Product Description

York Notes for GCSE offer an exciting approach to English Literature and will help you to achieve a better grade.  This market-leading series has been completely updated to reflect the needs of today's students.  The new editions are packed with detailed summaries, commentaries on key themes, characters, language and style, illustrations, exam advice and much more.  Written by GCSE examiners and teachers, York Notes are the authoritative guides to exam success.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #12387 in Books
• Published on: 2004-04-06
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 112 pages

Customer Reviews

Extremely helpful
This book really helps you to understand the text in greater depth. I would recommend it for anyone doing Frankenstein coursework at GCSE level, as it builds your confidence before you begin writing your essay.

worth the price......
when i found out that i would be studying frankenstein for my AS year i thought it would be "easy" after seeing/hearing so much adaptations of the novel in my life. however frankenstein is a complex novel with suprisingly many themes that can be assosiated with modern life and this study aid does help ...to a certain extent. it does include everything you need to know for the final exam and offers very helpfull notes on each page of how it associates to film versions, web sites and peoples opinions of the novel. i would advise eveyone thinking about gettin the study companion to get it as it tells you enough hints and questions so you begin to think about them yourself... although it would have been more helpfull if there were more developed explanations on some characters and thems but then again we are suppost to do this exam our selves!

What year is it and what am I studying ?
Look if you're going to buy a book about making monsters, then make sure it's the right monster. Shelly wrote Frankenstein in 1818 and rewrote in it 1831 and there are significant differences. It's also good to know which course you're on this York guide is aimed at A Level students and Undergraduates. This guide does reference the 1818 edition and has much useful background information, however the book's analysis is based on the 1831 text. So I cry foul! But I'm not sure who to blame for this misrepresentation of what is actually an excellent guidebook. Just make sure it's relevant to your study. Anyway I must go online for a recharge for what is Franklystein a wasted expense!

Malter Witty
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