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1984
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Well, if this book doesn't make you want to tape over your laptop camera, we don't know what will.

1984 and V for Vendetta
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Imagine a world in which all literature was dystopian. Okay, so we may be getting to that point, 1984 and V for Vendetta helped start it all.

1984 Summary
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By the end of this video, you will be brainwashed. There's nothing you can do about it; we just wanted to let you know. We like to think we're bigg...

A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed: Oh, How Hollywood
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And you thought a nymph was a naturally lovely woodland creature. To be fair, so did we. But boy did Jonathan Swift prove us wrong.

Everything About Bleak House
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The house may be bleak, and so will your social life when you take on this epically long novel. Dickens is pretty hip, though, so you'll earn some...

Lady of Shalott
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Meet the Lady of Shalott. Not to be confused with the Lady of Shallot, who is frequently in a pickle.

The Tempest
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Hopefully, spending six minutes learning about Shakespeare's The Tempest isn't going to throw you into a fury. We'd hate to be responsible for you...

ELA 12: Welcome to Anglo-Saxon England
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It's a tale as old as time, Beauty and the er—sorry. Beowulf. Just him...and nothing else. Hey, cut the story some slack, it's like a thousand ye...

ELA 12: 1.13 Hey Mr. Postman!
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Who knew vampire fiction could involve so much paperwork? Isn't it normally just sparkles and awkward babies?

ELA 12: 1.14 If You Give an Author a Quill…
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Dracula's not evil, he's just a little salty about kids these days and their newfangled technology. All he has is old fangs.

ELA 12: 1.18 Monster Mash
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We wonder if Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin knew that her campfire story would still be inspiring fear in the hearts of literature-dreading students hu...

ELA 12: 1.19 Victor: Victorious or Victim?
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We're just waiting for Marvel to pick up Victor Frankenstein's origin story for a franchise. Just wait, it'll happen.

ELA 12: 1.20 Romantic Fool
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A book about a man who seals his own demise by reanimating a patchwork corpse quilt? How Romantic.

ELA 12: 1.21 This Is the End
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The ending is arguably the most important part of any story. Luckily, with Frankenstein, we get two for the price of one.

ELA 12: 1.15 Vat I Vant to Say
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Dracula was either a nationalist book about vampires or a vampire book about nationalism... or maybe it was a nationalist Vampire book about capita...

ELA 12: 1.25 Going Gothic and Wearing Headphones
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Gothic novels are all about perspective... who needs a silver lining when you've got this beautiful, big, spooky thundercloud?

ELA 12: 1.27 Actively Passing the Buck
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No animals were harmed and no passive voice was used in the making of this video... well, maybe scratch that last part.

ELA 12: 2.1 Birth of a Hero
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King Arthur's story of swordplay and chivalry is so popular, everyone from Disney to Monty Python has taken a stab at it.

ELA 12: 2.20 Is Chivalry Really Dead?
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Chivalry isn't dead... it's only mostly dead. Mostly dead is slightly alive.

ELA 12: 1.16 He Who Wears the Garlic
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Who knew there could be so much philosophical conflict crammed into one vampire story?

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