1. Грязнова Валентина Сергеевна
Virtual excursion
Literary Places of
The United Kingdom of
Great Britain
and
Northern Ireland
Грязнова Валентина Сергеевна

2. What have I done for you, England, my England
What have I done for you, England, my England? What is there I would not do, England, my own? With your glorious eyes austere, As the Lord were walking near, Whispering terrible things and dear As the Song on your bugles blown, England— Round the world on your bugles blown!

3. Literary Tour
Northern
Ireland
Scotland
England
Wales

4. Stratford-upon-Avon is William Shakespeare’s birthplace
England
Henley Street
Stratford-upon-Avon
William Shakespeare's School
William Shakespeare's Birthplace

5. The Globe Theatre The most famous and popular plays
nowadays are «Romeo and Juliet» (1595), «Hamlet» (1601), «Оthello» (1604), «King Lear» (1605), «Мacbeth» (1606)
It is one of the oldest theatres in London on the river Thames In the early 1590s, Shakespeare went to London. He set up his own theatre, the Globe, where his company performed
The company presents Shakespeare's works in a lively way so that today’s audiences can enjoy his plays as much as audiences did in the 16th century

6. The House-Museum of Jane Austen in Bath
Jane Austen spent her short life in Hampshire, near the south coast of England. Her famous novels are "Sense and Sensibility" (1811), "Pride and Prejudice" (1813), "Emma" (1815), Northanger Abbey" (1818) and "Persuasion" (1818). These novels describe the everyday life of people in the upper-middle class circles .

7. England produced and inspired these celebrated writers
Percy Bisshe Shelley
William Wordsworth
Emily , Anne, Charlotte Bronte
Geoffrey Chaucer

8. You can visit Charles Dickens ‘s Museum in Portsmouth, England
Charles Dickens was the most popular novelist in the English language in the nineteenth century.
His popular works are “The Picwick Papers”, “Oliver Twist”, “A Christmas Carol”, “David Copperfield “, “A Tale of Two Cities”
Charles Dickens
When he was only 12, Charles had to leave school and work in a factory. His novels often tell the stories of young children who work hard to escape а life of poverty

9. Sherlock Holmes Museum The Statue of W.Shakespeare
221B Baker Street was assigned to the Sherlock Holmes Museum on 27 March 1990
Sherlock Holmes Museum
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Poet’s Corner in Westminster Abbey
The best place to begin a literary exploration of London is at Westminster Abbey. Here you’ll find the Poet’s Corner with monuments and tombs of outstanding writers: Charles Dickens, Thomas Hardy, Rudyard Kipling,Chaucer, Spenser, Dryden, Ben Jonson, and Milton, Shakespeare, Burns, Byron, Walter Scott, Thackeray
The Statue of W.Shakespeare
tour

10. Wales Guardian Hay Festival of Literature
White Rabbit Memorial
Guardian Hay Festival of Literature
Wales inspired Lewis Carrol to write his literary treasure “ Alice in Wonderland’
Lewis Carrol

11. Cardiff is the motherland of
Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl is the modern children’s writer
Museum of R.Dahl
Cardiff is the motherland of
Roald Dahl

12. Children’s books combine frightening things with humour

13. September, 13 - Roald Dahl’s Day

14. Ireland is the birthplace of the famous writer Oscar Wilde
Northern Ireland
He is famous for his play “The Importance of Being Earnest” and the story “The Picture of Dorian Gray”

15. A beautiful Garden before O. Wilde’s House A monument in the Garden
Могила Оскара Уайльда
в Père Lachaise
The Museum of writers
The Tomb of Oscar Wilde
A beautiful Garden before O. Wilde’s House
A monument in the Garden
The House of the Wilde’s family

16. The most popular books of Oscar Wilde
tour

17. Robert Burn’s Memorial
Scotland has been opened by two famous natives of those places – Robert Burns and Walter Scott
Scotland
A Statue of R.Burns
Robert Burn’s Memorial
Robert Burns was born in Alloway, in Aurshire

18. Sir Walter Scott, 1st Baronet is the famous Scottish poet and writer
Abbotsford House
A beautiful garden in the family’s estate
Sir Walter Scott statue, Edinburgh
W.Scott’s estate in Abbotsford
W. Scott
The Scott Monument in Edinburgh's Princes Street

19. whose ancestors were closely linked to Sir Walter Scott.
The annual Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction was created in 2010 by the Duke and Duchess of Buccleuch,
whose ancestors were closely linked to Sir Walter Scott.
At £25,000 it is one of the largest prizes in British literature

20. My Heart in the Highlands
My heart’s in the Highlands Farewell to the north Chasing the wild deer The birthplace of valour wherever I go wherever I rove The hills of the Highlands Farewell to the Highlands,
farewell to the North,
The birth-place of Valour,
the country of Worth ;
Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,
The hills of the Highlands for ever I love.

21. His real name was Charles Dodgson. What is his pseudonym?
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His books described the life in Victorian England and showed how hard it was, especially for the poor and for children. Who is this writer?
A popular British writer, especially of children’s books which often combine frightening with humour. Who is this?
What place in Oxford is connected with Lewis Carroll and his story "Alice in Wonderland“?
His real name was Charles Dodgson. What is his pseudonym?
Who is the author of the poem “My Heart in the Highlands? What have you known about him?
What places are connected with William Shakespeare?
How is the famous Scottish poet R. Burns honoured by Scottish people?
What places in Britain are connected with Jane Austen?
Where is Conan Doyle’s Museum?
Who wrote “People and Prejudice and Emma”?
Who was the most popular novelist in the English language in the nineteenth century?
What is 221 Baker Street in London famous for?
What places are connected with Roald Dahl?
Where is the Poet’s Corner?
What country is the motherland of Walter Scott?
What have you known about Oscar Wilde ?