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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Books by William Shakespeare
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Romeo and Juliet
Hamlet
Macbeth
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Othello
Much Ado About Nothing
King Lear
The Tempest
Twelfth Night
Julius Caesar
The Merchant of Venice
The Taming of the Shrew
Shakespeare’s Sonnets
As You Like It
The Complete Works
Richard III
Henry V
Antony and Cleopatra
The Winter’s Tale
King Henry IV, Part 1
The Comedy of Errors
Titus Andronicus
Measure for Measure
Four Great Tragedies: Hamlet / Othello / King Lear / Macbeth
Richard II
Henry IV, Part 2 (Wars of the Roses, #3)
Love Poems and Sonnets
All’s Well That Ends Well
Coriolanus
Love’s Labour’s Lost
Book lists featuring William Shakespeare
Travel locations and holiday destinations inspired by children’s books
Looking for a travel destination to engage your children? How about a location from a favourite children’s book, or an actual landmark or building which inspired a magical or legendary setting from a story? Here’s a list of top holiday spots with literary themes.
Children’s Book Festivals and Events
A calendared list of competitions, festivals and events ideal for schools to promote to primary and secondary aged pupils.
Graphic novel versions of GCSE English texts
Graphic novel versions of GCSE English novels and playscript set texts for young adults in KS4 to appeal to both reluctant and able readers and make challenging exam texts more accessible.
Playscripts
Playscripts for children including titles by Julia Donaldson, Roald Dahl, Louie Stowell, Alan Ayckbourn, Sarah Walden, Ted Hughes, Jacqueline Wilson, Michael Morpurgo, David Grant, Malorie Blackman, Zizou Corder, Piers Torday and Evan Placey.
Bestselling books by William Shakespeare
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