Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?

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  1. InkyOne's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    Romeo and Juliet (coursework)
    Pride and Prejudice (coursework)
    An Inspector Calls (exam)
    Lord of the Flies (exam)
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    To Kill a Mockingbird, Macbeth, Richard III and An Inspector Calls.
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    (Original post by heapatep5)
    I did,
    to kill mockingbird (exam)
    pride and prej
    an inspector calls
    macbeth =)

    I did of mice and men, lord of the flies, Macbeth and Dr faustus.
    All great books and plays I believe
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    An inspector calls -exam
    Of mice and men - exam
    Romeo and juliet - coursework and exam
    Animal farm - exam
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    I did:
    Wuthering Heights
    Much Ado About Nothing
    and a poetry anthology thing but I can't remember what its called haha :')


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    An inspector calls and To kill a mockingbird

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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    Of Mice and Men, Dracula and Romeo and Juliet.
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    Macbeth, An Inspector Calls, Of Mice and Men and I can't remember what else.

    A level I did - Dorian Grey, Poetry of Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath, American Psycho, The Great Gatsby, Memoirs of a Geisha, A Streetcar Named Desire, The poetry of Robert Browning and Chaucer's The Wife of Bath.
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    We did Macbeth, war poetry, Of Mice and Men and Blood Brothers.
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    Oliver Twist
    An Inspector Calls
    Lord of the Flies
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    To Kill a Mockingbird -exam
    An Inspector Calls- exam

    A Christmas Carol- Coursework
    Macbeth- Coursework
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    A view from the bridge
    &
    19th Century short stories
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    Coursework - To Kill A Mockingbird, A View From The Bridge, Romeo and Juliet, pre 1900 poetry.
    Exam - Romeo and Juliet, Pride and Prejudice, post 1900 poetry.
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    To Kill a Mockingbird
    Romeo & Juliet
    Of Mice & Men
    Poetry (can't remember which ones exactly!)

    I remember studying The Crucible and A View from the Bridge also but I think those were for Drama.
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    Lord of the Flies, Of Mice and Men (both for coursework and exam) and Henry V/Richard III comparison.
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    Oh I did plenty. Let's see.

    To Kill a Mockingbird.
    The Crucible.
    Far From The Madding Crowd.
    The Merchant Of Venice.
    Hound of The Baskervilles.

    And tonnes of poems from 'Songs of Ourselves'.





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    Haven't done it yet... But:
    To Kill a Mockingbird (exam) (did c/w for eng. Lang.)
    An inspector calls (exam)
    About a Boy (exam)
    Charge of The Light Brigade & Dolce est decorum est (coursework)
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    Merchant of Venice (coursework)
    Whose Life is it Anyway
    Old Man and the Sea
    War Poetry
    The Signal-Man (coursework)
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    Get the AQA books for it, or go to:

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebit...sh_literature/


    it has all 4 of the names you gave and its really good, it's what I used to help with last few days of revision but better to start early

    GoodLuck
  20. sportfanatic's Avatar
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    Re: Which Books did you study for gcse english/lit?
    god. my school does some really odd books.
    for coursework i did Macbeth, Animal farm and Mister Pip
    for the exam i did Touching the void and Mister Pip (which was so hard!!)
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