Book List 2022 – 2023

Theme: Education


1)  VILLETTE, Charlotte Bronte

ISBN 9781853260728

Making use of Charlotte Brontë’s personal experience as a teacher in Brussels, Villette is less well-known but arguably at least as good as Jane Eyre.

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2)  THE FIRST FORTY-NINE STORIES, Ernest Hemingway

ISBN 9780099339212

These stories are perhaps the greatest achievement of the highly influential American writer.

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3) THE POISONWOOD BIBLE, Barbara Kingsolver

ISBN 9780571339792

The story of an evangelical minister who takes his wife and four daughters on a mission to the Belgian Congo in 1959.

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4) POEMS ON THE THEME OF EDUCATION

Poems will be made available for the classes.


5) NEVER LET ME GO, Kazuo Ishiguro

ISBN 9780571258093

A young woman attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School.

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THE BOOKS WILL BE LOOKED AT IN THIS ORDER.

PLEASE BE SURE TO GET THE EDITION RECOMMENDED, THE USE OF DIFFERENT EDITIONS SLOWS THE CLASS UP! YOU WILL SOON BE ABLE TO GET THE BOOKS AT THE BOOK CENTRE, KILKENNY, WITH A 10% DISCOUNT.