April


Charlotte Brontё

April 21 is the bicentery of Charlotte Brontё's birth in 1816. An English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontё sisters whose novels have become classics of English literature, Charlotte first published her novels (including "Jane Eyre") under the pen name Currer Bell ...

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Charlotte Brontё's Works


Creative Quotations


The Brontё Society

The Brontё Society is one of the oldest literary societies in the world, founded in 1893 https://www.bronte.org.uk/


All the materials have been prepared by Valeriia Mamontova, 11-A


March


Virginia Woolf

75 years ago on the 28-th of March, 1941, a prominent English writer and one of the foremost modernists of the twentieth century, Virginia Woolf, died. Virginia Woolf was a significant figure in London literary society and a central figure in the influential Bloomsbury Group of intellectuals. Her most famous works include the novels "Mrs Dalloway", "To the Lighthouse" and "Orlando", and the book-length essay "A Room of One's Own", with its well-known dictum, "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction."...

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Some Novels by Virginia Woolf


The Recorded Voice of Virginia Woolf

Here is the only survived recording of Virginia Woolf's voice. It is a part of a BBC radio broadcast from April 29th, 1937. The audio is accompanied by a slideshow of the writer's photographs.


Top 21 Quotes

"Someone has to die in order that the rest of us should value life more" ...

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All the materials have been prepared by Diana Lysenko

and Yuliia Lipatnykova, 11-A


February


Henry James

February 28 is the centenary of Henry James' death in 1916.

Henry James's career was one of the longest and most productive in American literature. A master of prose fiction from the first, he practised it as a fertile innovator, enlarged the form, and placed upon it the stamp of a highly individual method and style. He wrote for 51 years - 20 novels, 112 tales, 12 plays, several volumes of travel and criticism. and a great deal of literary journalism...

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Biography

Відео (дивитись тут)

The Most Popular Novels

The Quotes We Liked

"Deep experience is never peaceful"

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All the materials have been prepared by Alina Grudina and

Valeriia Dehtiarenko, 11-C


January


Jack London

On January 12 the literary world will celebrate the aniversary of a famous American writer Jack London internationally famous for his books and journalistic accomplishments. Though he wrote passionately about the great questions of life and death and the struggle to survive with dignity, he also sought peace and quiet inspiration. His stories of high adventure were based on his own experience at sea, in the Yukon Territore, and in the fields and factories of California. Jack London's writings appealed to millions worldwide.


The Main Facts

John Griffith "Jack" London, born John Griffith Chaney, (January 12, 1876 - November 22, 1916) was an American novelist, journalist and social activist...

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A Short Biography

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Some Books by Jack London


The Quotations We Liked

  • "A bone to the dog is not charity. Charity is the bone shared with the dog, when you are just as hungry as the dog "

 

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All the materials have been prepared by Andrii Borysenko and Ruslana Chernenko, 11-B