Literature Set Texts for Year 10 (Examination in May 2017)
The list of texts for Literature are listed below. Please note, different classes will be studying
different texts. The Prose section shows texts already chosen by our school*. Other section
show possible choices which will be finalised by teachers at an appropriate time.
Prose
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George Elliot, Silas Marner
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Kate Grenville, The Secret River
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From Stories of Ourselves: The University of Cambridge International Examinations
Anthology of Short Stories in English, the following 10 stories:
o no. 10 Saki (Hector Hugo Munro), ‘Sredni Vashtar’
o no. 17 Sylvia Townsend Warner, ‘The Phoenix’
o no. 19 Bernard Malamud, ‘The Prison’
o no. 22 J G Ballard, ‘Billennium’
o no. 24 Maurice Shadbolt, ‘The People Before’
o no. 30 Patricia Highsmith, ‘Ming’s Biggest Prey’
o no. 34 Anita Desai, ‘Games at Twilight’
o no. 39 Paule Marshall, ‘To Da-duh, in Memoriam’
o no. 40 Rohinton Mistry, ‘Of White Hairs and Cricket’
o no. 45 Adam Thorpe, ‘Tyres’
Poetry
A selection of poems from one of the following:
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Songs of Ourselves Volume 1 The University of Cambridge International
Examinations Anthology of Poetry in English
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Songs of Ourselves Volume 2 The University of Cambridge International
Examinations Anthology of Poetry in English
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Gillian Clark
Drama
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William Shakespeare, Henry V
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William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice
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Other set works not chosen by our school appear on the iGCSE book list.