Wider Reading Flashcards

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‘The Waste Land’ (1922) by TS Eliot

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Poem
Comparable to Valley of Ashes

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‘The Sun Also Rises’ (1926) by Ernest Hemingway

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Friends with Fitzgerald
Echoes themes of endless parties, booze and unrequited love similar to ‘The Great Gatsby’
Examines 1920s culture of American upper classes, in Paris instead of New York

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‘This Side of Paradise’ (1920) by F Scott Fitzgerald

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Similar setting and themes
Of being young in the 20s

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‘The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo’ (2017) by Taylor Jenkins Reid

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Representation of Old Hollywood
Women’s use of their beauty and body for own gain
Marriage of convenience

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‘Wuthering Heights’ (1847) by Emily Brontë

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Jealousy
Class divide
Revenge
Love and loss
Stuck in past

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