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Independent Reading
GCSE Pupils are encouraged to read widely and not just the texts set for examination. Listed below are pre-1914 texts that have been identified as suitable for Year 10 and above.
Pride and Prejudice / Sense and Sensibility Jane Austen
Jane Eyre Charlotte Bronte
Wuthering Heights Emily Bronte
The Woman in White Wilkie Collins
The Heart of Darkness / The Secret Sharer Joseph Conrad
Great Expectations/ Hard Times Charles Dickens
Jude the Obscure / Tess of the D’Urbervilles Thomas Hardy
The Turn of the Screw Henry James
Frankenstein Mary Shelley
Dracula Bram Stoker
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain
The War of the World / The Time Machine HG Wells
