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The English Teacher Lists Books That Have Been Ruined for Readers by English Teachers

Our maverick English Teacher and contrarian considers the disturbing possibility that he and his colleagues have done as much harm as they have good in the ways that they have taught literature. Using "academically approved " lesson plans, discussions with fellow teachers, and his own years of experience for support, he has created a list of works that consistently have been taught poorly and misguidedly. He feels that by so doing, many teachers and educators have failed in their responsibility to their students, and have contributed to the steady decline in reading among young people today. Some of these works need to be approached in completely different ways,; others need to be removed from curricula entirely. (NOTE: Since he teaches at the secondary level, our compiler has focused on works usually assigned, either whole or in part, during high school.)
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1984 (George Orwell)
1984
1
George Orwell
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Mark Twain)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
2
Mark Twain
All Quiet on the Western Front (Erich Maria Remarque)
All Quiet on the Western Front
3
Erich Maria Remarque
The Awakening (Kate Chopin)
The Awakening
4
Kate Chopin
Beowulf (Anonymous)
Beowulf
5
Anonymous
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
6
Aldous Huxley
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (Thornton Wilder)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
7
Thornton Wilder
The Canterbury Tales (Geoffrey Chaucer)
The Canterbury Tales
8
Geoffrey Chaucer
A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens)
A Christmas Carol
9
Charles Dickens
Complete Tales and Poems, by Edgar Allan Poe
Complete Tales and Poems, by Edgar Allan Poe
10
Complete Works of Shakespeare (William Shakespeare)
Complete Works of Shakespeare
11
William Shakespeare
The Crucible (Arthur Miller)
The Crucible
12
Arthur Miller
Death of a Salesman (Arthur Miller)
Death of a Salesman
13
Arthur Miller
Dubliners (Joyce)
Dubliners
14
Joyce
Emma (Jane Austen)
Emma
15
Jane Austen
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Anonymous)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
16
Anonymous
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
17
Mary Shelley
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
18
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Grendel (John Gardner)
Grendel
19
John Gardner
Heart of Darkness (Signet)
Heart of Darkness
20
Signet
The House on Mango Street (Sandra Cisneros)
The House on Mango Street
21
Sandra Cisneros
The Iliad (Homer)
The Iliad
22
Homer
The Importance of Being Earnest (Oscar Wilde)
The Importance of Being Earnest
23
Oscar Wilde
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
24
William Golding
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
25
William Golding
Night (Elie Wiesel)
Night
26
Elie Wiesel
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
27
Homer
Oedipus the King (Sophocles)
Oedipus the King
28
Sophocles
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)
The Old Man and the Sea
29
Ernest Hemingway
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich (Alexander Solzhenitsyn)
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovtich
30
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Our Town (Thornton Wilder)
Our Town
31
Thornton Wilder
A Passage to India (E.M. Forster)
A Passage to India
32
E.M. Forster
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (Joyce)
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
33
Joyce
Pygmalion (George Bernard Shaw)
Pygmalion
34
George Bernard Shaw
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
35
Daphne Du Maurier
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories (Stephen Crane)
The Red Badge of Courage & Other Stories
36
Stephen Crane
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Samuel Taylor Coleridge)
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
37
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
A Rose for Emily (William Faulkner)
A Rose for Emily
38
William Faulkner
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
39
Hermann Hesse
Silas Marner (George Eliot)
Silas Marner
40
George Eliot
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