A Level English Set Texts
Browse a comprehensive list of A level English set texts across all major UK boards. Find classic and modern novels, plays and poetry, from Austen and Shakespeare to Atwood, Morrison and Ishiguro.
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Oscar Wilde was an Irish writer and poet, known for his plays, essays, and children’s stories. He attended Trinity College Dublin and later Magdalen College, Oxford. Wilde became a prominent figure in London’s literary and social circles in the late nineteenth century.
Wilde’s works for children include The Happy Prince and Other Tales (1888), a collection of stories such as “The Happy Prince,” “The Nightingale and the Rose,” and “The Selfish Giant.” In 1891, he published A House of Pomegranates, another collection of fairy tales. These stories are noted for their imaginative narrative and moral themes.
Wilde is also known for his plays, including Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892), A Woman of No Importance (1893), An Ideal Husband (1895), and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895). His only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray, was published in 1890.
Browse a comprehensive list of A level English set texts across all major UK boards. Find classic and modern novels, plays and poetry, from Austen and Shakespeare to Atwood, Morrison and Ishiguro.
Fables for children with titles by Satoshi Kitamura, Joseph Coelho, Sophie Anderson, Petr Horáček, Helen Ward, Poonam Mistry, Sita Brahmachari, Onjali Q. Rauf, Yuval Zommer, and Yaba Badoe.
Classics for children with titles by E.B. White, John Masefield, Somadeva, Roald Dahl, Michael Rosen, Jenny Nimmo, Benjamin Zephaniah, Vijaydan Detha, Rosemary Sutcliff and Sane Guruji.
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