by Gideon J. and Anika H. (9th Grade)

This year for our Lydiature* class we have been reading a number of classic books from the nineteenth century, this year’s literary period for our school’s curriculum. These classics include the following books (see how many you recognize):

• The Edifying Adventures of Duxby Arnolford IV by Duxby Arnolford IV
• The Murders of Ms. Hagelslag by Robert Finnimore
• The Fictitious Undertakings of the Nammiverksmiðjudvørgar by Snorri Sturluson
• Peristeronic Purgation by Dante Ligament
• Les Corpulents by Victor Hugo
• The Importance of Appreciating Nature by Jonathan Moriarty
• East and West by Elisabeth Gaskell
• The Mysterious Case of the Imploding Shrew by Dr. W. Atson
• Across Six Septembers by Marian Harrington
• A Creature Most Foul by Frank N. Stan
• The Angel Killers by Damion Wilde
• Wuthering Jane by Barbara Brontë
• A Relatively Short History of the Previously Unknown Biological Information Pertaining to the European House Sparrow by S. Morgenstern
• You Moron by C. S. Lewith

*A word derived from the name of Ms. Lydia, our literature teacher.