You must have heard the name Virginia Woolf at least once in your life. She’s one of the most important writers of the 20th century and a woman who committed her life and career to the cause of gender equality. However, not everybody knows about the sad events that scarred her life.
De Profundisis a long letter written by Oscar
Wilde in 1897.
Oscar Wilde wrote this letter while he was jailed for sodomy and the addressee of this letter is Lord Alfred Douglas, Bosie, his lover.
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Last summer we all in 5scB read Frankenstein by Mary Shelley and then we discussed it with our English teacher once we were back from our summer holidays. It was an interesting and thought-provoking read. Here are some of our reflections.
Agnes Grey
is a novel published in 1847 and written by Anne Brontë,
the younger sister of Charlotte and Emily Brontë.
Agnes Grey, the protagonist of Anne’s novel, is a girl who has grown in a happy family, in contrast to the protagonists of Jane Eyre (by Charlotte Brontë) and Wuthering Heights (by Emily Brontë), her sisters’ masterpieces. Her dad is a minister, while her mum is woman who has given up her prosperity for love.
Animal Farm is an allegoric and satirical short novel written by George Orwell (pseudonym of Eric Arthur Blair) and published in 1945.
The story tells about a rebellion in Manor Farm by the animals who live there. The owner of the farm, Mr Jones, mistreats his animals. At this point, Old Major, the eldest pig, tired about this situation, says that he has dreamt a life without human beings where animals lived in peace and where they were happier. Therefore, he incites other animals to rebel against Mr Jones’ tyranny.
