Literature Class Booklists

Ancient Literature

The Iliad by Homer, Translated by Samuel Butler, ISBN 9781547702404

The Odyssey, by Homer, Translated by Samuel Butler, ISBN 9781547703425

The Three Theban Plays, by Sophocles, Translated by Robert Fagles, ISBN 978014044425

 The Aeneid, by Virgil, Translated by J. W. MacKail, ISBN 9781505575460

The City of God, by St. Augustine, Translated by Walsh, Zema, Monahan, Honan 

Note: We will do excerpts from this book.

The Oresteian Trilogy, by Aeschylus, Translated by Philip Vellacott, ISBN 0-14-04406-7-4

Medea and Other Plays, by Euripides, Translated by Philip Vellacott, ISBN 978-0-140-44129-1

Each student should have a binder with tab dividers for this class, as well as paper for note-taking.

 British Literature 

Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare

Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

All titles, with the exception of A Modest Proposal, are available in Dover Thrift Study Editions which have helpful notes, summaries, background information, etc., and are inexpensive.