Proposed Reading List

This list was initially developed from class discussions during the first week of school. Since then, it has been adjusted as needs, desires, and time constraints dictate.

1. Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (Signet Classic edition of Burton Raffel's translation)

2. Shakespeare play: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Text from Project Gutenberg)

3. Hawthorne, The Scarlet Letter (Dover Thrift edition)

4. Dickens, The Cricket on the Hearth (Text from Project Gutenberg)

5. Austen, Pride and Prejudice (Penguin Classics edition)

6. Twain, Pudd'nhead Wilson (Enriched Classic, Pocket Books by Simon & Schuster edition)

7. James, The Europeans (Penguin Classics edition)

8. Potok, Davita's Harp

9. Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray

10. Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby

(Revised 5/1/08)