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University of Pennsylvania

Project Gutenberg: The Autobiography of Charles Darwin

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the text of "The Autobiography of Charles Darwin" by Charles Darwin.
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Handout
University of Pennsylvania

Digital Library: Works of Charles Darwin

For Students 9th - 10th
The Digital Library provides links to the texts of a dozen of works by Charles Darwing including "On the Origins of Species."
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University of Pennsylvania

Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page

For Students 9th - 10th
The Digital Library provides links to the texts of seven of Edward Fitzgerald's works.
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: The Professor by Charlotte Bronte

For Students 9th - 10th
Published under the pseudonym of Currer Bell, this is one of Bronte's earliest works, formatted for online reading.
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University of Pennsylvania

Project Gutenberg: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

For Students 9th - 10th
At this site from the Project Gutenberg you can choose the format that suits you best to download or read the entire work.
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Beyond the City by Arthur Conan Doyle

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of this literary work is available to download or read online in multiple digital formats.
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Website
Poetry Foundation

Poetry Foundation: Matthew Arnold (1822 1888)

For Students 9th - 10th
A detailed essay on the works of Victorian author Matthew Arnold. Includes quotes from many of his famous works and an extensive bibliography. With links to many of his poems, including Dover Beach, Consolation, The Buried Life, and more.
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Christmas Eve by Robert Browning

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of this literary work is available to download or read online in multiple digital formats.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Wessex Poems & Other Verses by Thomas Hardy

For Students 9th - 10th
Thomas Hardy's poetry is presented here from the 1898 edition. Includes a portrait of Hardy and an index of titles and first lines which link to the actual poems.
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BBC

Bbc: Gcse Bitesize: "Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde"

For Students 9th - 10th
Analyze literature through the study of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" by Robert Louis Stevenson. Made specifically for students preparing to take the GCSE test, this site is beneficial to all students learning about Stevenson or the elements...
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University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: C. Bronte: The Professor

For Students 9th - 10th
The text of Charlotte Bronte's first novel, "The Professor." The text can be read online or downloaded by individual chapters in MP3 or PDF format. In addition, each chapter has downloadable support material which focuses on various...
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling

For Students 9th - 10th
An online copy in plain text format of Kipling's work, easy to search and to use with online text readers.
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University of Virginia

The University of Virginia: Rudyard Kipling: American Notes

For Students 9th - 10th
Rudyard Kipling's (1865-1936 CE) caustic impressions of American life are reproduced here by the University of Virginia Library.
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Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: Dracula by Bram Stoker

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the full text of Bram Stoker's Dracula in a variety of formats.
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W. W. Norton

W. W. Norton & Company: Norton Anthology: Victorian Age Topics in Literature

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource discusses four controversies that concerned the Victorians: evolution, industrialism, what the Victorians called "The Woman Question," and Great Britain's identity as an imperial power. Includes multiple-choice quiz and...
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University of Virginia

University of Virginia: The Sign of Four

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this etext to read the entire novel at the electronic text center from the University of Virginia.
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Website
University of South Florida

Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Lit2 Go: Lewis Carroll

For Students 9th - 10th
Texts of several poems, two novels, and a book on mathematics, by Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson). The poems include favorites such as "Jabberwocky" and "The Walrus and the Carpenter." The texts can be read online or downloaded...
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Other

University of Bath: Ukoln: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides everything you want or need to know about Robert Louis Stevenson's book "Treasure Island." You can find out about the author, the characters in the book, tropical islands, pirates, buried treasures, and lots more. A...
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British Library

British Library: Dickens's Great Expectations: The Gothic, the Uncanny

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity will introduce the idea of the uncanny and explore its expression within the narrative form of Charles Dickens's novel "Great Expectations".
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Website
British Library

British Library: Discovering Literature: Romantics & Victorians Articles

For Students 9th - 10th
Read newly-commissioned articles on Victorian and Romantic literature.
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BBC

Bbc: Victorian Britain

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive, diverse site that provides the student with lots of great information about Britain during the Victorian era. Discover the Victorian way of life through narrative, pictures, and games.
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Elizabeth Barrett Browning Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania website from contains a chapter from "The Oxford Book of English Verse" that contains several poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning. Poetry includes, "River-spirits," "A softer voice," "Bird-spirit," "Grief," "A Musical...
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Bibliomania

Bibliomania: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

For Students 9th - 10th
This Bibliomania website features the full text of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde." A summary note about Stevenson's novel of the nature of good and evil is included.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In-depth lesson plans for teaching Lewis Carroll's adaption of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" for younger children, named "The Nursery Alice." In addition to providing learning objectives and guiding questions, this page includes...