Famous British writers Jonathan Swift, Lewis Carroll, Mark Twain, Ridyard Kipling, Ernest Hemingway, Charlotte Bronte, Alan Alexander Milne, William Shakespeare, Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Robert Burns, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wild, Thomas Hardy, Jerome K. Jerome, George Eliot, Roald Dahl, Alexander Pope, Wordsworth, Shelly, Tobias Smollett, Henry Fielding, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Jane Austen, Dylan Thomas

Books in our life to play an important part in people’s life (books, reading) to be keen on reading (many people) favourite books (to buy at a bookshop; to borrow from friends; to take out from libraries) to expand the mind (books, reading) to help (to solve a lot of life problems; to learn more about other countries and peoples of the world; to discover a lot of new things; to explore new ideas; to entertain oneself and feel comfortable; to be in the know of everything) to enjoy reading or to be fond of (fiction, non-fiction, science- fiction) to prefer reading (novels, poetry) a good way to relax and to spend free time in a useful way (reading) to tell a lot of information about (lives of famous people and politics; ancient times; latest discoveries; unusual plants and animals; teenagers’ problems) to captivate people with the thrilling plot to make people be impressed by the plot for a long time

Name the books and the authors Gulliver’s Travels, Alice in Wonderland, The Prince and the Pauper, The Jungle Book, Jane Eyre, Winnie- the- Pooh, Hamlet, Ivanhoe, David Copperfield, The adventures of Oliver Twist, Three men in a boat, Domby and son -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jonathan Swift, Mark Twain, Rudyard Kipling, Lewis Carroll, Charlotte Bronte, William Shakespeare, Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Jerome K. Jerome, Alan Alexander Milne

Literary Britain Is British literature really rich? (very rich, no doubt) Which world-known writers is British literature associated with? (the names of...) What books wrote some of the British authors? Whose birthplace is the historic town of Stratford-upon- Avon known? (as William Shakespeares’s birthplace) What is theater Stratford famous for? (the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre; to be destroyed by fire; to be rebuilt and reopened; 1932) What is the best place of London to begin a literary exploration? (Westminster Abbey; Poets’ Corner with monuments and tombs of outstanding writers of Britain) What writers and poets inspired Wales? (the modern children’s writer Roald Dahl, the author of “Alice in Wonderland” Lewis Carroll and the poets Wordsworth and Dylan Thomas) Which of the well-known British novelists, diarists, poets and playwrights has attracted Bath, a famous cultural centre? (the poets Alexander Pope, Wordsworth, Shelly; the writers Tobias Smollett, Henry Fielding; the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan, the notable authors Walter Scott, Charles Dickens, Jane Austen) What is South West Scotland famous for? (to be born; 1759; the great Scottish poet; Robert Burns) How is the celebration in Scotland in honour of Robert Burns’ birthday called? (Burns’ Night)

Do you know their names? Lewis Carroll Jonathan Swift Mark Twain Rudyard Kipling William Shakespeare Walter Scott Oscar Wild Robert Burns

R. L. Stevenson (1850- 1894)

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) the dates of life: 1812- 1870 one of the well-known English writers to narrate the life of poor people and orphans at the time of Queen Victoria’s reign to be born in the family of a poor clerk (eight children) to learn foreign languages and literature to work at a lawyer’s office at the age of fifteen the most famous works written by the author “The adventures of Oliver Twist”, (1838), “David Copperfield” (1850), “The Pickwick Papers” (1837) to be one of the writers of critical realism in English literature

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) The house in Stratford where Shakespeare was born

William Shakespeare the dates of the life: 1564-1616 a famous English writer, playwright, poet, actor to be one of the most famous to write comedies, tragedies and other plays to be recognized all over the world (Shakespeare’s plays) to help the reader to be better, wiser, happier (Shakespeare’s plays) to contain a lot of good morals and ethical lessons (Shakespeare’s plays) to be published (Shakespeare’s works) “Romeo and Juliet” (1595), “Hamlet” (1601), “Othello” (1604), “King Lear” (1605) and others

Robert Burns the dates of the life: 1759- 1796 a famous Scottish poet to be born in the family of a farmer to begin writing poems at the age of fifteen to write hundreds of songs and poems to picture country life, love and national pride to be closely connected with the national poetic and musical folklore to be the author of the Scottish song “Auld Lang Syne” («Доброе старое время»)

Walter Scott the dates of life: 1771- 1832 a famous Scottish writer and poet to be born in the family of barrister to enter into the spirit of the Scottish history, the verse of the folk ballads and legends to start collecting ancient Scottish ballads and songs to be famous for stories of Scottish life to be the founder of the historical novel in English literature to portray historical characters to create 26 novels one of the most famous novels (“Ivanhoe”)

Agatha Christie the dates of life: 1890- 1976 a well- known English writer to be popular with a lot of people (her books and plays) to be made into films (many of her books) to be the most famous characters of her books (detectives) to be the best-known novels by the author “Murder on the Orient Express” (Убийство в Восточном экспрессе», 1934) “Death on the Nile” («Смерть на Ниле», 1937)