OFFICIAL SUMMER 2025 PEARSON EDEXCEL Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE in English Literature (8ET0) Paper 2: Prose MERGED QUESTION PAPER + MARK SCHEME

OFFICIAL SUMMER 2025 PEARSON EDEXCEL Pearson Edexcel Level 3 GCE in English Literature (8ET0) Paper 2: Prose MERGED QUESTION PAPER + MARK SCHEME Answer ONE question on your chosen texts, one of which must be pre‑1900. Begin your answer on page 8. 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 characters’ experience of home. In your answer you must consider the following: • the writers’ methods • links between the texts • relevant contextual factors. (Total for Question 1 = 44 marks) OR 2 Compare the ways in which the writers of your two chosen texts present separation. In your answer you must consider the following: • the writers’ methods • links between the texts • relevant contextual factors. (Total for Question 2 = 44 marks) 2 ■■■■ DO NOT