Discover 24 masterfully told works of literature containing priceless life lessons!
Core 530 is a complete, one-year "literature-only" program designed to help prepare your pre-college students for "life" as they evaluate a story's message from a biblical worldview.
Your students will also:
- Discover how to make their communication interesting, engaging, and easy to understand.
- Become familiar with British literary works from content and stylistic standpoints.
- Develop a practical understanding of the inner workings of poetry.
- Vastly expand their vocabulary.
- Uncover many secrets of great storytellers and understand how to develop stories that captivate their readers.
- Prepare to take the Advanced Placement test in English Literature.(Note: Advanced Placement, Advanced Placement Program, and AP are registered trademarks of the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse, this product.)
The literature selections they'll read in Survey of British Literature run the gamut of style, voice, and genre and include works of: comedy, tragedy, epic poetry, detective stories, romance novels, historical fiction, satire, adventure, Arthurian (King Arthur) narratives, fantasy, travelogue, autobiography, Gothic horror, and Christian allegory.
Surprises await around every corner...
The literary explorations of your students will reveal many great plots, intriguing characters, and unforgettable tales:
Along the way they will:
- Discover Old English poem that unveils the first Anglo superhero, written when the Christian gospel first came to the pagans of Scandinavia.
- Meet Sir Gawain, a knight of the Round Table who struggles with temptation and the superficiality of King Arthur's court.
- Admire Chaucer's wit and wisdom as he regales us with some of his most popular tales.
- Deeply ponder the human condition as it is expressed in Shakespeare's incredible tragedy, Hamlet.
- Relax in the presence of popular stories about Sherlock Holmes, Peter Pan, and a butler, Jeeves.
- Meditate on several thought-provoking, insightful, and influential Christian works along the path: works like Milton's Paradise Lost and C. S. Lewis' Great Divorce.
- Experience the horror of life without laws or God in works like Golding's Lord of the Flies, Forster's A Passage to India, and Shelley's Frankenstein.
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The first major English epic poem, translated by a Nobel-Prize winning poet.
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One of the earliest and finest accounts of King Arthur's court. Combination Middle English text and modern day translation. His honor challenged, Sir Gawain confronts his foe, and along the way overco...
The General Prologue & Four Tal...
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This text uses Chaucer's original language, but updates the spelling and offers definitions and occasional translations as needed. Also includes helpful commentary. A delightful gallery of verbal port...
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These stories show Holmes' successes, his mistakes, his biographer, and, finally, his nemesis.
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There's something rotten in the state of Denmark. Prince Hamlet learns that the King murdered his father — but is revenge the answer? Our text combines the original Elizabethan text with facing-...
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A bored lord invents a relative as a useful excuse for avoiding unpleasant social engagements.
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The story of Adam and Eve: their creation, bliss, temptation, fall, and subsequent misery. Throughout, he alludes to the future redemption by the second Adam. A masterpiece.
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The original, unabridged story of the boy who never grew up... and the girl who tried to be his mother.
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The original Gothic horror story that started a genre. Frankenstein creates a monster that yearns for companionship. Universally spurned, the monster turns to crime. Thought-provoking.
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Do rebellions really start over something so trivial as which end of a hard-boiled egg to break? Swift's satire lampoons his society. Witty.
and Other Poems
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A sailor kills an albatross and finds himself punished horribly as a result. Can there be forgiveness? A haunting epic ballad.
and Three Men on the Bummel
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Three friends decide to spend a week relaxing in a boat on the Thames. Forget the relaxation! The author's dry humor and insightful commentary — compared favorably to Mark Twain's! — will...
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Clever Emma is clueless about matchmaking. She thwarts good relationships and tries to create romance where none could exist. Finally, to her chagrin, she realizes how little she knows.
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The civilized Linton children meet the wild Catherine Earnshaw and her savage adopted brother Heathcliff. The families intermarry and passion, betrayal, hatred, and death follow. Intense.
With 18 Letters by C.S. Lewis
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The autobiography of two pagans, deeply in love, who come to Christ. One follows wholeheartedly, the other holds back. Moving, thought-provoking, beautiful.
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The French Revolution, also known as the best of times and the worst of times, backdrops this historical fiction. A vivid picture of class struggles shown through the lens of two families on two conti...
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As a critic says, the worlds of childhood, dreams, nonsense and logic meet in this delightful and unexpected story.
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Fifteen short stories by arguably the most influential writer of the 20th Century show snapshots of life in Dublin.
Unabridged
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Powerful short stories about sailing and the sea. The title is about a captain who shields a stowaway, almost at the expense of his command, his boat, and his sanity. Masterful.
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The speaker tours hell and heaven and offers insight into man's sinful nature and God's grace. Challenging.
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Linguist Henry Higgins teaches a guttersnipe to speak properly and passes her off on high society. Are people more than mere appearances? This play was the basis for the musical My Fair Lady
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One of the most lyric writers of the 20th Century, Forster highlights the cultural differences between British colonials and their Indian counterparts. Can an Indian and a Brit be friends? Haunting.
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A plane crash strands schoolboys on a tropical island. Their attempt to self-govern reveals the awful depths of human depravity.
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Two people are in love. Marriage doesn't seem far away. But when Bertie Wooster wishes to help, the expected happy ending proves ever more elusive. Hysterically funny.
The Complete Handbook for Building...
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Consumable. The Complete Handbook for Building a Superior Vocabulary. Vocabulary study at its finest.
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One of the earliest and finest accounts of King Arthur's court. Combination Middle English text and modern day translation. His honor challenged, Sir Gawain confronts his foe, and along the way overco...
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Every poem brings several thought-provoking, unanswered questions. Use our answers a starting point for discussion, or as a help when stumped.
13th Edition
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Unlocks the depth and delight of poetry.
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