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Hard Times

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  Hard Times                       __ Charles Dickens                                 ( Charles Dickens  , 1812-1870)                   Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA was an English writer and social critic. He created some of the world's best known fictional characters and is regarded by many as  the greatest novelist  of the Victorian era.  He wrote many contemporary works ,among them one of the most famous work is "Hard Times".                                 " Hard Times " is the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, first published in 1854. Full name of the novel is " Hard Times : for these times " but commonly known as ' Hard Times' .               ...

Pride and prejudices

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Pride and prejudices :                            Jane Austen                            ( Jane Austen 1775-1817)                        Pride and prejudices  is a novel of manners is written by Jane Austen. Though it is mostly called a romantic novel, it is also a satire. The novel follows the character development of Elizabeth Bennet, who learns about the repercussions of hasty judgment and comes to appreciate the difference between superficial goodness and actual goodness.                 Pride and prejudices has consistently appeared near the top of lists of " most-loved books" among literary scholars and the reading public. It has become one of the most popular novels in English literature, with over 20 million copies sold, and has insp...

Thinking activity on The Rape Of The Lock by Alexander Pope

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The Rape Of The Lock :                                    __ Alexander Pope               "  The rape of the lock " is a mock up heroic poem of Alexander Pope . He was an English poet and snatirist of the Augustan period and one of its greatest artistic exponents.                                        _ Alexander Pope                 ( 21 May 1688 , 30 May 1744  )                            Alexander Pope was a gretest neo-classical age. He was English poet of the early 18th century and a master of the heroic couplet, he is best known for satirical and discursive poetry. ---  THE RAPE OF THE LOCK            ...

Jude the obscure

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             'Jude the Obscure' is novel by Thomas Hardy, which began as a magazine serial in December 1894 and was first published in book from in 1895. It is Hardy's last completed novel.                      'Jude the obscure' , it is a very interesting story of working class young man, Jude Fawley . He is a stonemason, who dreams of becoming a scholar. The other main character is his cousin, Sue Bridehead, who is also his centeral love interest.                    The novel is concerned in particular with issues of class , education, religion, morality and marriage.                  Here I am going to present my little thinking activity on  'Jude the obscure'... 1. Do you think that Sue Bridehead is new woman?                   Sue Bridehead is th...