Introductory

Current chick-lit or lad-lit readers have opportunity in class to share favourite passages: those new to the genres will add fresh perspective.
We will be reading the required texts in the order below. In addition to the two (enjoyable) recommended texts listed, a good representative choice of contemporary chick-lit and lad-lit is available on Library Reserve.

REQUIRED TEXTS:
Bronte, Charlotte - Villette
Scott, Walter - Rob Roy
Gaskell, Elizabeth - Cranford
Haggard, H Rider. - She
Fielding, Helen - Bridget Jones’s Diary
Amis, Martin - Money

RECOMMENDED TEXTS:
Radcliffe, Ann - The Mysteries of Udolpho
Hornby, Nick - How to be Good