FAMOUS WRITERS IN BRITAIN

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was the greatest writer of the English language. He wrote both comedies, tragedies and also many sonnets. Many of his books were turned into films. The most famous ones are ‘Romeo and Juliet’, ‘Macbeth’, ‘Hamlet’, ‘The Tempest’ and ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’.  The English Renaissance was called “the age of Shakespeare”.

Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was an English writer of a Victorian era. As a teenager he had to end school and work in a factory. With his wife Catherine  Dickens had 10 children. ‘A Christmas Carrol’ is one of the writer’s most loved books which became a film a few times. Other famous works of Charles Dickens are ‘David Copperfield’ and ‘Oliver Twist’.

Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400) was an English author, philosopher, diplomat and poet. He was famous for ‘Canterbury tales’, one of the greatest epic works of world literature. Chaucer used English at a time when much court poetry was still written in Anglo-Norman or Latin.

1. Which writer had 10 children?
2. Who is the author of ‘A Christmas Carrol’?
3. Who was the greatest writer of the English language?
4. Did Geoffrey Chaucer write ‘Oliver Twist’?
5. Which writer as a teenager worked in a factory?
6. Was the English Renaissance called “the age of Shakespeare”?
7. Did William Shakespeare write ‘The Tempest”?
8. Was Charles Dickens a writer of a Victorian era?
9. Which writer was an English author, philosopher, diplomat and poet?
10. Who wrote ‘A Midsummer Night’s Dream’?