Plot

David was born in 1820, his father died before he was born. He lived happily with his mother and Miss Peggotty, the housekeeper.When he was 7 years old his mother met Mr Murdstone and they married. Mr Murdstone was cruel to David and his sister Miss Murdstone came to live with them, they were bad with David.

One day he hit David with a wooden stick, to the point that David bit Mr Murdstone hand. He sent David to a college where he met two boys, Traddles and Steerforth that became his friends. The headmaster was hard and cruel too. While David was in the college his mother died.

David came back home and Mr Murdstone sent him to London, to work in a factory. Miss Pegotty married Mr Barkis, a fisherman and they lived in Yourmouth. One day David decided to escape from the factory and he went to Dover, where his aunt Betsy lived. She took David with her and she payed David’s lessons and his room in Canterbury.

In Canterbury David met Agnes, he was living with her and her father. When David and his friend Steerforth went to Pegotty’s house, Steerforth seduced Emily, her nephew, while she was engaged with Cam. Emily and Steerforth run away and Cam and Pegotty started to search Emily.

David became a lawyer and he went to work to Mr Spenlow, where he met his daughter Dora and he fell in love with her.

Dora’s housekeeper was Miss Murdstone. Mr Spenlow fired David because Miss Murdstone showed him the love letters that David wrote to Dora, but the next night he died.

Dora married David, but she was fragile and she got sick and died. David started to see Agnes again, she told him that she have always been in love with him, so they married and had four children.

The author

Charles Dickens was born in England on the 7th of February 1812. When he was 12 years old his father went to prison.

He left school and went to work in a factory. He workerd many hours in terrible conditions. In 1831 he became a newspaper reporter and he started writing short stories. A lot of people bought the magazines to read his stories.

In 1836 he wrote his first novel “The Pickwick Papers” and it was a big success. He married Caterine Hogartin in 1836 and they had 10 children.

He met many people in his life and he wrote about many of them in his novels. His books are about poverty and social problems. He wrote fourteen major novels during the industrial revolution and he became famous. He died whe he was 58 years old.

Historical Context

When Dickens wrote his novel was the period of the second industrial revolution

There were many scientific discoveries and inventions. There was a big development of railways and shipbuilding with steel.

Many weapons were built and they were stronger than the old ones.

Petroleum was extracted first in 1859 and there were many deposites in Texas. The ships started to use petroleum and fuel.

In this period electric and chemical industries were born. Dinamite was invented by Alfred Nobel in 1867. In this period were produced many medications like aspirin and also anesthetics to reduce pain.

My opinion

For me this book is very beautiful because it also talks about the children’s work in the factories and I think that this is wrong because children mustn’t work, and that they should go to school because it’s their right.

Mr. Fogg, a gentlemen very habit, that is to say he did the exact same thing at the same time every day, decided to go around the world in eighty days whit his manservant, Jean Passepartout. He had £20.000 for the trip. They left London in 2 october, they caught the train to go to Dover. There they caught a ship to go to Brindisi, where sailing to Bombay, but the boat stopped in Suez Canal in Egypt. When they arrived, they bargained with a man who had an elephant. Mr. Fogg paid a lot of money for the elephant, his name was Kiuni, to go to the next stop. When they arrived in a village, there was a celebration of sacrifice of a young girl. Passepartout and Fogg were able to rescue her from this sacrifice. They run away with the girl, the elephant and the guide.When they arrived to the train station they gave the elephant to the guide for his loyalty and then they caught the train to Calcutta, where there was the ship to Hong Kong. But a police man stopped them. They caught the boat the day after. On november 23 they were sailing on the Pacific Ocean to go to America. They reached New York City by train from San Francisco. But before arriving to NYC some Sioux indians attacked the train. Finally they did not find a boat to Liverpool from NYC. On december 20 they arrived to Dublin by ship, after they caught a train to Liverpool and then to London. Mr. Fogg won the challenge with his friends of the club.

This book was really interesting and full of adventures and I like it because one of my dreams is to travel around the world, to know use and habits of different culture.

Oliver is a boy who after his mother’s Death is taken in a orphanage. After that he is sent to work in a workhouse and at the age of nine Oliver goes to London. Here by chance Oliver joins a robbers’ group and at the first robbery done by Oliver, he is arrested but Mr.Brownlow takes Oliver with him and gives education. After spending time with Mr.Brownlow Oliver is kidnapped by Fagin and Nancy to do a last robbery at the Brownlow’s home. This robbery ends with Oliver having an injuried arm. Mr.Brownlow adopts Oliver and sends him to the best school.

THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN BY OSCAR WILDE. HE WAS BORN IN DUBLIN, IRELAND.

IN 1854 HE TRAVELLED A LOT OF IN EUROPE. BUT THE IMPORTANT YEAR OF HIS LIFE THERE WERE WHEN HE WENT IN THE UNITED STATES IN 1882 WERE HE MARRIED AND WRITE SOME BOOKS LIKE THIS.

OSCAR WILDE LIVED IN THE VICTORIAN AGE. IN 1887 THE QUEEN VICTORIA BECAME RHE EMPRESS OF INDIA AND ENLARGE THE TERRITORY.

BETWEEN 1852 AND 1856 ENGLAND PARTICIPATED IN THE CRIMEA WAR, AND BETWEEN 1889 AND 1902 PARTICIPATED IN THE BOER WAR.  THE VICTORIA QUEEN DIED IN 1902.

THIS BOOK TALK ABOUT A GHOST THAT KILLED ALL PEOPLE WHO WILL GO TO CANTERVILLE CHASE. MR HIRAM B. OTIS WITH HIS FAMILY BOUGHT CANTERVILLE CHASE BY LORD CANTERVILLE AND GO THERE.

IN THIS “HOME” THEY LIVED MANY ADVENTURES.  THE STAIN ON THE PAVEMENT, NO ONE HAS  BEEN ABLE TO REMOVE IT EVEN PINKERTON’ S CHAMPION CLEANER. ON THE NIGHT MR OTIS HEAR A NOISE AND OPEN THE DOOR OF HIS ROOM AND IN FRONT  OF HIM THERE WAS A TERRIBLE OLD MAN.

HIS EYES WAS RED LIKE FIRE. HIS LONG GREY HAIR WAS THICK AND DIRTY. HE WAS WEARING OLD FASHIONED CLOTHES. HEAVY CHAINS WERE HANGING FROM HIS WRISTS AND ANKLES, AND MR OTIS TAKEN THE GHOST GIVING A SOLVENT FOR THE CHAINS, WHILE THE TWINS TAKEN OUT THE GHOST , THAT  RETURNED IN HIS SECRET ROOM.

BUT GHOST IS MORE DETERMINATE AND DON’ T GIVE UP  THEN THE GHOST APPEAR A SECOND TIME AND THE FAMILY HAVE  ALREADY PREPARED  FOR HE.

THE TWINS MAKE HIM A JOKE WHERE THEY SAY TO IGNORE THE GHOST OF THE CANTERVILLE CHASE, AT THIS POINT THE GHOST RETURNED IN HIS SECRET ROOM, DISAPPOINTED.

ONE DAY WHEN TWO YOUNG PEOPLE WENT RIDING TOGETHER VIRGINIA HAD FORGOTTEN HER JACKET AND RETURNED IN HER ROOM BUT MET THE GHOST AND THEY STARTED TO TALK OF WHAT THAT WAS HAPPENING AND THEY BECAME FRIEND. VIRGINIA AND THE GHOST WENT TO THE GARDEN OF DEATH , WHERE ALL  THE NATURE WERE DEAD.

VIRGINIA’S FAMILY WAS WORRIED AND THEY SERCHED ALL OVER THE HOUSE.

VIRGINIA FOLLOWED THE GHOST INTO THE DARK ROOM AND WHEN VIRGINIA RETURNED IN THE CANTERVILLE CHASE SHE SAID: THE GHOST IS DEAD, AND WITH HER FAMILY ORGANIZED THE FUNERAL FOR HE.

Oliver is the protagonist of the Novel. He is born in a workhouse in the first half of the century. His mother dies during his birth and he is sent to an orphange, where he is treated badly. One night Oliver asks for more food and because of this, he is sent to work. Eventually after suffering enought, he runs away and heads to London. In London he getd involved with a gang of thieves and pickpockets headed by Fagin ( a corrupter of young boys ) . One day the gang robs Mr. Brownlow and Oliver takes the opportunity to run away from the grup and he is taken in by Mr. Brownlow. But the gang conviced him ti get back with them. Oliver is sent out kn another job but it gies wrong and Oliver is taken in, by the maylies, the family he was sent to Rob. This time his life changes for the better. But Fagin’s gangcomes after him again and Nancy was killed meanwhile, the maylies reunite Oliver with Mr. Brownlow, who turns out to be Oliver’s uncle. Fagin is arrested and Oliver settle down to a normal life, reunited with his family.

Dickens uses the Novel to give readers of the time, a dramatic understending of the deplorable social situation for England’s underclass and particularly it’s childrens. It shows the poorness of british public institutions for dealing with the poverty of children like Oliver

This book is about a man named Passepartout who is looking for a job. He goes to Mr Fogg’ s home ,Mr Fogg is a gentleman.One day Mr Fogg makes a bet : going around the world in eight days . When Mr Fogg leaves the London’ s bank is robbed.

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When Mr Fogg arrive to India the inspector Fix receives a telegram,he wants to arrest Mr Fogg and Passepartout.They save Aouda’ s life she is a young indian woman ,she decides to stay with them . They are attaked by sioux warriors and Passepartout is kidnapped by the Indians but Fogg rescuse him. Fogg missed the last train and arrives five minute later in London . He has lost the wager .It is a mistake because they are arrived the day before . Mr fogg wins the wager and maries Aouda.

Around the world in 80 days is an adventure novel by the French author Jules Verne. This novel talks about the story of Phileas Fogg and his waiter Passepatour. They are trying to circumnavigate the world in 80 days, to win a £20000 bet. The novel of Verne for me is very educative because through the character of Fogg we learn the true value of friendship and loyalty. We realize that winning is not always the biggest prize of all. So I reccomend it to children of my age or to anyone who is interested in adventure stories.

Oliver twist was born in 1830, a few minutes before his mother died. He lived in a workhause directed by Mr Bumble, here the boys live very badly and suffer from hunger. So Oliver comes forward to ask for more food but is locked up in a dark room. One day Mr Sowerberry went to Mr Bumble to ask him if he had a boy to have him work in his coffins shop. In the morning to wake up Oliver is Mr Claypole, the owner of the shop, during the day Mr Clayope insinuates that Oliver’s mother had been a thief so he starts beating him … the next day Oliver ran away to London where he meets Jack Dawkins who offers him a place to sleep but it also makes it enter a band of thieves with Fagin and Bill Sikes.

Oliver, however, understands the real job of the boys when they steal the wallet from a gentleman’s pocket, but Mr. Brownlow notices this and blames Oliver, who tries to escape but is catchen by the police. He explained to the police what happened so they let him go away.

Mr Brownlow takes a liking to him and provides him with education by treating him kindly.
Oliver is kidnapped by Nancy who brings him back to Fagin who forces the protagonist to steal from the Maylies’ home.
But Fagin’s plain fails, in fact Oliver is injured by a bullet in his arm. The next day t Mrs. Maylie treat Oliver’s arm.

By now Oliver lived with them but Fagin wanted him to leave and let Monks help him.
Nancy warns Rose Maylie about Monks’ plain , to kill his half-brother (Oliver) to recive the heredity. Rose then contacts Mr. Brownlow and tells him what Nency told her. Sikes discovers Nancy’s betrayal and kills her. Fagin and Sikes are arrested while Sikes manages to escape. Oliver received his part of heredity and Oliver is officially adopted by Mr Brownlow.

The novel tells the story of an American family that according to the medal of the time, buys a castle in the UK and goes there to live. This castle is haunted by the ghost of Lord Simon who has been damned for killing his wife and who can be freed from spell only if a pure soul feels pity and weeps for him. The family consists of, father, mother and 4 children (Washington, Virginia and the two twins). The story tells how immediately an atmosphere of prank and tension is created by jokes of various kinds. But one evening the twins make a terrible joke to the ghost who, scared, locks himself in a room for two weeks and stays there until his older sister goes to talk to him. The sister hearing the true story of the ghost cries for him and in so doing Sir Simon is forgiven and given freedom. I liked the book very much the mysterious atmospheres but also a bit amusing they are better integrated, the characters are well characterized and the intertwining of the story that is created between the ghost and the girl and very beautiful interesting. The ending, then, is very mysterious and is perfectly suited to a ghost story.

From this story one senses the romantic spirit in the author: Oscar Wilde, most likely influenced by the Irish poetess mother with thoughts of Byronic origin. Then, however, the author develops his work in the decadent vein that in the 1800s was opposed to positivist thought. This thought was characterized by a trust in science, in fact it was in the period of the industrial revolution that brought people of the time to trust in science and at the same time to a discomfort in everyday life. This in fact leads to the birth of many currents of thought opposed to positivism such as the nihilism of Nietzsche or the mysticism of Shopenhauer, to the vitalism of D’Annunzio. Among these currents opposed to positivism there was also aestheticism, a literary form characterized by the constant search for beauty. the greatest exponent of this thought was precisely Oscar Wilde, in fact in works such as the portrait of Dorian gray this concept is very pronounced and taken to the extreme where the protagonist deceives old age by aging a painting in its place.

As Oscar Wilde stated:  “I have the simplest tastes. I am always satisfied with the best.”

AUTHOR: Jules Verne. Jules Verne was born in 1829 in France. His father was angry when he began to write book. Before to do write ” Around the world in 80 days” he wrote another books. He died in 1905 in France.CHARACTERS: Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, mrs Aouda, inspector Fix

SETTING: London and all the world

FAVORITE CHARACTER: my favorite character is Phileas Fogg because ha is corageus and competitive

PLOT: an Englishman, Phileas Fogg did a shop assistant and he commited to do around the world in 80 days for 20000 pounds. He and Passepartout did a travel and met some people like the inspector Fix, in Egypt, he thought the Fogg was a criminal and he wanted to have him arrested slowing down Fogg’s travel. They met also mrs Aouda in India and they save she. There were more problems during the travel and when Fogg returned at London he thought that he had lost because he thought that it was the day before. At the end Phileas Fogg became rich and he married with mrs Aouda.