Literature in English - HKDSE Free Study Resources

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Novels
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark
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Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier
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Plays
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The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare
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Educating Rita, Willy Russell
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Short stories
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Anita Desai : Games at Twilight
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Ray Bradbury : The Veldt
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Roald Dahl : Parson’s Pleasure
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Kate Chopin : The Story of an Hour
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Shirley Jackson : The Daemon Lover
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Ken Liu : The Paper Menagerie
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Langston Hughes : Thank You, M’am
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George Saunders : I Can Speak!™
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Poetry
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Thomas Hardy : ‘Afterwards’, ‘Bags of Meat’, ‘Weathers’
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e. e. cummings : ‘Buffalo Bill’s’, ‘maggie and milly and molly and may’, ‘nobody loses all the time’
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Emily Dickinson : ‘Like Rain it sounded till it curved’, ‘There came a Wind like a Bugle’, ‘There’s a certain Slant of light’
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Imtiaz Dharker : ‘Number 106’ , ‘Speech Balloon’, ‘It Doesn't Matter’
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Ted Hughes : ‘Thrushes’, ‘Crow and the Birds’, ‘Full Moon and Little Frieda’
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Films
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Vertigo (1958) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock
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Chinatown (1974) Dir: Roman Polanski
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The Remains of the Day (1993) Dir: James Ivory
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The Painted Veil (2006) Dir: John Curran
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Life of Pi (2012) Dir: Ang Lee
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Select a Chapter

Novels

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark

Rebecca, Daphne du Maurier

Plays

The Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare

Educating Rita, Willy Russell

Short stories

Anita Desai : Games at Twilight

Ray Bradbury : The Veldt

Roald Dahl : Parson’s Pleasure

Kate Chopin : The Story of an Hour

Shirley Jackson : The Daemon Lover

Ken Liu : The Paper Menagerie

Langston Hughes : Thank You, M’am

George Saunders : I Can Speak!™

Poetry

Thomas Hardy : ‘Afterwards’, ‘Bags of Meat’, ‘Weathers’

e. e. cummings : ‘Buffalo Bill’s’, ‘maggie and milly and molly and may’, ‘nobody loses all the time’

Emily Dickinson : ‘Like Rain it sounded till it curved’, ‘There came a Wind like a Bugle’, ‘There’s a certain Slant of light’

Imtiaz Dharker : ‘Number 106’ , ‘Speech Balloon’, ‘It Doesn't Matter’

Ted Hughes : ‘Thrushes’, ‘Crow and the Birds’, ‘Full Moon and Little Frieda’

Films

Vertigo (1958) Dir: Alfred Hitchcock

Chinatown (1974) Dir: Roman Polanski

The Remains of the Day (1993) Dir: James Ivory

The Painted Veil (2006) Dir: John Curran

Life of Pi (2012) Dir: Ang Lee