Mr Bruff's Guide to GCSE English Literature

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FROM MR BRUFF: In 2011, I began creating online tutorial videos on YouTube, with a vision to share my GCSE expertise in English language and literature. As I write, these videos have been viewed over 70 million times across 200+ different nations. My GCSE English Youtube channel has over 360,000 subscribers. To accompany these videos, I have published over 20 revision guides–one of which you are currently looking at!

In this third edition, you’ll receive detailed guidance on every question in the AQA GCSE English Literature exams, updated in June 2025 with the latest insights and information. I’ve also updated the book with details on the new texts, including a full chapter on the ‘Worlds and Lives’ poetry cluster.

Please note that this guide is not endorsed by or affiliated with any exam boards; I am simply an experienced teacher using my expertise to help students. However, if you read some of the 300+ reviews for this guide, you will see that it has already helped students, teachers and parents across the UK. You should also take a look at my website, where the page titled ‘exam success’ contains hundreds of messages from students who have excelled using my materials.