Summary:
Each guide comprises three sections:
an Introduction, which outlines the aims of the guide, the relevant exam board specification and Assessment Objectives
Text Guidance, which gives coverage of key aspects of the text
Questions and Answers, which focuses on the various types of essay questions and offers specifmen plans and sample answers, together with mark schemes

• Succint and accessible coverage of all the key aspects of the set text, including contexts, interpretations and controversies
  

• Clear outline of the exam board specifications and their Assessment Objectives
  

• Invaluable Question and Answer section with various types of questions, plans, mark schemes and answers
  

• Succint and accessible coverage of all the key aspects of the set text, including contexts, interpretations and controversies
  

• Clear outline of the exam board specifications and their Assessment Objectives
  

• Invaluable Question and Answer section with various types of questions, plans, mark schemes and answers
  

Table of Contents:
Introduction
Aims of the guide
Assessment Objectives
Revision advice
Writing examination essays
Text Guidance
Contexts
Life and works of Sebastian Faulks
Edwardian England
The First World War
The British Army
The literature of the First World War
Freud and the beginning of Modernism
Chapter summaries
Characters
Themes
Images and symbols
Language and structure
Literary terms and concepts
Questions and Answers
Essay questions and specimen plans
Sample essays
Further study

About the Author(s):
Dr David James is Director of IB at Wellington College. He was Head of English at
Haileybury College where he taught A-level Literature and Language, as well as GCSE and
the International Baccalaureate; he has also been an examiner for AQA. He is the author
of a number of articles on educational matters.