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Classic NovelsLiterary Genres
DAY 1
• Pride and Prejudice• The Great Gatsby• Anna Karenina• Jane Eyre• The Picture of Dorian Gray
Pride and Prejudice was written by…
a. Emily Bronteb. Charlotte Brontec. Jane Austend. Louise May
Alcott
Pride and Prejudice
Synopsis: Five sisters attempt to make happy marriages, and the two eldest succeed.
Setting: Longbourn, England
Main Characters: Elizabeth Bennet Mr. Darcy
1813
Pride and Prejudice
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.”
“Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance.”
The Great Gatsby was written by…
a. Mark Twainb. F. Scott Fitzgeraldc. Ernest Hemingwayd. Edith Wharton
The Great Gatsby
Synopsis: A self-made man woos and loses the aristocratic woman he loves.
Setting: Long Island, NYC
Main Characters: Gatsby, Nick Carraway
1925
The Great Gatsby
“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”
"I hope she'll be a fool -- that's the best thing a girl can be in this world, a beautiful little fool."
Anna Karenina was written by…
a. Leo Tolstoyb. Jane Austenc. Mary Shelley d. George Orwell
Anna Karenina
Synopsis: After having an affair with a handsome military man, a woman kills herself.
Setting: Moscow & St. Petersburg (Russia)
Main Characters: Anna Karenina & Konstantin Levin
1873
Anna Karenina
"All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.“
"If you look for perfection, you'll never be content."
"I think... if it is true that there are as many minds as there are heads, then there are as many kinds of love as there are hearts."
Jane Eyre was written by…
a. Charlotte Bronteb. Mary Shelleyc. Emily Bronted. Jane Austen
Jane Eyre
Synopsis: An impoverished young woman struggles to maintain her autonomy in the face of oppression, prejudice, and love.
Setting: Northern England
Main Characters: Jane Eyre, Mr. Rochester
1847
Jane Eyre
"I had not intended to love him; the reader knows I had wrought hard to extirpate from my soul the germs of love there detected; and now, at the first renewed view of him, they spontaneously revived, great and strong! He made me love him without looking at me."
The Picture of Dorian Gray was written by…
a. George Orwellb. Charles Dickensc. Jane Austend. Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray Synopsis: A portrait of a
sinful young man ages while the young man depicted in the portrait remains youthful.
Setting: London, England
Main Characters: Dorian Gray, Lord Henry Wotton
1890
The Picture of Dorian Gray "Experience is merely the name men
gave to their mistakes.”
“Behind every exquisite thing that existed, there was something tragic.”
"The reason I will not exhibit this picture is that I am afraid that I have shown in it the secret of my own soul."
Classic NovelsLiterary Genres
DAY 2
•Dracula• Wuthering Heights• The Scarlet Letter• Les Miserables• Frankenstein• Little Women
Dracula was written by…
a. F. Scott Fitzgeraldb. Mary Shelleyc. Bram Stokerd. Leo Tolstoy
Dracula
Synopsis: Using folk remedies and Christian symbols, a band of men succeeds in killing a powerful, centuries-old vampire.
Setting: England & Eastern Europe
Main Characters: Dracula, Van Helsing, Mina
1897
Dracula
"Listen to them – the children of the night. What music they make.”
Wuthering Heights was written by…
a. Emily Bronteb. Jane Eyrec. Jane Austend. Edith Wharton
Wuthering Heights
Synopsis: A mistreated man robbed of his true love tries to revenge himself on his abusers.
Setting: Yorkshire moors
Main Characters: Heathcliff, Catherine
1847
Wuthering Heights
“Whatever our souls are made of, his and mine are the same.”
“My great miseries in this world have been Heathcliff's miseries, and I watched and felt each from the beginning: my great thought in living is himself. If all else perished, and he remained, I should still continue to be; and if all else remained, and he were annihilated, the universe would turn to a mighty stranger: I should not seem a part of it.”
The Scarlet Letter was written by…
a. Bram Stokerb. Nathaniel Hawthornec. Charles Dickensd. Oscar Wilde
The Scarlet Letter
Synopsis: A married woman living in Puritan Boston has an affair with a preacher, which leads her to public disgrace and his death.
Setting: Boston, MA
Main Characters: Hester Prynne
1850
The Scarlet Letter
"She had not known the weight until she felt the freedom.“
“But the scarlet letter ceased to be a stigma which attracted the world’s scorn and bitterness, and became a type of something to be sorrowed over, and looked upon with awe, and yet with reverence too.”
Les Miserables was written by…
a. Bram Stokerb. Leo Tolstoyc. Edith Whartond. Victor Hugo
Les Miserables
Synopsis: A hardened criminal finds redemption, adopts an orphan, flees a monomaniacal cop, saves lives, encounters misunderstandings & cruelties of all kinds, and finally dies a happy man.
Setting: France
Main Characters: Jean Valjean, Javert
1862
Frankenstein was written by…
a. F. Scott Fitzgeraldb. Mary Shelleyc. Bram Stokerd. Leo Tolstoy
Frankenstein
Synopsis: A scientist creates a monster, and then abandons it in horror, a decision that leads to disaster and the deaths of nearly everyone he loves.
Setting: Geneva, the Swiss Alps, England, Scotland, etc.
Main Characters: Victor Frankenstein & his monster, Robert Walton
1818
Frankenstein
“Did I request thee, Maker, from clay / to mould me Man, did I solicit thee / from darkness to promote me?”
An allusion to Paradise Lost by John Milton (Adam’s complaint to God that he did not ask to be born and thus is unfairly punished by his creator.)
Little Women was written by…
a. Jane Austenb. Louisa May Alcottc. Mary Shelleyd. Charlotte Bronte
Little Women
Synopsis: four sisters in 19th century New England struggle with poverty, juggle their duties and their desires, and find love.
Setting: A small New England town
Main Characters: Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy (the March family)
1868
Little Women
“I’ll try and be what he loves to call me, ‘a little woman,’ and not be rough and wild; but do my duty here instead of wanting to be somewhere else.” Jo’s father wishes for her to be a
stereotypical female. “Oh, my girls, however long you may
live, I can never wish you a greater happiness than this!” Last line of the novel, spoken by Marmee
Classic NovelsLiterary Genres DAY 3
• To Kill a Mockingbird• Nineteen-Eighty-Four• Animal Farm• A Christmas Carol• A Tale of Two Cities• Ethan Frome• Great Expectations• The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn• The Catcher in the Rye
To Kill a Mockingbird was written by…
a. Harper Leeb. Mark Twainc. Charles Dickensd. Edith Wharton
To Kill a Mockingbird
Synopsis: A girl confronts racism and inequality as her father unsuccessfully defends an innocent black man accused of raping a white woman.
Setting: Maycomb, Alabama
Main Characters: Scout, Jem, & Atticus (the Finch family), Tom Robinson, Boo Radley
1960
1984 was written by…
a. Leo Tolstoyb. George Orwellc. Charles Dickensd. Victor Hugo
1984
Synopsis: A citizen of the totalitarian country Oceania rebels against the ruling Party and is tortured and brainwashed as a result.
Setting: London, England (“Airstrip One”)
Main Characters: Winston Smith, Big Brother
1949
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QF51CqBy81U
Animal Farm was written by…
a. F. Scott Fitzgeraldb. Bram Stokerc. Leo Tolstoyd. George Orwell
Animal Farm
Synopsis: A group of animals mount a successful rebellion against the farmer who rules them, but their dreams of equality for all are ruined when one pig seizes power.
Setting: an imaginary farm in England
Main Characters: Benjamin (donkey), Napoleon and Snowball (pigs)
1946
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGCo5Tva39s
A Christmas Carol was written by…
a. Edith Whartonb. Mark Twainc. Leo Tolstoyd. Charles Dickens
A Christmas Carol
Synopsis: A crotchety, selfish old man learns to be generous and love life.
Setting: London, England
Main Characters: Ebenezer Scrooge, the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future
1859
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZ3lr3urgDU
A Tale of Two Cities was written by…
a. Charles Dickensb. Mary Shelleyc. Leo Tolstoyd. George Orwell
A Tale of Two Cities
Synopsis: During the French Revolution, a woman’s love turns a selfish man into a hero.
Setting: London and Paris
Main Characters: Charles Darney, Sydney Carton
1859
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TU25PVJbXE
Ethan Frome was written by…
a. Mark Twainb. Leo Tolstoyc. Mary Shelleyd. Edith Wharton
Ethan Frome
Synopsis: A man longs to flee from his wretched wife and run off with her vivacious cousin but finds he lacks the courage.
Setting: Starkfield, Massachusetts
Main Characters: Ethan Frome, Zeena, Mattie
1911
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqlLHg61eTA
Great Expectations was written by…
a. Louisa May Alcottb. Harper Leec. George Orwelld. Charles Dickens
Great Expectations
Synopsis: After a kindly criminal makes him rich, a boy learns that wealth and class do not determine worth.
Setting: Kent and London, England
Main Characters: Pip, Estella, Miss Havisham
1861
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bq8BsIZejE
Classic Novels & PlaysLiterary Genres DAY 4
NOVELS•The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn• The Catcher in the Rye
PLAYS• The Crucible• Hamlet• The Importance of Being Earnest• The Glass Menagerie• Doctor Faustus
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by…
a. Mark Twainb. Charles Dickensc. Tom Sawyerd. Harper Lee
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Synopsis: An intelligent 13-year-old boy flees with an escaped slave and slowly recognizes the hypocrisy of his society.
Setting: St. Petersburg, Missouri; Arkansas
Main Characters: Huck, Jim, Tom Sawyer
1885
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdNJhSc17Zk&feature=related
The Catcher in the Rye was written by…
a. Mark Twainb. F. Scott Fitzgeraldc. Edith Whartond. J. D. Salinger
The Catcher in the Rye
Synopsis: After being expelled from prep school, a sixteen-year-old boy goes to New York City, where he reflects on the phoniness of adults and heads toward a nervous breakdown.
Setting: Pencey Prep & New York City
Main Characters: Holden Caulfield
1951
The Crucible was written by…
a. Christopher Marlowb. Oscar Wildec. William Shakespeared. Arthur Millere. Tennessee Williams
The Crucible
Synopsis: A story of witch hunts and trials in hysteria-engulfed 17th century Salem. John Proctor commits adultery with
Setting: Salem, Massachusetts
Main Characters: John Proctor, Abigail Williams
1953
Hamlet was written by…
a. Christopher Marlowb. Oscar Wildec. William Shakespeared. Arthur Millere. Tennessee Williams
Hamlet
Synopsis: The Prince of Denmark learns of his father’s death at the hands of his uncle and is torn between his great sadness and revenge for his father’s murder.
Setting: Medieval Denmark
Main Characters: Hamlet, Claudius, Gertrude
1603
The Importance of Being Earnest was written by…
a. Christopher Marlowb. Oscar Wildec. William Shakespeared. Arthur Millere. Tennessee Williams
The Importance of Being Earnest
Synopsis: By leading a double life through multiple identities, a man involves himself in secret engagements and love entanglements.
Setting: London & Hertfordshire (rural town)
Main Characters: John Worthing (aka “Earnest” by friends in town and “Jack” by friends in country)
1899
The Glass Menagerie was written by…
a. Christopher Marlowb. Oscar Wildec. William Shakespeared. Arthur Millere. Tennessee Williams
The Glass Menagerie
Synopsis: The Wingfield family struggles against hopelessness that threatens their lives. Tom Wingfield – dead-end job, becomes a poet Amanda Wingfield – faded glory, inspires
daughter to become a socialite
Setting: St. Louis
Main Characters: Tom Wingfield
1945
Doctor Faustus was written by…
a. Christopher Marlowb. Oscar Wildec. William Shakespeared. Arthur Millere. Tennessee Williams
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus
Synopsis: A man sells his soul to the devil in exchange for twenty-four years of immense power.
Setting: Europe (specifically Italy and Germany)
Main Characters: Doctor Faustus, Lucifer
1604