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English Literature
Edexcel GCSE English Literature
Paper 2

Edexcel GCSE English Literature · 1ET0

Edexcel GCSE English Literature Paper 2

19th-century Novel and Poetry since 1789

Length: 2 hours 15 minutes
Marks: 80
Weighting: 50% of the GCSE

From the Edexcel specification (opens in a new tab), Issue 2, PDF page 24.

3 sections · 223 revision notes · 11 past papers

What’s on Paper 2

2.1 The 19th-century novel

Jane Eyre · Great Expectations · Jekyll and Hyde · A Christmas Carol · Pride and Prejudice · Silas Marner · Frankenstein · Answering the 19th-century novel question153 notes

2.1 Jane Eyre

Context
Plot overview

Paper 2 past papers

June 2025 Paper 2
Question paper Mark scheme

June 2024 Paper 2
Question paper Mark scheme

Other papers

Chapters 1 to 4: Gateshead

Chapters 5 to 10: Lowood

Chapters 11 to 27: Thornfield

Chapters 28 to 35: Moor House

Chapters 36 to 38: Ferndean

Helen Burns and Miss Temple

Mrs Reed and Mr Brocklehurst

Gender and independence

Love and marriage

Passion and reason

The supernatural

Writer's methods

2.1 Great Expectations

Context
Plot overview
Chapters 1 to 9
Chapters 10 to 19
Chapters 20 to 29
Chapters 30 to 39
Chapters 40 to 49
Chapters 50 to 59
Pip
Estella
Miss Havisham
Magwitch
Joe and Biddy
Jaggers and Wemmick
Herbert Pocket
Social class and the gentleman
Ambition and self-improvement
Crime, guilt and justice
Love and rejection
Parents and childhood
Redemption and forgiveness
Writer's methods
Key quotations

2.1 Jekyll and Hyde

Context
Plot overview
Chapters 1 to 3
Chapters 4 and 5
Chapters 6 to 8
Chapter 9: Dr Lanyon's Narrative
Chapter 10: Henry Jekyll's Full Statement
Dr Jekyll
Mr Hyde
Mr Utterson
Dr Lanyon
Enfield and Poole
Duality
Science and religion
Reputation and secrecy
Violence
Writer's methods
Key quotations

2.1 A Christmas Carol

Context
Plot overview
Stave One
Stave Two
Stave Three
Stave Four
Stave Five
Scrooge
Marley's Ghost
The Ghost of Christmas Past
The Ghost of Christmas Present
The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
Bob Cratchit and Tiny Tim
Fred
Social responsibility
Poverty and wealth
Redemption
Christmas and family
Writer's methods
Key quotations

2.1 Pride and Prejudice

Context
Plot overview
Chapters 1 to 12
Chapters 13 to 23
Chapters 24 to 35
Chapters 36 to 46
Chapters 47 to 52
Chapters 53 to 61
Elizabeth Bennet
Mr Darcy
Mr and Mrs Bennet
Jane Bennet and Mr Bingley
Mr Collins and Charlotte Lucas
Wickham and Lydia
Lady Catherine de Bourgh
Pride and prejudice
Love and marriage
Class and wealth
Women and gender
Family and reputation
Writer's methods
Key quotations

2.1 Silas Marner

Context
Plot overview
Chapters 1 to 3: Silas and the Cass brothers
Chapters 4 to 10: the stolen gold
Chapters 11 to 15: Eppie comes to Silas
Chapters 16 to 18: sixteen years later
Chapters 19 to 21 and the Conclusion
Silas Marner
Eppie
Godfrey Cass
Nancy Lammeter
Dolly Winthrop
Dunstan Cass and Molly Farren
Isolation and community
Religion and faith
Money and wealth
Parents and children
Social class
Secrets and consequences
Writer's methods
Key quotations

2.1 Frankenstein

Context
Plot overview
Walton's letters and Chapters 1 to 5
Chapters 6 to 10
Chapters 11 to 16: the creature's story
Chapters 17 to 20
Chapters 21 to 24 and Walton's last letters
Victor Frankenstein
The creature
Robert Walton
Elizabeth Lavenza
Henry Clerval
The De Laceys
Ambition and knowledge
Creation and responsibility
Isolation and companionship
Nature and the sublime
Prejudice and injustice
Revenge
Writer's methods
Key quotations

2.1 Answering the 19th-century novel question

Jane Eyre exam question
Great Expectations exam question
Jekyll and Hyde exam question
A Christmas Carol exam question
Pride and Prejudice exam question
Silas Marner exam question
Frankenstein exam question

The 19th-century novel overview

2.2 The poetry anthology

Relationships · Conflict · Time and Place · Belonging · Answering the anthology question68 notes

2.2 Relationships

Relationships overview
La Belle Dame Sans Merci
A Child to his Sick Grandfather
She Walks in Beauty
A Complaint
Neutral Tones
Sonnet 43
My Last Duchess
1st Date – She and 1st Date – He
Valentine
One Flesh
i wanna be yours
Love's Dog
Nettles
The Manhunt
My Father Would Not Show Us

2.2 Conflict

Conflict overview
A Poison Tree
The Destruction of Sennacherib
Extract from The Prelude

2.2 Time and Place

Time and Place overview
To Autumn
Composed upon Westminster Bridge, September 3, 1802
London

2.2 Belonging

Belonging overview
To My Sister
Sunday Dip
Mild the Mist Upon the Hill

2.2 Answering the anthology question

Comparing Relationships poems
Comparing Conflict poems
Comparing Time and Place poems
Comparing Belonging poems

The poetry anthology overview

2.3 Unseen poetry

Unseen poetry2 notes

2.3 Unseen poetry

Reading an unseen poem
Comparing two unseen poems

Unseen poetry overview

All Edexcel GCSE English Literature past papers

The Man He Killed

The Charge of the Light Brigade

War Photographer

Belfast Confetti

What Were They Like?

I started Early – Took my Dog

Where the Picnic was

Home Thoughts from Abroad

Presents from my Aunts in Pakistan

Hurricane Hits England

Nothing's Changed

Postcard from a Travel Snob

In Romney Marsh

Captain Cook (To My Brother)

Clear and Gentle Stream

I Remember, I Remember

Peckham Rye Lane

In Wales, wanting to be Italian

Jamaican British

My Mother's Kitchen