INSIGHT INTO THE VICTORIAN AGE - 5^C LINGUISTICO

The Victorian period in Great Britain (1837-1901)  was one of political stability, huge industrial and technological change, major economic development, prosperity, optimism and faith in progress as well as poverty and social unrest, shocking divisions between the rich and the poor, and grand attempts to combat squalor and disease.  

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JANE AUSTEN'S PRIDE AND PREJUDICE

Pride and Prejudice is one of the most popular novels in the English language. Over 200 years after its publication, it continues to win the hearts and minds of readers around the world, thanks to its delightful heroine, unforgettable cast of comic characters, witty dialogue, and satisfying romantic plot.

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SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS - 4^C LINGUISTICO

https://nosweatshakespeare.com/sonnets/ 

https://www.sparknotes.com/shakespeare/sonnets/section1/

STUDYING A CHRISTMAS CAROL - 3^C LINGUISTICO

Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, published on 19 December 1843, met with instant success and critical acclaim. It tells the story of a bitter old miser named Ebenezer Scrooge and his transformation into a gentler, kindlier man after visitations by the ghost of his former business partner Jacob Marley and the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Yet to Come.

After celebrating the joy and charity of Christmas, A Christmas Carol is above all a condemnation of 19th-century Victorian England's division between the rich and the poor. London was a great world power, rich from industry and colonial influence, yet poverty devastated its streets and factories.  Continue reading here.

BRIGHT STAR - 5^C LINGUISTICO

 

"Bright Star" is a sonnet written by the Romantic poet John Keats as a homage to his beloved Fanny Brawne. 

It is primarily made up of two analogies. The first analogy is a negative one, where the poet describes the aspect of the star that he doesn’t wish to resemble. The second analogy is a positive one, where the poet explains the aspect of the star that he aspires to be like — namely, steadfast loyalty to his beloved.

https://www.eminentediting.com/post/bright-star-by-john-keats-analysis