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Famous British writers

done by Kisseleva A.A.

school № 60

Charlotte Bronte

• the dates of the life: 1816 – 1855

• a famous English writer

• one of the four daughters of a clergyman ( священник)
• one of six children in the family
• had to spend her childhood at a charity-school with three of her sisters after their mother’s death
• suffered from hunger and neglected colds
• two of her sisters fell ill with tuberculosis and died
• Charlotte became a teacher and a writer
• she is remembered as the author of “Jane Eyre” which was published in 1847

Robert Burns

- the dates of the life:1759-1796

- a famous Scottish poet

• was born in the family of a farmer
• began writing poems at the age of 15
• admired country life, love and national pride and pictures all this in hundreds of his songs and poems
• was closely connected with the national poetic and musical folklore
• was the author of the song “Auld Lang Syne” ( «Доброе старое время»)

Charles Dickens

-the dates of the life:1812-1870

• one of the well-known English writers
• was born in the family of a poor clerk (eight children)
• was good at foreign languages and literature
• at 15 he worked at a lawyer’s office and later became a writer
• narrated the life of poor people and orphans at the time of Queen Victoria’s reign
• the most famous works: “The Adventures of Oliver Twist” (1838), “The Pickwick Papers” (1837), “David Copperfield” (1850)

the dates of the life: 1890-1976

• a well-known English writer of the 20 th century

• the most famous characters of her books were detectives
• many of her books were made into films and became very popular with a lot of people
• the best novels : “Murder on the Orient Express” ( «Убийство в восточном экспрессе», 1934) , “Death on the Nile” («Смерть на Ниле», 1937)

Agatha Christie

Robert Louis Stevenson

- the dates of the life:1850-1894

• a well-known Scottish writer
• adventure novels master
• the best-known adventure novels in English
• the famous works: “Treasure Island” ( «Остров сокровищ» , 1883 ) , “Kidnapped” ( «Похищенный», 1886)

Beatrix Potter

• the dates of the life:1866-1943

• a famous English writer and illustrator
• wrote animal stories for young children and drew pictures for her books
• her books “The tale of Peter Rabbit”, “The Tailor of Gloucester” are very popular with British children and their parents

Walter Scott

- the dates of the life:1771-1832

• a famous Scottish writer and poet
• was born in the family of a barrister
• entered into the spirit of the Scottish history, the verse of the folk ballads and legends
• was famous for stories of Scottish life
• was the founder of the historical novel in English literature
• created 26 novels
• one of the most famous novels is “Ivanhoe” ( «Айвенго»)

Graham Greene

the dates of the life: 1904-1991

• a famous English writer
• was born in Switzerland
• was the son of a teacher
• graduated from the Oxford University
• worked for the journal “Spectator”
• travelled to Africa and Mexico much
• collected a lot of material for literary work
• wrote novels and plays
• “ Brighton Rock” is one of the most famous novels
• wrote the story for the film “The Third Man”

William Shakespeare

the dates of the life: 1564-1616

• a famous English writer, poet, playwright, actor
• wrote comedies, tragedies and other plays
• Shakespeare’s plays contain a lot of good morals and ethical lessons, help the reader to be better, wiser, happier
• the most famous works: “Romeo and Juliet” (1595), “Hamlet” (1601), “Othello” (1604), “King Lear” (1605), “The Winter’s tale” and others

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