Faculty of Technical Science

University of Pristina

The Theme:
Britains most famous
Profesor: writers Student:
Slavica Savic Enver Abdula

Kosovska Mitrovica 2017

Preamble

English language is the most

widespread language in the world today.
English is being used as primary
language worldwide in international
affairs, business markets and academic
circles.
In many world countries of the world
the official language is English, as
Canada, Australia, India, USA, Hong
Kong, South African Republic.
The most of the words we use today,
come with basic settings on English and
we accept them so naturally.
Britain probably has more famous
writers than any other country, their
works spanning every period of history
and many literary styles.
Geoffrey Chaucer

Was British poet, philosopher,
courtier, soldier and diplomat in
Medieval.
His most important work The
Canterbury Tales, collection of
24 stories. Only 2 were written
in prose, other 22 written in
verse.
Most important works: The
Book of Duchess, The House of
Fame, The Legend of Good
Women and Troilus and
Criseyde.
The Canterbury Tales

Chaucer described pilgrims
group and its voyage.
They were on the way to give
respect to the grave of the St.
Thomas.
The pilgrims come from all the
layers of the society.
They gathered at the Tabard inn
near London.
They had a deal, that who tells
better story could get a free
meal.
It is believed that Chaucer
described his own pilgrimage
that he went on around 1387.
William Shakespeare

English poet and playwrite.
He is the owner of 38 plays,
154 sonnets, and several
poems.
At age of 18, he married Anne
Hathaway, who bore him three
children, Suzan and twins,
Hamlet and Judith.
Began very successful career in
London as an actor.
He was co-owner of playing
company The Lord
Chamberlains Men.
He died in 1613 in Stratford.
 Shakespeares opus

Most of his opus, Shakespeare wrote in between 1590

and 1613.

He wrote comedies, tragedies, history based stories.

His most famous works, considered as best written in

English are plays as Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth,
Romeo and Juliet.
 ROMEO AND JULIET

The play which is set in

Verona is a story about a
long feud between the
Montague and Capulet
families. This feud causes
tragic results for the main
characters in the
play,Romeo and Juliet.

HAMLET

Prince Hamlet is depressed.

Having been summoned
home to Denmark from
school in Germany to attend
his father's funeral, he is
shocked to find his mother
Gertrude already remarried.
TheQueenhas wed
Hamlet's Uncle Claudius,
the dead king's brother. To
Hamlet, the marriage is
Jane Austen

She was born in Steventon.
Thanks to her sister, today we have the
only portrait of Jane Austen that is kept
in museum in London.
She got her primary Education at School
for girls, first at Oxford and than in
Southampton.
She published her first story in 1789.
She refused the only offer of
marriage that we know she
received.
Today its believed that she had
Addison`s disease.
Jane Austen had to travel to
Winchester for medical care where
she died 2 months later, on July
18. 1817.
 Jane Austin never signed a novel with her full name, she
always used synonyms.

She was a writer of love novels.

Her most popular novels among readers are: Sense and

Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park.
 Charlotte and Emily Bronte
Charlotte and Emily were two of six children in Bronthad.
Their father served mess as catholic priest.
Their mother died out of cancer in 1821.
They were sent to the Daughters school 1824.
Influences by their fathers library, especially by Walter Scott and Lord
Byrons books, started writing their fictional stories.
Charlotte Bronte

Charlotte wrote her first story about a
country called Angria.
In period of 1831 1832, Charlotte
continued her education at Roe Head
School.
After she lost of her entire family,
Charlotte kept writing and published four
books, todays classic, Jane Eyre in
1947, Shirley in 1849, Villette 1853
and Professor in 1857.
The Professor was her first novel, but it
was rejected by many publishes back
then and printed after she died.
She got married to Arthur Bell Nicholls,
which was her fathers curate.
Charlotte died during her first
pregnancy.
Emily Bronte

Emily, together with Anne, wrote
a story about Gondal.
Emily worked at Miss Patchett's
Ladies Academy as governess as
well.
In 1842, they applied for a job in
Brussels, but they had to return
home, because their aunt, who
took care of the family, has died.
In 1847. Emily published her only
novel, Wuthering Heights.
After she past away, she was
buried at the St. Michaels Church,
with her stuffed animal, monkey
Dave.
Charles Dickens

Most significant writer of 19th
century.
At age of 11, his father was arrested
because of the debt and Charles had
to work 10 hours a day in a factory.
He worked as journalist.
Dickens edited a journal for 20 years
and wrote 15 novels and hundred
short stories.
In 1857, Dickens, at age of 45, fell in
love with a much younger, 18 year
old actress, Ellen Ternan and
divorced his wife a year later.
Charles Dickens had a stroke in June
8, 1870, while working on Edwin
Drood.
He was buried at Westminster
Abbey.
Charles Dickens

His first work got published,

Sketches by Boz, a collection of
short stories.
In 1838, he wrote Oliver Twist,
that had a child as its main
character.
He published his Christmas
themed stories, A Christmas
Carol in 1843, The Chimes in
1844 and The Cricket on the
Hearthin 1845. In period 1846
1848, he worked on Dombey
and Sonand David Copperfield,
(1849 1850) which he
considered as his best work.
Agatha Christie

Agatha Mary Clarissa Miller, was born
on September 15, 1890.
Her mother kept Agatha home and
taught her how to read and write.
During World War I, she worked as a
nurse.
After the war, she worked at hospitals
pharmacy which had a great influence
on her future work because most of
the murders she wrote about in her
novel, were committed by poison.
After divorce from Archibald Christie,
she showed a great interest for
archeology, and married an
archeologist, Max Mallowan,
She died on January 12, 1976 at her
home in Wallingford, near Oxford, at
age of 86.
Agatha Christie
In her stories, she
described places she lived
at or visited at some point.
Her first novel she
published is The
Mysterious Affair at
Styles, in 1920, which
featured her famous
detective HerculePoirot.
she worked on Murder on
Orient Express in hotel
PeraPalas in Istanbul.
Her most famous works
are:The Murder of Roger
Ackroyd (1926), Peril at End
House (1932), Murder on
the Orient Express (1934),
The ABC Murders (1935),
And Then There Were None
(1939), Crooked House
(1949), A Murder is
Announced (1950), Endless
Night (1967).
The End