
  enjoy this book if you are entertained by
  historical fiction.
• if you like adventure and mysterious creatures
  and action and magic

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A Midsummer Nights Dream

• This is great and funny
• if you like Shakespeare

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Mansfield Park by J. Austen

• This is about the slave trade and the roots of
  the British's wealth in corruption and
  exploitation. This is not a romance like her
  other books.

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Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Read this if you are interested in early times in
London. It connects to the child labor problems,
and is not a hard read. Other Dickens titles are
Hard Times and Great Expectations.
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A Tale of Two Cities

• You would like this book
• if you are interested in a combination
• of love and war. You should have an
• interest in historical revolutions.
• The book also has a twist in it like
• you would find in any of the Bourne movies.

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Paradise Lost

• You would like this book
• if you like Biblical stories and poetry.

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The Picture of Dorian Gray

• You would like this book if you like corruption.
  It deals with betrayal, love, death and fame.
  When it was published, it was considered
  scandalous and immoral.

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Pride and Prejudice

• Read this if you like love stories. You would
  like this novel if you like love stories that get
  messed up but have a happy ending.

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Robinson Crusoe

• You would like this book if you like something
  that is jam-packed with suspense and excitement.
• Read it if you like an everyday style of writing
  and adventure like Castaway or Swiss Family
  Robinson.

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A Room with a View by E.M. Forster

• You would like this book if you like Victorian
  England. It is a wonderful story about a girl who
  is unsure about love. The Italian setting adds
  spice to the novel.

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Sense and Sensibility

• Read this book if you like love stories
• or books dealing with learning
• about finding love and growing up.
• It is about sisters marrying wealthy
• and their mother living through her girls.

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Silas Marnerby G. Eliot

• You would like this book if you like philosophy.
  It is about class, family and a loss of faith.

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Tess by T. Hardy

• This is about the lower class, and the social
  change in England from the agricultural to an
  industrial time. You see the idea of new money
  versus old with Tess and her familys situation.

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Wuthering Heights

• A classic piece of English literature
• that requires a lot of thought,
• but it was awesome! A good love story.

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War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

• You would like this book if you like science
  fiction. It has a lot of suspense and action, and
  scary scenes. You would like this if you believe
  there is life on other planets.

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The Secret Sharer

• If you enjoy suspense and imagery, you would like
  this book. You will feel like you are actually in
  the novel.

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12th Night

• Another Shakespearean comedy. All of the plays
  are five acts.

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1984

• You would like this novel if you like science
  fiction or futuristic books. In this book, you
  see one person against another, elements of
  Totalitarianism, and a sad ending.

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Alices Adventures in Wonderland

• If you think out of the box, you would like this
  book. You must be a very deep thinker. This is
  nothing like the movie. It is not an easy read.
  The wording and logic are bizarre,
  but make it interesting.
• WARNING Every student who attempts this
  book because he/she thinks its like the movie
  has a VERY difficult time with the research paper
  a low grade! Only for
  advanced readers!

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Other titles

• Are listed on the handout, Suggested Titles
• NO Harry Potter, Macbeth, Hamlet, Caesar, Brave
  New World, Lord of the Flies

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Email your title to me

• I will reply so you know you are good to go!
• Need book in hand by Friday (if not before).