If you're doing A Level English these are the best
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So, like most people, i used CGP notes while doing my GCSE's and found them mostly good (especially on the poem anthologies) - the humour though, while sometimes fun on many occasions got in the way of serious learning and the notes were brief when dealing with full length plays and novels.
Step in York Notes. For my A Level English i got one of these books for each of my set texts and they were massively helpful in prompting class discussions, writing essays and revising for the exams. They offer detailed chapter summaries and analyse them in an extremely informative way.
There's quotes too, maybe a little too few, but the ones they pick out are good and then at the end of the book you get a wealth of extra info relating to characters, themes and symbolism. If you're an A Level English student or a parent who wants their kids to do well, i'd get these notes - they make your life a lot, lot easier.
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Great book
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great book, very helpful. highly recommended for everyone studying A streetcar named desire!
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Really useful
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Im an A-level English student and I used this book for my exam last year. It contained just about everything I needed, at least as a starting point. The summaries were useful up to a point but the best bits are definitely the themes, characters and the context as these can sometimes be difficult to research. There are also many connections mande between "Streetcar.." and other texts. I have several different York Notes books and although they are all useful, I personally have found this one the best. As a series they contain all the information you need to get started with studying a text.
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This book is an excellent study guide.
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York notes on A Streetcar Named Desire is very informative and is an excellent help for students studying AS and anyone who wants to further their knowledge on Tennesse Williams. The book has excellent scene by scene summaries and also very informative notes on aspects of the play including themes and characters. It also has a list of further reading, also very helpful for an english course.
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