Inglese

He wrote his famous children’s story, “The Happy Prince” for his sons.
He reached the peak of his fame when his play The Importance of Being Earnest was performed in London.
He was very popular, but unfortunately he was involved in a trial and he was sent in prison for two years.
When he was released, he lived in France and the last years o

Twain enlisted in the Confederate militia in 1861, early in the Civil War, but he soon left to pursue a career in writing and journalism in Nevada and San Francisco. His articles and stories became immensely popular.
He moved east in the late 1860s and married Olivia Langdon, the daughter of a rich family. In those years they settled in Hartford, C

She met Alec, son of Mrs. d’Urbervilles, who offered her work looking after chickens. Tess began to enjoy her new job, but from the beginning the attitude of Alec was insolent to her, up to the point that a night he raped her.
A few weeks after that episode, Tess decided to return home and to tell all the story to the mother, who reproached her, bec

As she looks at Patrick lying dead on the floor, she slowly begins to come back to her senses. Immediately she realizes what she has done and not wanting her unborn child to suffer as a result of her crime, she begins planning her alibi.
She places the leg of lamb in a pan in the oven and goes down to the corner grocery to get some food for "her hus

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Tebaldo, Juliet’s cousin, challenges Romeo to a duel. But he refuses to fight, because he now considers him a kind of brother. The brave and clever Mercuzio, Romeo’s friend, immediately replaces Romeo and fights against Tebaldo, who wounds to death the rival. While dying, Mercuzio courses the hate between the two families. Romeo avenges the friend’s dea

SEEM sembrare
SWEAR giurare
WANT volere
WISH desiderare
VERBI CHE REGGONO LA –ING FORM:
GO e COME +
CLIMBING scalare
DANCING ballare
DRIVING guidare
FISHING pescare
RIDING andare a cavallo
SAILING andare in barca a vela
SHOPPING fare compere
SIGHTSEEING fare giri turistici
SKIING sciare
SWIMMIN

➢ BRIEF SUMMARY
ACT 1.
At the opening of the play, Iago and Roderigo are engaged in a conversation about Othello who has just eloped with Desdemona who has refused Roderigo’s offer of marriage. We learn from Iago’s words that he hates his general Othello and Othello’s lieutenant, Cassio. He advises Roderigo to inform Brabantio of his daughter’s

Jane Austen (Steventon, Hampshire 1775 - Winchester 1817), scrittrice britannica, che ebbe grande influenza sullo sviluppo del romanzo inglese. Suo padre era un ecclesiastico e si preoccupт che ricevesse la tipica educazione che all’epoca si impartiva alle giovani di buona famiglia. All’interno della sua famiglia, la sorella Cassandra era la persona a c