GCSE English Literature
19th-century novels
revision.
A Christmas Carol in depth, then Jekyll and Hyde, Frankenstein, Great Expectations, Pride and Prejudice and The Sign of the Four.
19th-century novels guides
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A Christmas Carol revision
GCSE A Christmas Carol revision covering Scrooge’s transformation, Dickens’s social criticism, the ghosts, and the methods that turn a miser into a moral argument.
Start revising 02A Christmas Carol characters
Revise Scrooge, Fred, the Cratchits, Marley and the ghosts as a designed set of contrasts rather than a roll call.
Start revising 03A Christmas Carol themes
Redemption, social responsibility, family, time, generosity and the meaning of Christmas in Dickens’s novella.
Start revising 04Jekyll and Hyde revision
Revise duality, repression, reputation and Victorian science in The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.
Start revising 05Frankenstein revision
Revise ambition, responsibility, isolation and what it means to be human in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein.
Start revising 06Great Expectations revision
Revise class, guilt, self-deception and what “gentleman” means in Dickens’s Great Expectations.
Start revising 07Pride and Prejudice revision
Revise marriage, class, first impressions and irony in Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice.
Start revising 08The Sign of the Four revision
Revise Holmes, Watson, empire, treasure and deduction in Conan Doyle’s The Sign of the Four.
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