English literature

Saturday, April 27, 1991 KING CHARLES III made the final decision. The election had duly taken place as decreed by royal proclamation. The polling booths had been closed, the votes counted, the computers turned off-, and the experts and amateurs alike had collapsed into their beds in disbelief when they had heard the final result. The new King had been unable to sleep that Friday night while he considered yet again all the advice that had been offered to him by his courtiers during...

Victoria Wentworth sat alone at the table where Wellington had dined with sixteen of his field officers the night before he set out for Waterloo. General Sir Harry Wentworth sat at the right hand of the Iron Duke that night, and was commanding his left flank when a defeated Napoleon rode off the battlefield and into exile. A grateful monarch bestowed on the general the title Earl of Wentworth, which the family had borne proudly since 1815. These thoughts were running through Victori...

The little Chinese statue was the next item to come under the auctioneer’s hammer. Lot 103 caused those quiet murmurings that always precede the sale of a masterpiece. The auctioneer’s assistant held up the delicate piece of ivory for the packed audience to admire while the auctioneer glanced around the room to be sure he knew where the serious bidders were seated. I studied my catalogue and read the detailed description of the piece, and what was known of its history. The statu...

"NOT GUILTY." Danny Cartwright could feel his legs trembling as they sometimes did before the first round of a boxing match he knew he was going to lose. The associate recorded the plea on the indictment and, looking up at Danny, said, "You can sit down." Danny collapsed onto the little chair in the center of the dock, relieved that the first round was over. He looked up at the referee, who was seated on the far side of the courtroom in a high-backed green leather chair that had...

Chapter 1 NEW YORK, February 15th 1993 ANTONIO CAVALLI stared intently at the Arab, who he considered looked far too young to be a Deputy Ambassador. ‘One hundred million dollars,’ Cavalli said, pronouncing each word slowly and deliberately, giving them almost reverential respect. Hamid Al Obaydi flicked a worry bead across the top of his wellmanicured thumb, making a click that was beginning to irritate Cavalli. ‘One hundred million is quite acceptable,’ the Deputy Ambassa...

David Lodges’ novel represents the first one of a trilogy that includes the novels “Small World: An Academic Romance” and “Nice Work”. “Changing Places” follows the model of an academic novel, being exuberantly satirical yet intellectual...

Dive into the British literary heritage with our written document, notes on "The Nineteenth-Century British Literature".

George Orwell manages successfully to portray in his novel, "Animal Farm", the devious manner in which the authorities might abuse their influence, depicting a society in which democracy melts into autocracy and tyranny, conveying the fact that however, individuals are not better than the animals...

Dive into the English literary heritage with our written document, notes on "English Literature from the beginning of the 20th century to the present".

Emily and I combined our powers and had an in-depth chat about Laurie Lawrence, his character arc and the lack of it in every-single-little-women adaptation. In the novel, Laurie starts out as a very idle and sometimes pretty misogynistic figure and it is thanks to Amy he becomes a better person, but these elements of him are not in the adaptations. Friedrich Bhaer is based on philosopher Henry David Thoreau. Louisa was in love with him and he appears in literal disguise in all of her novels....