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Pages in category "Novels set in high schools and secondary schools" The following 134 pages are in this category, out of 134 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Guardian asked readers a fortnight after the conclusion of McCrum's list to name the novels that they wish had been on the list. The book with the highest number of votes was Chinua Achebe 's Things Fall Apart , the second Arundhati Roy 's The God of Small Things , and the third Toni Morrison 's Beloved .
The resulting list of "100 novels that shaped our world", [1] called the "100 Most Inspiring Novels" by BBC News, [2] was published by the BBC to kick off a year of celebrating literature. [ 2 ] [ 3 ]
This category is for novels in which a school is the main setting or the focus of events.. For novels set in an elementary or primary school (middle school), a high school or secondary school (middle school), a boarding school, or a university or college, see Category:Novels set in elementary and primary schools, Category:Novels set in high schools and secondary schools, Category:Novels set in ...
The list was criticized as biased towards English-language books, particularly those published by American authors. [3] Nigerian academic Ainehi Edoro criticized the lack of literature by African authors and the predominance of American literature on the list and called the list "an act of cultural erasure". [ 4 ]
Some modernist novels, for instance, feature characters like Marlow in Heart of Darkness or Nick Carraway in The Great Gatsby who believe that they have encountered some great truth about nature or character, truths that the novels themselves treat ironically while offering more mundane explanations. [8]
Tom Brown's School Days ' influence on the genre of British school novels includes the fictional schools of Billy Bunter, Mr. Chips, St. Trinian's, and Harry Potter series. [8] [9] The book contains an account of a game of rugby football, the variant of football played at Rugby School (with many differences from the modern forms). The book's ...
Gerry Grachvogel – a “well-meaning ass with a predilection for flashcards.” Dr ‘Sourgrape’ Devine – Head of Department, with no interest in Classics. Tony Beard – head of computer science. Isabelle Tapi – a part-time French teacher, "rather useless in a leggy, Gallic kind of way" Jeff Light – a Games master. Boorish and lazy.