Lady Audley's Secret: Comprehensive Guide for AS/A Level Edexcel
- Edexcel AS & A Level
Blackmail, bigamy, murder, arson, intrigue… Braddon’s fast-paced and absorbing novel about a beautiful, yet cunning, middle-class Victorian woman established her as one of the masters of the sensation genre. Investigate her manipulative villainess alongside themes, language, critical reception and more with this illuminating guide.
Starts with background contexts and biographical details which allows students and teachers new to the text to access this type of novella...
...The resource then layers up this information with more detailed analysis and key terminology
Engage your students!
Includes debate prompts; active learning tasks; further reading suggestions; key literary and linguistic terms throughout!
Each pack tackles the key stages of text analysis:
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Walk-through
Thorough section-by-section commentary walks students through each chapter -
Drawing it all together
In-depth discussion of whole text focuses on: characterisation, relationships, genre, themes, attitudes and values, language, form, structure, context, literary approaches -
Indicative content
To support teaching by making sure all key areas are covered
Also included! Comparison activities across the Edexcel Crime and Detection set texts: In Cold Blood, The Murder Room and The Moonstone.
Plus! A glossary of key terms ensures full understanding
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A well-informed resource which would enable someone unfamiliar with the text to be able to teach it well to students... It enhances learning by breaking the novella down into manageable chunks. It starts with background contexts and biographical details which allows students and teachers new to the text to access this type of novella. The resource then layers up this information with more detailed analysis and key terminology... It's clear that the author of this resource is passionate about Braddon's text and their knowledge underpins this resource well.