Includes plays 'An Inspector Calls', 'Time and the Conways', 'I Have Been Here Before', and 'The Linden Tree'.

Designed to help GCSE students write better essays about 'Of Mice and Men', this book provides explanations about the themes, characters, context and interpretations of the book, backed up with quotes. Divided in four sections, it is a reference resource for anyone studying the book at GCSE.

Fading southern belle Blanche Dubois depends on the kindness of strangers and is adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded, boisterous corner of New Orleans, her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella's crude, brutish husband Stanley.

Introduces characters from traditional stories, such as the 'Three Bears', 'Mother Hubbard' and 'Tom Thumb'. This board book encourages children to participate and to find the characters hidden in the pictures. With its rhyme and rhythm, it is suitable for reading aloud to very young children.

Part of a series that helps you to get to grips with the novels, poetry and plays most commonly studied for GCSE coursework and exams, this guide covers Priestley's 'An Inspector Calls'.

Born into an oppressive, colonialist society, Creole heiress Antoinette Cosway meets a young Englishman who is drawn to her innocent sensuality and beauty. After their marriage the rumours begin, poisoning her husband against her. Caught between his demands and her own precarious sense of belonging, Antoinette is driven towards madness.

Classic drama for Key Stages 3 and 4

Presents the story of how the small community of Salem is stirred into madness by superstition, paranoia and malice, culminating in a violent climax.

Clarissa Dalloway is civilised--without the ostentation of a socialite, but with enough distinction to attract them to her parties. She finds excess offensive, but surrounds herself with the highest quality and has an abhorrence for anything ugly or awkward. Mrs. Dalloway is as much a character study as it is a commentary on the ills and benefits society gleans from class. Through Virginia Woolf, we spend a day with Clarissa as she interacts with servants, her children, her husband, and even an ex-lover. As she plans and executes one of her celebrated parties, she reveals inner machinations incongruous with her class-defined behaviors, that ultimately enable her to transcend them.

Designed to help GCSE students write good essays about 'An Inspector Calls', this guide provides information about the play, including the characters, context and themes and the key staging decisions a director might make, backed up with quotes. It can be used as a reference for coursework and a revision aid in the run-up to the exam.

Twin brothers are seperated at birth because their mother cannot afford to keep them both. She gives one of them away to wealthy Mrs Lyons and they grow up as friends, in ignorance of their fraternity until the inevitable quarrel unleashes a blood-bath.

'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, 'York Notes Advanced' introduce students to sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts.