Yes, Even More on British Lit!

The afternoon has slipped away, dinner will be late, and I haven't played with the new horse since lunchtime (Yes!  We have our first horse!  Our middle dd was gifted a 1-yr-old Futurity horse and he was dropped off yesterday!).  The good news is that I've narrowed down some additions to our British Lit studies that I wrote about here and here.

I *plan* on incorporating the following Catholic British authors into our studies of British Literature.  If you see any that are not recommended or have other recommendations I missed, please let me know.  Here is my disclaimer:  I have not previewed these yet so this is still a working copy.  As always, each family should preview and decide what literature is appropriate for their children.  I tend to be on the prudish side :).

I will probably choose one from each author below.


Utopia by St. Thomas More:



The Dream of Gerontius by John Henry Newman:

 

Oscar Wilde
The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde:

 

 The Picture of Dorian Gray by Wilde:

 

Graham Greene: They seem much more "adult" but these are what I plan on skimming/previewing and hopefully I'll come back and update after I go through them. The Power and Glory by Graham Greene looks like a good adult read - I would need to preview it for dc.

 

Our Man in Havana by Greene:

 

Journey without Maps by Greene:

 

Monsignor Quixote by Greene (it sounds a little lighter than the others I looked at and may prove interesting to dds since we recently read Communist Manifesto):

 

Collected Short Stories by Graham Greene - this may be the best source to find something appropriate:

 

On to G.K. Chesterton... The Complete Father Brown Mysteries:

 

Favorite Father Brown Stories:

 

 Manalive:

 

The Ballad of the White Horse (epic poem):

 

 The Everyman Chesterton:

 

Poems for all Purposes:

 

A Selection from his Non-Fictional Prose:

 

Eugenics and Other Evils:

 

Chesterton and George Bernard Shaw were friends that vehemently disagreed. This is a free Kindle download:

 

George Bernard Shaw: Pygmalion:

 

Plays by Bernard Shaw:

 

This isn't related to anything but I am so curious... Springs of Humor (Goethe, Chesterton, Horace, Shakespeare, Shaw)

 





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