Part of the Brodie's Notes series, this book aids English literature GCSE and A-Level students in their coursework projects and study of set texts by increasing understanding and enjoyment of the books. It is designed to provide imaginative responses, and should help to stimulate independent critical appraisal of Hartley's Go-Between.

An evocative account of a childhood summer spent beside the sea in Norfolk by brother and sister, Eustace and Hilda.

'You'll never be happy until you can think and feel and look like other people . . .' Jael 97 is an Alpha. Deemed over-privileged for her beauty, she is compelled to report to the Ministry of Facial Justice, where her face will be reconstructed. For Jael lives in the New State, created out of the devastation of the Third World War. Under the rule of the Darling Dictator, citizens must wear sackcloth and ashes, and only a 17.5% quotum of personality is permitted to each. Anything that inspires envy is forbidden. But Jael cannot suppress her rebellious spirit. Secretly, she starts to reassert...