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Activity 2 Creative Thinking Communication

Appreciation of
Literature Global
Awareness

In the chapter ‘Fire’, you read about Jane’s experiences as a
governess at Thornfield Hall. The chapter is an excerpt from
Charlotte Bronte’s novel Jane Eyre. Charlotte Bronte was an
English novelist who belonged to the Victorian era. A few
other popular novelists who belonged
to this period are Charles Dickens,
William Makepeace Thackeray, George
Eliot and Thomas Hardy.
Select any one of these authors and
find out about his/her major works.
List the works in a tabular/graphical
form and discuss in the class how the
author’s writings reflected the life of Charlotte Bronte
the times.

Charles Dickens W M Thackeray

George Eliot Thomas Hardy

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