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Recommended Editions for Composition/Literature II


The Odyssey will be provided to each student; you do not need to purchase this book. Students will need the latest (3rd) edition of Painless Writing.

Most of the other books are available at very little expense for the Kindle or Nook or can be obtained from Amazon.com either new, second-hand, or in other editions. You may also find these books at your local library. The Folger Library printed edition of Julius Caesar, however, is highly recommended.

Siblings simultaneously enrolled in Comp II only need one copy of each book per family.
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Composition/Literature II Course Overview:
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All Year (Required) ​(purchase by Sept. 1)

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Title: Painless Writing
Edition: 3rd Edition
Author: Jeffrey Strausser
ISBN-10: 1438007841
ISBN-13: 978-1438007847

Purchase from Amazon.com

2nd Semester (Recommended) ​

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Title: MLA Handbook
Edition: 8th
Author: --
ISBN-10: 1603292624
ISBN-13: 978-1603292627

Purchase from Amazon.com

Note that the MLA Handbook is required for both followup TLC literature/writing courses, Survey of American Literature (Comp/Lit III) and Survey of British Literature (Comp/Lit IV) and is also required at many colleges and universities. 

First Quarter ​(purchase by Sept. 1)

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Title: Black Ships Before Troy
Edition: -- 
Author: Rosemary Sutcliffe
ISBN-10: 055349483X
ISBN-13: 978-0553494839

Purchase from Amazon.com


Second Quarter ​(purchase by Nov. 1)

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Title: Julius Caesar
Edition: Folger Library Edition
Author: William Shakespeare
ISBN-10: 0743484932
ISBN-13: 978-0743482745

Purchase from Amazon.com


Third Quarter ​(purchase by Jan. 1)

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Title: A Tale of Two Cities
Edition: Unabridged
Author: Charles Dickens
ISBN-10: 0486406512
ISBN-13: 978-0486406510

Purchase from Amazon.com

First Quarter ​(purchase by Sept. 1)

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Title: The Wanderings of Odysseus
Edition: -- 
Author: Rosemary Sutcliffe
ISBN-10: 0553494821
ISBN-13: 978-0553494822

Purchase from Amazon.com


Second Quarter ​(provided by teacher)

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Title: Journey to the Center of the Earth
Edition: --
Author: Jules Verne
ISBN-10: 0553213970
ISBN-13: 978-0553213973

This book will be provided to students


Fourth Quarter ​(purchase by Mar. 1)

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Title: The Screwtape Letters
Edition: ---
Author: C.S. Lewis
ISBN-10: 0060652934
ISBN-13: 978-0060652937

Purchase from Amazon.com

A Tale of Two Cities is available in other editions. The Dover Thrift Study Edition of A Tale of Two Cities includes a handy study guide, and the DigiReads Edition of A Tale of Two Cities has "easy-on-the-eyes" typesetting, along with classic illustrations.

Honors Option

An honors option is available for Composition/Literature II. This option essentially adds one book to read per quarter, as well as a brief review/assessment paper to write for each book chosen. The details are available here.
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