This document is a complete English Literature NEA essay which achieved full marks (100%) at A-Level. It offers a comparative study of The Remains of the Day (Kazuo Ishiguro) and The Little Stranger (Sarah Waters), exploring how both authors present class consciousness as a limiting aspect of twentieth-century English life.

The essay demonstrates:

• A consistently sophisticated critical voice, integrating a range of scholarly perspectives with close textual analysis.

• Precise engagement with assessment objectives, balancing interpretation, context, and criticism to produce a sustained argument.

• A model of clarity and structure, showing how to construct an effective comparative framework across two texts.

• An elegant academic style, with seamlessly embedded quotations and critical references.

Written for the Edexcel exam board, the essay is nonetheless highly applicable to other specifications (AQA, OCR, Eduqas), as it demonstrates the universal qualities examiners reward at the highest level.

This is suitable for students aiming for A*.