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Introduction : Chaucer is considered the father of English poetry. He founded English language and poetry. He was a 14th century poet. His famous work "The Canterbury Tales" is a picture gallery of his time. It features thirty characters from various profession. Through these characters, Chaucer presents an accurate picture of his time.  He is always remembered for his humor, realism, characterization, humanism and narrative art. HUMOUR:  Chaucer is known for his English humour also. He made it the life and soul of his writings. His humour is allied to his humanism. It is healthy device to penetrate into human heart. It is not sarcastic, bitter and pungent. But it is marked by tolerance, charity, forgiveness and sympathy. These qualities make his humour genial. With the help of this humour, the poet laughs at the frailties and foibles of mankind. REALISM:  Chaucer, the great realist poet, presents a realistic picture of 14 th century England. He plays the role of a true ...

Charles Dickens is one of the greatest novelists of English literature. He is regarded as the greatest novelist of Victorian era. He is known for his art of characterization. In his A Tale of Two Cities, we get a lot of characters. Charles Darnay is one of them. He is considered the hero of this novel. He is central character of this popular composition. He plays his role from the beginning to the end of this novel. Charles Darnay is a young man. He is well grown and well looking. He has glowing cheeks and dark eyes. He belongs to a rich aristocratic family. But he has no attraction for prosperity. He wants to lead a peaceful and simple life in London. Thus he accepts the job of a teacher for his living. He is an ideal son who loves his mother very much. He frequently goes to Paris to see her. Darnay is an impressive character. He is kind, generous and humanitarian. He is polite and he has love and kindness for the poor. Darnay and Lucie love each other. To lead a peaceful life he m...

  A Tale of Two Cities: A Summary   Charles Dickens is a novelist of the 19th century. He belongs to England. He portrays the town living and miserable conditions of middle class in his novels. As a social reformer Dickens employs fiction as a platform for his social appeal. Humor and pain are major elements in his novels. A Tale of Two Cities  by Dickens is a well-known novel. It describes the happenings of the two cities - Paris and London during French Revolution. The author has described the incidents and characters of both the cities. Here the characters of the novel move freely from Paris to London. Hence, the writer has appropriately named the novel as A Tale of Two Cities. The plot of this work of fiction is compact, well constructed, economical and dramatic. It is full of suspense and drama. In this novel the purpose of the writer is not to depict the French Revolution in detail. He has simply taken some of the occurrences of French Revolution. With that ba...

 Jane Austen Jane Austen is one of the greatest novelists of the 19th century. She produced six novels. Among them "Pride and Prejudice" is the most popular novel. It occupies the highest position amongst the novels of Jane Austen. It is indeed the most widely read and popular novel of the writer. It has an indelible place in the history of English novels. Love and marriage form an important element in Jane Austen's novels. Hers was a practical idealism. She was pre-occupied with the subject of love and marriage. In her novels a young woman falls in love with a rich and desirable man. She has to face a lot of difficulties in the way of her marriage, but everything ends well. Austen is against illicit love. According to her love must terminate in matrimony. For a successful marriage mutual harmony is essential. Husband and wife should be spiritual counterparts of each other. A perfect marriage is fundamentally a perfect friendship. "Pride & Prejudice" deal...

Q. 1: Who is Jane Austen? Ans.: Jane Austen is an English novelist. She has been called the pure novelist. Q. 2: Was Jane Austen a Georgian era author? Ans: Yes, Jane Austen was a Georgian era author. Q. 3: When was Jane Austen born? Ans: Jane Austen was born on 16 December 1775. Q. 4: Where was Jane Austen born? Ans: Jane Austen was born at Steventon, Hampshire, England. Q.5: What do you know about Steventon? Ans: Steventon was a tiny village amid the chalk hills of North Hants. Q. 6: In which county in England was Austen born? Ans: Hampshire. Q.7: What was the name of Jane Austen’s father? Ans: George Austen was the name of Jane Austen’s father. Q.8: What was Jane Austen’s father? Ans: Jane Austen’s father was a clergyman. Q.9: What was the name of Jane Austen’s mother? Ans: Cassandra was the name of Jane Austen’s mother. Q.10: What was Jane Austen’s number among her siblings? Ans: Jane Austen was the seventh child and second daughter of Cassandra and George Austen. Q.11: When did Ja...