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Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Monday 1 June 2026
Morning (Time: 1 hour 15 minutes) Paper
reference 9ET0/02
English Literature
Advanced
PAPER 2: Prose
You must have: Total Marks
Prescribed texts (clean copies)
Instructions
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
•• Answer one question on your chosen theme.
Answer the question in the space provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• your answer, you must not use texts that you have used in your coursework.
In
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•• The total mark for this paper is 40.
The marks for the question are shown in brackets.
Advice
•• Read the question carefully before you start to answer it.
Check your answer if you have time at the end.
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, Answer ONE question on the texts you have studied, one of which must be pre-1900.
Begin your answer on page 5.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Childhood
Texts
Pre-1900: What Maisie Knew, Henry James; Hard Times, Charles Dickens
Post-1900: Atonement, Ian McEwan; The Color Purple, Alice Walker
EITHER
1 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present deception.
You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 1 = 40 marks)
OR
2 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present growing up.
You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 2 = 40 marks)
Colonisation and its Aftermath
Texts
Pre-1900: Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
Mark Twain
Post-1900: Home Fire, Kamila Shamsie; The Lonely Londoners, Sam Selvon
EITHER
3 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present isolation.
You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 3 = 40 marks)
OR
4 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present characters
who could be seen as morally flawed. You must relate your discussion to relevant
contextual factors.
(Total for Question 4 = 40 marks)
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, Answer ONE question on the texts you have studied, one of which must be pre-1900.
Begin your answer on page 5.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Crime and Detection
Texts
Pre-1900: Lady Audley’s Secret, Mary Elizabeth Braddon; The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins
Post-1900: The Cutting Season, Attica Locke; In Cold Blood, Truman Capote
EITHER
5 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present places
where crimes are committed. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual
factors.
(Total for Question 5 = 40 marks)
OR
6 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present secrets. You
must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 6 = 40 marks)
Science and Society
Texts
Pre-1900: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley; The War of the Worlds, H G Wells
Post-1900: Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro; The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
EITHER
7 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present optimism.
You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 7 = 40 marks)
OR
8 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts explore power. You
must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 8 = 40 marks)
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Candidate surname Other names
Centre Number Candidate Number
Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE
Monday 1 June 2026
Morning (Time: 1 hour 15 minutes) Paper
reference 9ET0/02
English Literature
Advanced
PAPER 2: Prose
You must have: Total Marks
Prescribed texts (clean copies)
Instructions
•• Use black ink or ball-point pen.
Fill in the boxes at the top of this page with your name,
centre number and candidate number.
•• Answer one question on your chosen theme.
Answer the question in the space provided
– there may be more space than you need.
• your answer, you must not use texts that you have used in your coursework.
In
Information
•• The total mark for this paper is 40.
The marks for the question are shown in brackets.
Advice
•• Read the question carefully before you start to answer it.
Check your answer if you have time at the end.
Turn over
P81983A
©2026 Pearson Education Ltd.
P:1/1/1/1
*P81983A0116*
, Answer ONE question on the texts you have studied, one of which must be pre-1900.
Begin your answer on page 5.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Childhood
Texts
Pre-1900: What Maisie Knew, Henry James; Hard Times, Charles Dickens
Post-1900: Atonement, Ian McEwan; The Color Purple, Alice Walker
EITHER
1 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present deception.
You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 1 = 40 marks)
OR
2 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present growing up.
You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 2 = 40 marks)
Colonisation and its Aftermath
Texts
Pre-1900: Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad; The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,
Mark Twain
Post-1900: Home Fire, Kamila Shamsie; The Lonely Londoners, Sam Selvon
EITHER
3 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present isolation.
You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 3 = 40 marks)
OR
4 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present characters
who could be seen as morally flawed. You must relate your discussion to relevant
contextual factors.
(Total for Question 4 = 40 marks)
2
*P81983A0216*
, Answer ONE question on the texts you have studied, one of which must be pre-1900.
Begin your answer on page 5.
DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA DO NOT WRITE IN THIS AREA
Crime and Detection
Texts
Pre-1900: Lady Audley’s Secret, Mary Elizabeth Braddon; The Moonstone, Wilkie Collins
Post-1900: The Cutting Season, Attica Locke; In Cold Blood, Truman Capote
EITHER
5 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present places
where crimes are committed. You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual
factors.
(Total for Question 5 = 40 marks)
OR
6 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present secrets. You
must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 6 = 40 marks)
Science and Society
Texts
Pre-1900: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley; The War of the Worlds, H G Wells
Post-1900: Never Let Me Go, Kazuo Ishiguro; The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood
EITHER
7 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present optimism.
You must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 7 = 40 marks)
OR
8 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts explore power. You
must relate your discussion to relevant contextual factors.
(Total for Question 8 = 40 marks)
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