Books in our life

Robert Burns William Shakespeare Charles Dickens Agatha Christie Rudyard Kipling

Robert Burns (1759 – 1796)

William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616) Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon. In about 1591 he moved to London and became an actor at the Globe Theatre. He is an English writer of plays, one of the most famous ever. Among the most famous of his plays are the tragedies of “Romeo & Juliet”, “Julius Caesar”, “Hamlet”, “Othello”, historical plays “Richard III” and others. He also wrote some very good poetry, especially the Sonnets.

SONNET 116 Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no, it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests, and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken. Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle’s compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error, and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

СОНЕТ 116 В соединении двух любящих сердец Позвольте мне препятствиям положить конец. Любовь не есть любовь, Которая, найдя измену, изменяет И отступает, когда ее отдаляют О, нет! Она есть постоянный знак, Который не сдвинуть просто так. Это сияющая звезда для каждого Блуждающего в ночи корабля, И свет ее не достигаем, но он пленяет нас мгновенно, Он временем не поражаем И все же манит непременно. Века не могут обмануть любовь, Хоть молодость и канет в лету, Любовь же остается навсегда - и истину я знаю эту. Но если все же ошибаюсь я, И вы окутаны обманом льстивым, То значит: лжет рука моя, И нет любви на этом свете дивном.

Agatha Christie (1890 – 1976) Agatha Christie was born in Torquay, a fashionable coastal resort in southwest of England, in September She is a writer of popular books and plays, many of which have been made into films. Her most famous haracters are the detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple, and two of her best-known books are “Murder on the Orient Express” and “Death on the Nile”.

Charles Dickens (1812 – 1870) An English novelist, considered by many to be the greatest one of all. His many famous books describe life in Victorian England and show how hard it was, especially for the poor and for the children. They include “the Pickwick Papers”, “Oliver Twist”, “David Copperfield”.

Rudyard Kipling was an English novelist, short-story writer and poet. He is the most widely known for his works for children, especially the “Jungle Book”. Rudyard Kipling was an English novelist, short-story writer and poet. He is the most widely known for his works for children, especially the “Jungle Book”. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 1907.