University Reading

Pride and Prejudice

Author: Jane AustenPublished: 1813Genre: Classic Romance / Social Satire / Comedy of MannersSetting: Rural England, late 18th to early 19th…

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

Author: Robert Louis StevensonPublished: 1886Genre: Gothic Horror / Psychological Thriller / Classic FictionSetting: Victorian London⭐ Why It MattersDr Jekyll and…

The Yellow Wallpaper

Author: Charlotte Perkins GilmanPublished: 1892Genre: Short Story / Psychological Fiction / Proto-Feminist LiteratureSetting: A secluded country estate in 19th-century America⭐…

The Lottery

Author: Shirley JacksonPublished: 1948 (in The New Yorker)Genre: Short Story / Horror / Allegory / DystopiaSetting: A small, seemingly idyllic…

All the Light We Cannot See

Author: Anthony DoerrPublished: 2014Genre: Historical Fiction / War & Conflict / Literary FictionSetting: France and Germany during World War II…

The Handmaid’s Tale

Author: Margaret AtwoodPublished: 1985Genre: Dystopian Fiction / Feminist Sci-Fi / Political AllegorySetting: Near-future totalitarian America, renamed Gilead⭐ Why It MattersThe…