CHARLES DICKENS - 5^C LINGUISTICO

There is no contemporary English writer whose works are read so generally through the whole house, who can give pleasure to the servants as well as to the mistress, to the children as well as to the master.

Walter Bagehot

Charles Dickens, of all the Victorian novelists,  was probably the most antagonistic to the Victorian age itself.

Edmund Wilson

https://www.openculture.com/2016/06/an-animated-introduction-to-the-life-literary-works-of-charles-dickens.html

http://www.bu.edu/articles/2020/charles-dickens-novelist-for-our-times/

https://victorian-era.org/victorian-novelist-charles-dickens.html

OTHELLO ~ 4^C LINGUISTICO

The plot of Shakespeare's Othello (1603) is largely taken from the Italian Giraldi Cinthio's Gli Hecatommithi (1565), a tale of love, jealousy, and betrayal; however, the characters, themes, and attitudes of the two works are vastly different, with Shakespeare's play being a more involved study of human nature and psychology. 

One reason for the overwhelming popularity of the play throughout the ages is that it focuses on two people who defied society in order to follow their own hearts. Read here.

https://www.rsc.org.uk/othello/

INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY

“For the survivor who chooses to testify, it is clear: his duty is to bear witness for the dead and for the living. He has no right to deprive future generations of a past that belongs to our collective memory. To forget would be not only dangerous but offensive; to forget the dead would be akin to killing them a second time.” 

Elie Wiesel

ROMAN BRITAIN - 3^C LINGUISTICO

From Julius Caesar’s first landing on the shoreline of England in 55BC to the famous "Look to your own defences" letter of AD410, the Romans played an important part in British history for over 400 years.  Read here.

https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/story-of-england/romans/

https://www.history.org.uk/primary/resource/3851/roman-britain-a-brief-history

WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR

William I of England, better known as William the Conqueror, overcame a difficult childhood to become one of the most influential kings in British history.  Read 10 facts about the man and his rise to power here.

https://www.medievalchronicles.com/medieval-kings-2/norman-kings/william-the-conqueror/

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/skills/writing/b1-writing/new-years-resolutions