English Literature

The Oscar Wilde Collection
An online collection of Wilde's major works including his stories for children which can be downloaded or read online in PDF and e-text formats.

Teach Kids Poetry
Teaching children how to write poetry is simply to show them what is possible, and then letting them run with it.

Shakespeare Online: Themes in Tradegy
Focussing on four of Shakespeare's tragedies, this resource aims to provide students and teachers with a study tool which can be used in the classroom or at home.

60 Second Shakespeare
Create your own interpretation of Shakespeare in one minute - make a film or audio, take a scene or whole play, keep it classic or make it modern, it's up to you.

Book Box
Includes reading and writing games, a writer's toolkit and the chance to watch authors read favourite passages onscreen.

Dickens
The story of the man, the writer and the Victorian London he immortalised.

Children's Poetry Archive
There are so many good poems here it's hard to know where to start! Listen to poets reading and bringing to life their own work.

Shakespeare for Kids
Fascinating information and activities that bring Shakespeare's work to life for young and old.

Dylan Thomas
Wales' best-known literary figure and one of the world's most famous poets. Here you'll find information on the man, his writing and the places he lived in and knew.

GCSE Bitesize - English Literature
Help with your English Lit revision from the BBC.

Mark Twain's Interactive Scrapbook
Discover the true Mark Twain through his writing and collection of artefacts found in his scrapbook.

Converse: The Literature Site
Innovative, stimulating and fun resources for teaching English, designed through collaboration between teachers, pupils and Cambridge University English Faculty. Resources include articles, interactive games and a full teachers' handbook.

Michael Palin's Hemingway Adventure
Join Michael Palin as he takes you on a journey to recapture the world of Ernest Hemingway.

Teenreads
Book reviews, compelling features, author profiles and interviews, literary games, contests and more.

The Electronic Beowulf
Makes available digitised images of an early manuscript of Beowulf - allowing it to be studied via electronic methods which would otherwise be impossible.

Charles Dickens
Beautifully presented site that is stuffed with information on Dickens, his works, his characters and the world they inhabited.

Project Gutenberg
Aiming to make important books and texts available on the Web. Download books to read on-screen or print out.

Waning Moon
An introduction to writing haiku poems and the history and nature of haiku poetry.

The Poetry Society
Poetry workshops, information, poem of the month etc.

The Complete Shakespeare
All the works and resources for William Shakespeare.

Children's Literature Web Guide
Canadian site with lots of links to English resources.

Poetry Daily
Site devoted to poetry with a new poem every day.

Roald Dahl
Profiling the work of this unique children's author.

The Online Books Page
Search through over 35,000 books available free on the Web.