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Revised VCE English/EAL Text List 2015
VCE Literature Text list 2015

	Short Stories
	Author: Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi Title: The Thing Around Your Neck [Library Edition] Includes the stories: Cell One -- A Private Experience -- Ghosts -- On Monday of Last Week -- Jumping Monkey Hill -- The Thing Around Your Neck -- The American Embassy -- The Shivering -- The Arrangers of Marriage -- Tomorrow Is Too Far -- The Headstrong Historian Media: 7CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $99.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Adjoa Andoh Rating:
	Author: Amsterdam, Steve Title: Things We Didn't See Coming Includes the stories: What we know now; The theft that got me here; Dry land; Cake walk; Uses for vinegar; The forest for the trees; Predisposed; The profit motive; Best medicine Media: 5CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $89.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Noel Hodda Rating:
	Author: Atwood, Margaret Title: Moral Disorder and other stories Media: 6CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $79.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Susan Denaker Rating:
	Author: Carver, Raymond Title: Selected Short Stories Includes the stories: Fat; Chef's House; The Student's Wife; Where I'm Calling From Media: 2CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $39.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Richard Ford, Anne Enright, David Means, Charles Baxter Rating:
	Author: Chekhov, Anton Title: In the Ravine and other short stories Includes the stories: In the Ravine; Oh! The Public; The Chorus Girl; The Trousseau; A Story Without A Title; Children; Misery; Fat and Thin; The Beggar; Hush!; The Orator; An Actor's End Media: 3CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $39.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Kenneth Branagh Rating: Superbly read
	Author: Chekhov, Anton Title: Eleven Stories Includes the stories: The black monk; The kiss; A misfortune; An artist's story (The House with the Mezzanine); Not wanted; Expensive lessons; The head of the family; Mire; Anyuta; The helpmate; The trousseau Media: 4CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $69.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Ralph Cosham Rating:
	Author: Chekhov, Anton Title: The Black Monk and Other Stories Includes the : The Black Monk; The House with the Mezzanine; The Peasants; Gooseberries Media: 4CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $79.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by George Guidall Rating:
	Author: Chekhov, Anton Title: About Truth, Freedom and Love Includes the stories: The Black Monk; The House with the Mezzanine; The Peasants; Gooseberries Media: 3CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $49.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Max Bollinger Rating:
	Author: Chekhov, Anton; de Maupassant, Guy; Hawthorne, Nathaniel; Melville, Herman; Cather, Willa; Joyce, James Title: Great Classic Love Stories Includes the stories: Anton Chekhov: The Lady with the Dog | Guy de Maupassant: Claire de lune | and others Media: 5CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $39.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Peter Marinker, Cameron Stewart, and others Rating:
	Author: Drewe, Robert Title: The Rip Includes the stories: The lap pool; The orbituary of Gina Lavelle; Sea level; The water person and the tree person; The whale watchers; Stones like hearts; The aquarium at night; Masculine shoes; The cartoonist; Prometheus and Greg; How to kill a cane toad; The rip; The life alignment of the coffee grower Media: 4CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $29.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Shane Nagle Rating:
	Author: Gilman, Charlotte Perkins Title: The Yellow Wallpaper & Other Stories Includes the stories: The yellow wallpaper; The giant wistaria; According to Solomon; The boys and the butter; Her housekeeper; Martha's mother; A middle-sized artist; An offender; When I was a witch; The cottagette; Making a living; Mr. Robert Grey, Sr. Media: 4CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $69.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Kirsten Potter Rating:
	Author: Goldsworthy, Peter Title: Gravel Includes the stories: The Nun's Story; Shooting the Dog; The Bet; Mirror, Mirror; Run Silent, Run Deep; The Fourth Tenor; Get a Life; The Formal Media: 6CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $89.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Humphrey Bower Rating:
	Author: Halligan, Marion Title: Valley of Grace Includes the stories: The Masonry Dancer; Valley of Grace; Possessed by the God; The Critical Period; Can You Plant a Cabbage Right?; Composing the Day; The Boilermaker's Garden Media: 7CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $99.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Deidre Rubenstein Rating:
	Author: Kennedy, Cate Title: Dark Roots Includes the stories: What thou and I did, till we loved; A pitch too high for the human ear; Habit; Flotsam; Cold snap; Resize; The testosterone club; Dark roots; Angel; Seizure; The light of coincidence; Soundtrack; Direct action; The correct names of things; Wheelbarrow thief; Sea burial; Kill or cure Media: 5CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $84.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Cate Milte, Humphrey Bower Rating:
	Author: Lahiri, Jhumpa Title: Interpreter of Maladies Includes the stories: Interpreter of Maladies; A Temporary Matter; When Mr Pirzada Came to Dine; A Real Durwan; Sexy; Mrs Sen's; This Blessed House; The Treatment of Bibi Haldar; The Third and Final Continent Media: 6CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $49.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Matilda Novak Rating:
	Author: Le, Nam Title: The Boat [Library Edition] Includes the stories: Halflead Bay; Meeting Elise; Love and Honour and Pity and Pride and Compassion and Sacrifice; Cartagena; Hiroshima; Tehran Calling; The Boat Media: 9CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $89.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Cate Milte, James Wright Rating:
	Author: London, Joan Title: The New Dark Age [Library Edition] Includes the stories: T Sister Ships; New Year; The Girls Love Each Other; Enough Rope; Travelling; Lilies; Burning Off; Letter to Constantine; Angels; The Woman Who Only Answered Yes or No; The Inlet; The Second Stage; The Angry Girl; Maisie Goes to India; The Photographer; The New Dark Age Media: 11CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $99.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Deidre Rubenstein, James Wright Rating:
	Author: Mansfield, Katherine; Chopin, Kate; Woolf, Virginia Title: Classic Women's Short Stories Includes the stories: Katherine Mansfield: The Garden Party; Daughters of the Late Colonel; Kate Chopin: Lilacs; Ma'ame Pelagie; Virginia Woolf: A Mark on the Wall Media: 2CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $31.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Carole Boyd, Liza Ross, Teresa Gallagher Rating:
	Author: Mansfield, Katherine Title: Bliss and other stories Includes the stories: Bliss; Mr Reginald Peacock's Day; Pictures; The Little Governess; Feuille D'Album; A Dill Pickle Media: 2CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $31.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Juliet Stevenson Rating:
	Author: Mansfield, Katherine Title: Bliss and other stories Includes the stories: Prelude; Je ne parle pas français; Bliss; The Wind Blows; Psychology; Pictures; The Man without a Temperament; Mr Reginald Peacock's Day; Sun and Moon; Feuille d'album; A Dill Pickle; The Little Governess; Revelations; The Escape Media: 6CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $99.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Miriam Margolyes Rating:
	Author: Mansfield, Katherine Title: The Garden Party and other stories Includes the stories: The Garden Party; The Daughters of the Late Colonel; Her First Ball; The Singing Lesson; The Strangers Media: 2CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $59.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Peggy Ashcroft Rating:
	Author: Murakami, Haruki Title: After the Quake Media: 4CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $45.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Rupert Degas Rating:
	Author: Parker, Dorothy Title: Selected readings from The portable Dorothy Parker Includes the stories: The lovely leave; Arrangement in black and white; The sexes; The standard of living; Mr. Durant; The waltz; The wonderful old gentleman; Song of the shirt, 1941; Enough rope (Poems); A telephone call; Here we are; Dusk before fireworks; You were perfectly fine; Mrs. Hofstadter on Josephine Street; Soldiers of the republic; Too bad; The last tea; Big blonde; Sunset gun (Poems); Just a little one; Lady with a lamp; The little hours; Horsie; Glory in the daytime; New York to Detroit; Death and taxes (Poems); The custard heart; From the diary of a New York lady; Cousin Larry; Little Curtis; Sentiment; Clothe the naked; War song (Poem) Media: 11CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $79.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Lorna Raver Rating:
	Author: Proulx, Annie Title: Close Range: Wyoming Stories Includes the stories: The half-skinned steer; The mud below; Job history; The blood bay; People in hell just want a drink of water; The bunchgrass edge of the world; Pair of spurs; A lonely coast; The governors of Wyoming; 55 miles to the gas pump; Brokeback Mountain Media: 5CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $49.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Bruce Greenwood, Scott Campbell, Frances Fisher Rating:
	Author: Waugh, Evelyn Title: The Complete Stories Includes the stories: The Balance; A House of Gentlefolks; The Manager of the Kremlin; Love in a Slump; Too Much Tolerance; Excursion in Reality; Incident in Azania; Bella Fleace Gave a Party; Cruise; The Man Who Liked Dickens; Out of Depth; By Special Request; Period Piece; On Guard; Mr Loveday's Little Outing; Winner Takes All; An Englishman's House; The Sympathetic Passenger; My Father's House; Lucy Simmonds; Charles Ryder's Schooldays; Scott King's Modern Europe; Tactical Exercise; Compassion; Love Among the Ruins; Basil Seal Rides Again. JUVENILA: The Curse of the Horse Race; Fidon's Confetion; Multa Pecunia; Fragment of a Novel; Essay; The House: An Anti-Climax. OXFORD STORIES: Portrait of a Young Man with a Career; Antony Who Sought Things That Were Lost; Edward of Unique Achievement; Fragments: They Dine with the Past; Conspiracy to Murder; Unacademic Exercise: A Nature Story; The National Game Media: 16CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $89.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Simon Prebble Rating:
	Author: Winton, Tim Title: The Turning Includes the stories: The Big World; Abbreviation; Aquifer; Damaged Goods; Small Mercies; On Her Knees; Cockleshell; The Turning; Sand; Family; Long, Clear View; Reunion; Commission; Fog; Boner McPharlin's Moll; Immunity; Defender Media: 10CD Edition length: UA (unabridged, word-for-word) Price: $34.95 Narrator/Performer(s): narrated by Shane Nagle Rating: