T/F 1. Shakespeare sometimes combined the writing of plays with the main acting roles in them.
2. British readers of the nineteenth century had to wait for the sequel if they wanted to know what happened next in Dickens's early novels.
3. You can learn a lot about Jane Austen's novels about the life of peasants.
4. The focus of Charlotte Bronte's novels was on strong and independent men.
5. Walter Scott was the best representative of Romanticism in British literature.
6. Stevenson's descriptions of the sea are very true, because he traveled a lot.
7. Lewis Carroll never signed his books with his real name.
8. Jeffrey Chaucer - the most popular modern poet.
9. Both Byron and Shelley died when they were young.
10. The Booker Prize is awarded only to people living in the UK.

The playwright William Shakespeare (1564-1616) and the prose writer Charles Dickens (1812-1870) remain the two most popular and famous British writers in the world. In addition to writing 35 well-known plays, Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets and sometimes performed small parts in his own plays - known to have played the Spirit in Hamlet. Among his most famous plays are "Romeo and Juliet", "King Lear", "Hamlet" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream".
Dickens began his writing career as a journalist, and all of his novels were first serially published in periodicals. Many of his works highlight the injustice of 19th-century social institutions and the inequality between rich and poor. Among his most famous works are "01iver Twist", "Christmas Carol" and "David Copperfield".
Jane Austen's novels (1775-1817) are known for their sophistication of observation and irony, as well as their deep understanding of provincial middle-class life in the early 19th century. Her works include "Emma", "Pride and Prejudice") and "Mind and Sensuality" - all of which are successfully dramatized in movies and on TV.
Bronte's sisters, Charlotte (1816-1855), Emily (1818-1848) and Anne (1820-1849), were three talented women novelists of the nineteenth century, whose works are now considered classics. Charlotte is best known for the novel "Jane Eyre", and Emily for "Wuthering Heights))" - both novels starring strong independent heroines.
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832), a Scottish poet and novelist, showed in his works his passion for the history of his country. His short stories "The Word of the Last Minstrel", "Marmion", "Lake Lady" were extremely popular. Waverley's novel was the first of a long series published anonymously, including Ivanhoe and Talisman). The influence of Walter Scott can be traced in most of the romantic art of the early 19th century, which took the theme of ballads and folklore. Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), one of the most beloved children's adventurers. His "Treasure Island"), "Stolen"), "Black Arrow" are among the most read children's books for over a century. Stevenson grew up a sickly child and never spent much time outdoors or at sea, but his bright personality, vivid imagination and creativity helped him see islands he had never been to and write convincingly about events he had never witnessed. was. )
Lewis Carroll is the name of Oxford professor of mathematics Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, author of the famous "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and "Through the Mirror Glass", which can not stop the amazing children and adults with their serious humor and good wisdom.
One of the most famous English poets is Jeffrey Chaucer, who lived in the 14th century. Since then, his works have been constantly transcribed, published, read and commented on. His most famous work is The Canterbury Tales, a collection of tales told by a group of pilgrims on their way to Canterbury Cathedral.
Another famous British poet - George Gordon Byron. A trip to the Middle East in 1809 inspired several of his poems, especially Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, which made him immediately popular. In 1823 he joined the Greeks in the struggle for freedom against the Turks and died there of fever at the age of 36. Some of his poems were full of dramatic, romantic, and sometimes deeply moving lyricism, others were sentimental, and others were full of satire and sarcasm. He led an eccentric life, and stories about his love affair made him even more popular.
Percy Beache Shelley was the most idealistic of all British romantic poets, and he also died very young, drowning in the sea. His wife, Mary Shelley, is famous for her novel about Frankenstein.

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