Company of Heroes

Shakespeare. Date of birth: 1564, Stratford upon Avon – Son of a wealthy merchant. Studies latin literature. 1582: marries Anne Hathaway 1592: First production of Henry VI part I at the Rose Theatre in London. 1593: The Plague: theatres closed. 1594-97: actor, writer and investor in the Lord Chamberlain’s men. 1598-1603: death of Queen Elizabeth 1st, James 1st ascends the throne – he was from the house of Stuarts James of Scotland. He became the patron of Shakespeare’s company now called the King’s

Victoria was the queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1837-1901) and empress of India (1876-1901). Her rule was the longest of any British King or queen, and happened at the same time as Britain’s greatest period of world power and industrial development. She gave her name to an era, the Victorian Age. She and her husband, Prince Consort Albert of SaxeCoburg-Gotha, had nine children, through whose marriages were descended many of the royal families of Europe. n « Cœur de sens

difference does it make ? We have plenty.’ ’That’s easy for you to say. That money comes out of my hide.’ ’What do you think I do all day ? What have I done all these years ? I work as hard as you do.’ ’Oh, come off it, Mira.’ ’What do you mean, come off it ?’ Her voice rose wildly. ’Am I not an equal participant in this marriage ? Don’t I contribute to it ?’ ’Of course you do,’ he said placatingly, but there was an edge of disgust in his voice, ’but you contribute different things. You don’t contribute money

au Cned - Site de Rennes 7 rue du Clos Courtel 35050 Rennes Cedex 9 Sommaire Conseils généraux Séquence 1 p.5 Fighting for a good cause p.15 Séquence 2 Necessity is the mother of invention p.47 Séquence 3 Every man to his trade p.77 Séquence 4 The world’s your oyster p.129 Séquence 5 India : a member of the Commonwealth p.177 Séquence 6 Let’s focus on artistic creation Corrigés des activités Annexes p.217 p.263 p.353 Sommaire général – AN21 3 C onseils généraux Sommaire 1

ALSO BYJOHNLLOYD (WITHDOUGLASADAMS) The Meaning of Liff The Deeper Meaning of Liff What’s the name of the tallest mountain in the world? Mauna Kea, the highest point on the island of Hawaii. The inactive volcano is a modest 13,799 feet above sea level, but when measured from the seabed to its summit, it is 33,465 feet high—about three-quarters of a mile taller than Mount Everest. As far as mountains are concerned, the current convention is that “highest” means measured from sea level to summit;

les futurs spectateurs. C’est le premier film du cinéma, Le Salut de Dickson, qui dure moins d'une dizaine de secondes, dont il subsiste deux secondes. Il est présenté le 20 mai 1891 devant une assemblée de cent-cinquante militantes de la Federation of Women’s Clubs. Le succès est au rendez-vous, les spectatrices, individuellement ou deux par deux, se pressent autour des Kinétoscope et visionnent plusieurs fois chacune Le Salut de Dickson, manifestant leur étonnement et leur satisfaction7. Le cycle

not a single button sewn on as the Bond Street tailors would have it. Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; but a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end. Is it not the task of the novelist to convey this varying, this unknown and uncircumcised spirit, whatever aberration or complexity it may display, with as little mixture of the alien and external as possible? » Le roman moderne reflète l’idée que « la seule

excellent book!”—Fred Luskin, Ph.D., author, Forgive for Good, and director of the Stanford Forgiveness Project be yourself everyone else is already taken TRANSFORM YOUR LIFE WITH THE POWER OF Authenticity MIKE ROBBINS author of Focus on the Good Stuff More Praise for Be Yourself, Everyone Else Is Already Taken “The title alone is such a profound reminder for all of us, and the book delivers a marvelous manual of authenticity. I’m so glad to recommend it and live its principles.” —SARK

Also by Paul Auster Novels The New York Trilogy (City of Glass • Ghosts • The Locked Room) • In the Country of Last Things • Moon Palace • The Music of Chance • Leviathan • Mr. Vertigo • Timbuktu • The Book of Illusions • Oracle Night Nonfiction White Spaces • The Invention of Solitude • The Art of Hunger • Why Write? • Hand to Mouth • The Red Notebook • Collected Prose Screenplays 3 Films: Smoke, Blue in the Face, Lulu on the Bridge Poetry Unearth • Wall Writing • Fragments from Cold

Literature as Windows to World Cultures Latino Literature in America Bridget Kevane MODERN SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH Paul Brians Literature as Windows to World Cultures GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut • London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brians, Paul. Modern South Asian Literature in English / by Paul Brians. p. cm. — (Literature as windows to world cultures) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–313–32011–X (alk. paper) 1. Indic