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Remember, you will be writing over how aspects of Victorian culture may have impacted or brought about the novel you are reading. Look into the life of the writer, the major historical events that came before the book was published, and any other information you can find about the historical background of the book.
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on Mercury Theatre. Check out the Mercury Theatre website for streaming audio and downloadable versions of radio programs from the 1930’s.
Hear Dracula, War of the Worlds, Treasure Island, and, at the bottom of the page, an interview with Wells by Welles.
…talking cats, and broken hearts. I love this unit. I hope you’re loving your books.
You met in groups last week, wrote reading schedules, and planned responsibilities for Monday. If you aren’t sure what your part is for Monday, email your group or post a comment below.
If you have any questions about your position (or your grade, or any makeup work…), send me an email.
1. Go here.
2. Find something cool, bring it to class tomorrow.
3. Choose a book from this period:
- Charles Dickens’s The Adventures of Oliver Twist (1839)
- Charlotte Bronte’s Jane Eyre (1847)
- Emily Bronte’s Wuthering Heights (1847)
- George Eliot’s The Mill on the Floss (1860)
- Charles Dickens’s Great Expectations (1861)
- Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking-Glass (1871)
- Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island (1883)
- Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Grey (1890)
- Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest (1895)
- H.G. Wells’s The Time Machine (1895)
- H.G. Wells’s The Island of Dr. Moreau (1896)
- Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897)—Flip through this before you choose. It’s better than the movies, but not the same.
- H.G. Wells’s War of the Worlds (1898)
- Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness (1902)—More modernist than Victorian, but worth including.
