CBSE under its Examination Specifications and as per revised guidelines for the Curriculum 2014 in English has introduced at each class (IX to XII) novels for detailed reading.
As per Examination Specifications these novels are introduced from Academic Session 2012-2013 for classes IX and XI.
In the Academic Session 2013-14, classes X and XII would take up the prescribed novels
The prescribed novels are:
Class IX
Gulliver’s Travels (2005 edition) by Jonathan Swift
Or
Three Men in a Boat (1889 edition) by Jerome. K. Jerome
Class X
The Diary of a Young Girl (1947 edition) by Anne Frank
Or
The Story of My Life (1903 edition) by Helen Keller
Class XI
The Canterville Ghost (1906 edition) by Oscar Wilde
Or
Up from Slavery( 2000 edition) by Booker T. Washington
Class XII
The Hounds of Baskerville ( 1902) Arthur Conan Doyle
Or
Lord of the Flies (1954) William Golding
The following points need to be followed:
1. There are two novels prescribed at each level. The schools have the option to choose only one out of
the two for writing the examination.
2. All the novels have been introduced in the unabridged form.
3. No publisher has been specified for the novels.
1. There are two novels prescribed at each level. The schools have the option to choose only one out of
the two for writing the examination.
2. All the novels have been introduced in the unabridged form.
3. No publisher has been specified for the novels.
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