GRUP SCOLAR SANNICOLAU MARE A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all. Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy Do not do an immoral thing for moral reasons. Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy ( ) (1891)

The Victorian era of the United Kingdom marked the height of the British industrial revolution and the apex of the British Empire. Although commonly used to refer to the period of Queen Victoria's rule between 1837 and 1901, scholars debate whether the Victorian period—as defined by a variety of sensibilities and political concerns that have come to be associated with the Victorians— actually begins with the passage of the Reform Act The era was preceded by the Regency era and succeeded by the Edwardian period. QUEEN VICTORIA (r )

Events In 1842, a law was passed to ban women and children working in mines. In 1849, two thousand people a week died in a cholera epidemic. In 1851, the Great Exhibition (the first World's Fair) was held in The Crystal Palace, with great success and international attention.Great Exhibition World's Fair In 1859, Charles Darwin published "The Origin of Species", which led to great religious doubt and insecurity.Charles DarwinThe Origin of Species In 1861, Prince Albert died and Queen Victoria refused to go out in public for many years and when she did she insisted on wearing a widow's bonnet instead of the crown.Prince AlbertQueen Victoria In 1888, the serial killer known as Jack the Ripper murdered and mutilated five (and possibly more) prostitutes on the streets of London, leading to world-wide press coverage and hysteria. Newspapers used the deaths to bring greater focus on the plight of the unemployed and to attack police and political leaders. The killer was never caught, and the affair contributed to Sir Charles Warren's resignation.serial killer Jack the Ripper prostitutesLondon In 1891, education became free for every child.1891

Victorian literature is the literature produced during the reign of Queen Victoria (1837—1901) and corresponds to the Victorian era. It forms a link and transition between the writers of the romantic period and the very different literature of the 20th century. Queen Victoria Victorian era romanticliterature of the 20th century Significant Victorian novelists and poets include: the Brontë sisters, (Anne, Emily and Charlotte Brontë), Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Lewis Carroll, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, George Gissing, Thomas Hardy, A. E. Housman, Rudyard Kipling, Robert Louis Stevenson, Philip Meadows Taylor, Lord Alfred Tennyson, William Thackeray, Anthony Trollope and Oscar Wilde.Brontë sistersAnneEmilyCharlotte BrontëRobert Browning Elizabeth Barrett BrowningEdward Bulwer-LyttonLewis CarrollWilkie CollinsCharles DickensGeorge EliotElizabeth GaskellGeorge GissingThomas HardyA. E. Housman Rudyard KiplingRobert Louis StevensonPhilip Meadows TaylorLord Alfred TennysonWilliam ThackerayAnthony TrollopeOscar Wilde

A lover without indiscretion is no lover at all. Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been young and beautiful after she is aged and ugly. Thomas Hardy Give the enemy not only a road for flight, but also a means of defending it. Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy

IIf someone s raped, it has to remain a secret for ever. HHaving a secret destroys your life and you can t move one. IIf you love someone you love her for the person she is, not to judge the old mistake. EEverybody has the right to a second chance. TThere is one standard for men and another for women, is this fair?

1.Read part 1, 2 and 3 of the text and answer the questions in exercise 2 c. 2.Read part 3 of the text once again and sum it up in about 55 words 3.Change the end of the story so it becomes a happy end.

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