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Place, Stonyhurst, at the age of nine. He then went on to Stonyhurst College, but by the time he left the school in 1875. From 1876 to 1881, he studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh. While studying, he also began writing short stories; his first published story appeared in Chambers's Edinburgh Journal before he was 20. Following his term at university, he was employed as a ship's doctor on the SS Mayumba during a voyage to the West African coast. In June of 1882 Conan Doyle settled in Portsmouth

Title and Code Course: EN 205, Exile and Belonging in American Short Fiction Student Name and Number: Lucie Legrand 58108378 Programme Code: HMSAX Full and Exact Essay Title: A recurring theme in the stories is the failure of characters to take responsibility for their own lives. Discuss the nature of theses failures, drawing upon at least two of the stories from the course. Lecturer's name: M. Brian Duffy Declaration I hereby certify that this material, which I now submit

representing the opening of the fifth chapter in Part One of the book „Gulliver's Travels“ written by Jonathan Swift in 1726. The literary work is a novel about a shipwrecked voyager, Lemuel Gulliver, “first a Surgeon, and then a Captain”1 telling the story of his travels on sea “into several Remote Nations of the World” (C.f. handout 5.11.2010). Prior to any interpretation of the text, the social and political circumstances of its creation must be mentioned. The historical background, which J. Swift

colours, pets, familiar places, and so on…, spelling) 2) oral comprehension (orders, very common phrases : « great ! you have done very well ! », understand a short story) 3) oral alone (make a sentence based on a given model, read aloud, tell in a few sentances a little story) 4) reading (understand a short a simple story) 5) writing (copy, answer simple questions, write a few sentences alone or read by teacher) B) Phonetics : a work on English specificities (phonemes, stress

The Murders in the Rue Morgue It’s the story of the detective monsieur Auguste Dupin and one of his friends, who is the narrator. The story takes place in Paris (the place where they met each other), in the XIXth century . The short story began with a reflection on the importance that is given to the analysis in the human mind. Then, it’s an example

ZAVALNYOUK Yuriy TL2 Tuesday, 23rd of November Comment on “Lappin and Lappinova” pt. III Lappin and Lapinova is one of the short stories presented in the collection of short stories, A Haunted House. Here, the reader meets with Rosalind, a young woman who is just married. The female protagonist of the story, Rosalind, has difficulties adjusting to her role as the new wife of Ernest Thorburn, and therefore constructs an alternative fantasy world where Ernest is a rabbit king called Lappin

permit him to work on Saturdays, the Adventist Sabbath. Early strife with his aunt and grandmother left him with a permanent, uncompromising hostility toward religious solutions to everyday problems. At the age of fifteen, Wright penned his first story, "The Voodoo of Hell's Half-Acre". It was published in Southern Register, a local black newspaper. In 1923, Wright was made class valedictorian. Determined not to be called an Uncle Tom, he refused to deliver the assistant principal's carefully prepared

The commitment of marriage through The story of an hour Kate Chopin, whom had written The story of an hour, was born in America in the nineteenth century. Back in those days women were less independent and had fewer rights. The marriage was a major subject of this reality; it is also one of the main themes of this short story. Mrs. Mallards, the main character, reflects a controversial opinion of marriage: isn’t marriage an end of a certain liberty? The evolution of Mrs. Mallard’ thoughts and

Virginia Woolf The Duchess and the Jeweller Introduction The Duchess and the Jeweller is a short-story written by Virginia Woolf in 1938. In this story the author experiments the stream of consciousness, showing the feelings and thoughts of Oliver Bacon, a greedy jeweller. It's a third person narrative where we have access to Oliver's inner monologue. First, we are going to see the social and economical ascension of Oliver Bacon, and then we are going to study the place of women in Oliver's

This document is a short story of the novel « The case-book of Sherlock Holmes » written by a famous Scottish writer, sir Arthur Conan Doyle. And it was published in 1927. The main characters are Mrs Ronder, Mr Ronder, Mrs Merrilow, Leonardo, and Sherlock Holmes who investigate the case with Dr Watson who is his assistant. We learn about Mrs Ronder’s story and the reason why the story is entitled “the veiled lodger”. The story first takes place in Sherlock Holmes flat. It begins with Dr Watson