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Unit Plan
University of Pennsylvania

Digital Library Project: The Online Books Page

For Students 9th - 10th
The Digital Library provides links to the complete texts of 25 of Arthur Conan Doyle's works in many formats.
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eBook
University of Pennsylvania

Digital Library Project: Online Books Page, John Ruskin

For Students 9th - 10th
The Digital Library provides links to the complete texts of many of John Ruskin's works including "The King of the Golden River," "Sesame and Lilies," and "Unto This Last."
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Website
Other

Literature Network: Lord Alfred Tennyson

For Students 9th - 10th
What do you know about Lord Alfred Tennyson? Explore this site featuring a brief but informative summary of his life and work.
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Website
Other

The Quotations Page: Lord Alfred Tennyson

For Students 9th - 10th
Students and teachers will benefit from these examples of quotes from Lord Alfred Tennyson. This site offers only a handful of examples. Don't miss out.
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eBook
Project Gutenberg

Project Gutenberg: First Year in Canterbury Settlement

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

Poetry.net: "The Chronicle of the Drum" by Thackeray

For Students 9th - 10th
The complete text of William Makepeace Thackeray's poem "The Chronicle of the Drum", a narrative of French military history. This ballad was written in Paris, in 1841, at the time of the second funeral of Napoleon.
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Handout
Other

Sherlockian.net: The Life of Holmes' Creator

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a fabulous site for the Sherlock Holmes lover. Provided here is a brief biography of Holmes' creator Sir Arthur Conan Doyle along with many other links to Sherlockian information.
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Primary
Nagoya University (Japan)

Nagoya University: E Texts of the Work of the Bronte Sisters

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to the available e-texts of works of all three Bronte sisters: Charlotte, Emily, and Anne.
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Lesson Plan
National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Poems of Tennyson and Noyes: Pictures in Words

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This is a great and informative site. This instructional activity uses Tennyson's "The Charge of the Light Brigade" and Noyes's "The Highwayman" to teach vivid imagery and figurative language. Don't miss out.
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eBook
Nagoya University (Japan)

Nagoya University: Victorian Ghost Stories: "The Body Snatcher"

For Students 9th - 10th
This Nagoya University site provides the text to Robert Louis Stevenson's ghost story "The Body-Snatcher." Provides other interesting Victorian ghost stories at this site also.
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Activity
Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: Works of Thomas Hardy

For Students 9th - 10th
The Victorian Web provides the online text to some of Thomas Hardy's short stories and poems. Links are provided throughout for additional information on related subjects.
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eBook
Victorian Web

The Victorian Web: Works of Matthew Arnold

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from The Victorian Web includes a complete list of the works of Matthew Arnold, with links to related essays and sometimes to the texts themselves.
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Website
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Jane Eyre: Reading Guide [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers a critical introduction to the work, biographical information about Charlotte Bronte and discussion questions about the work. [PDF]
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Website
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland: Reading Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the background of both the book and the author, Alice's Adventures In Wonderland by Lewis Carroll; then click on the Readers Guide link to use the detailed study questions to spark discussion.
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Website
Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: Penguin: David Copperfield Reading Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
A reading guide to the novel David Copperfield along with biographical tidbits about Dickens and discussion questions for reading groups.
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Website
Other

Passions in Poetry Gerard Manley Hopkins

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides a brief biography of Victorian poet Gerard Manley Hopkins along with texts of many of his most famous poems.
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Handout
University of Toronto (Canada)

University of Toronto Libraries: Matthew Arnold (1822 1888)

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographical note on Matthew Arnold, the Victorian poet and critic.
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eBook
Other

The Oscar Wilde Collection

For Students 9th - 10th
Full-text collection of the works of Oscar Wilde. Easy to read and find, but there is no commentary offered.
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Website
Other

Charles Dickens: Gad's Hill Place: David Copperfield

For Students 9th - 10th
This article discusses Charles Dickens's life at the time he wrote David Copperfield.
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Oscar Wilde Poems

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete text of Poems (1881) by Oscar Wilde (1854-1900).
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Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Quotations of Samuel Butler

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a list of quotes from Samuel Butler, compiled by John Bartlett.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Robert Browning

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is on Robert Browning (1812-1889 CE) the English poet, noted for his mastery of dramatic monologue.
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: Charles Dickens

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides the life, story and work of Charles Dickens (1812-1870 CE).
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Website
Authors Calendar

Author's Calendar: William Makepeace Thackeray

For Students 9th - 10th
Biographial note on William Makepeace Thackeray (1811-1863), English journalist, novelist. Includes disucssion of his famous novel, VANITY FAIR (1847-48), a tale of two middle-class London families.