Kategória: LITERATURE
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Associated with William Shakespeare, the theatre’s replica building in London’s Bankside is a popular tourist attraction. If you travel with a group, don’t miss the interactive extra lessons on Shakespeare’s most well-known plays.Tickets for summer performances are available from 5 – 6 GBP. GR8 to KnowThe original Globe caught fire several times. Once it was…
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Charles Dickens lived in the Victorian Era when Queen Victoria reigned (from 1837 to 1901). Dickens was born in Portsmouth in 1812. His father spent a lot of money and had a large debt to the family went to prison. Charles was too young, so he went to work in a factory where he washed…
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Author of Treasure Island and Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Loius Balfour Stevenson is among the greatest Scottish writers. Born in Edinburgh on 13 November 1850 and died in Samoa 44 years later, he was child prodigy, a creative story-teller and a great traveller. Stevenson claimed Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde’s story his worst…
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Close to monument and Memorial Gardens to Rubert Burns in Alloway stands this mighty medieval stone bridge over the river Doon. It was built in the 14th century and what we see today are the remains of that first bridge and the renovated one from the 18th century. The bridge plays an important role in…
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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE He was born in Stratford-upon-Avon maybe on 23rd April 1564. Nobody is sure about his date of birth. He was baptised on 26th April, and in those times people were baptised 3 days after their birth. William was the third child of John and Mary Shakespeare. His father was a leather merchant and…
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Takes part in London at Christmas time. The main characters are: Ebenezer Scrooge a money-lender in London (a greedy, stingy, selfish old man) Jacob Marley Scrooge’s business partner, died 7 years before the story begins and comes back as a ghost Bob Cratchit and his family Scrooge’s clerk, his wife and children, the youngest is…
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