The English writer Jane Austen was one of the most important novelists of the 19th century. In her intense concentration on the thoughts and feelings of a limited number of characters, Jane Austen creates as profound an understanding and as precise a vision of the potentialities of the human spirit as the art of fiction has ever achieved. Although her novels received favorable reviews, she was not celebrated as an author during her lifetime. Jane Austen was born in 1775 at Steventon, in the south of England, where her father was rector of the p
Actress. Born Lucille LeSueur (professionally known as Joan Crawford), on March 23, 1906, in San Antonio, Texas. Her parents, Thomas and Anna Bell Johnson LeSueur, had three children. The eldest of the three died in infancy. Their father, a laborer, deserted the family when Crawford was very young. She was raised along with her older brother in Lawton, Oklahoma and Kansas City. Her biological father appeared once, in 1934, when Crawford was 28. She spent a few days with him while making a film. Father and daughter were both intensely emotional
History From the Chronicle of the Town The territory of today’s Pezinok was settled for the first time about 4000-3000 years B.C. There was a Celtic settlement in this area about 400-300 years B.C. The first written reference about Pezinok goes back to 1208. There were two waves of settlement by German winters and artisans, the first one in the first half of the 13th Century and the second one at the beginning of the 16th Century. In 1647 King Ferdinand III issued a charter granting Pezinok the status of free royal town and in 1
The United States is a federal republic composed of a national government and 50 state governments. The constitution: this document guarantees freedom of religion, free speech, free press, the right of citizens to bear arms, the right to a fair trial and protection against cruel and unusual punishment and went into effect in March 1787. The Constitution divides the national government's power among three coequal branches: the executive, the legislative, and the judicial. The legislative bran
Emily, Charlotte and Anne Bronte Charlotte, Anne and Emily Bronte were three sisters who all wrote poetry and novels. Charlotte and Emily have had an important influence on English literature. The parents of Bronte sisters were Patrick Bronte and Maria Branwell. Patrick was a vicar. They had six children , five girls and one boy, who were born between 1813 and 1820. In 1824 four older girls were sent to school which exists only from gifts. The conditions there were terrible and all the girls were very u
Dwight D. Eisenhower Thirty-Fourth President 1953-1961
Major Events: ? The Cold War just begun in it's full scale. ? He ended war in Korea. ? The Soviet supreme leader J.V. Stalin died. ? Bloodily contained uprising in Hungary. ? Communist's revolution on the Cuba changed government to communism. ? ?he Vietnam War begun.
Biography: D. D. Eisenhower was born in Texas in 1890 as the third of seven sons. He was good at sports in the high school, an
8 - ENGLISH DRAMA The dominant person of the English drama is William Shakespeare. But there are also many other personalities like Oscar Wilde with his Ideal Husband, G. B. Shaw with his Pygmalion or Peter Schaffer with Amadeus. Firstly I would like to speak about William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare is considered to be the greatest of all dramatists in the world. His work reflect an image of human unity and a love of people and nature. He was born in 1564 at Stratford-upon-Avon as the oldest son of glove
THE CZECH REPUBLIC - SIGHTSEEING The Czech Republic is a small country in Central Europe and that's why we call it "the heart of Europe". It has a population of about 10 million inhabitants and occupies an area of 78 864 km2. The Czech borders are one of the oldest in Europe and they are mostly defined by mountains. The Czech Republic borders on Germany in the west, on Austria in the south, on Slovakia in the east and on Poland in the north. Our country consists of 3 main regions: Bohemia, Morav
Britain is a constitutional monarchy and the head of the state is the Queen Elizabeth II. The official language is naturally English, the currency is pound sterling divided into 100 cents. The United Kingdom consists of many islands. The biggest ones are Great Britain and Ireland (the nothern part belongs to the UK but the southern is the Republic of Ireland). Great Britain is divided into England, Scotland and Wales. The smaller islands include the Isle of Wight, the Isle of Man with its special language call
HISTORY OF GREAT BRITAIN The original British people were the Celts. They started to settle Britain from the 10th century B.C. The Celtic priests were called druids and they worshipped many gods. The Celtic language is still alive - for example in Wales.
In 55 B.C. the Roman expedition started. Julius Caesar came and named the island as Britannia according to one tribe of Celts - the Britons. Romans built many roads, baths and also Hadrian's wall to protect themselves from the attacks from t
THE SYSTEMS OF GOVERMENT IN THE CR, THE UK AND THE USA
There are a lot of types of government in the whole world: dictatorship, parliamentary republic, presidental republic, constitutional monarchy and absolut monarchy. I would like to mention 3 of them.
THE POLITICAL SYSTEM OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC The Czech Republic is a parliamentary democracy. Its government is divided into three branches - the legislative represented by parliament, the executive represented by the government and judicial power
Official name of this country is The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (below only GB). It consists of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Area is 244 046 square kilometres and it has population of 57,8 mil. London is capital city of England and also of GB. It's the largest city in GB. Next large city's are Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Liverpool, Sheffield, Newcastle, Edinburg, Cardiff etc. The capital city of Scotland is Edinburg, the capital city of North Ireland is Belfast and the capital ci
4000BC - 1500BC Man migrated to Britain whilst it was still joined to the rest of Europe by a land bridge. Stonehenge and Avebury Ring are the most spectacular monuments from this period, but there are others. Stone Age man possessed great skills, but left behind only his archeology 1500BC - 43 AD As the Stone Age progressed to the Bronze Age and Iron Age, more tools became available. Farming became n economic proposition. Extended families lived in hill forts that they c
HOW DID THE SECOND WORLD WAR AFFECT BRITISH SOCIETY?
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Every event has its consequences and nothing happens accidentally- there is no doubt about it. It does not matter if the event touches just one personal life or the whole world. We talk about important but also about insignificant events. Some consequences appear immediately but people
Interesting historical and tourist places in Great Britain
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is composed of historic lands England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. In England, there are many fascinating places. Many people know London and its historic centre but they forget to another monuments, which are not only in London and its environs. We don't have to forget to Oxford and Cambridge, the old university towns. Stratford-upon-Avon is the birthplace of William
New York New York is the largest city in the USA and an industrial port. It lies on the river Hudson and East River. There live 18 million people in N.Y. and 50 percent of them are white, 25 percent are black and the last 25 percent are Hispanic. N.Y. has 5 boroughs - they are Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. It is one of the most important financial, commercial and cultural centres all over the world. There are more than 80 languages used here and
Israel you can meet all the time. But in summer it isn't good weather, because it is very warm. I think, good time is spring or autumn. Israel spreads on a desert. There are some places, where you can find fresh water. This place is the river Jordan; there is a very beautiful land. You cannot go everywhere, because it is danger, for your security take care troops. People can speak English and heap of people speaks Russian in Israel. Israelis speak Hebrew. Base Airfield is Ben Gurion Airport,
The Road goes ever on and on Down from the door where it began. Now far ahead the Road has gone, And I must follow, if I can, Pursuing it with eager feet, Until it joins some larger way Where many paths and errands meet. And whither then? I cannot say.1
There are many books written in English which I consider being worthy to compose an essay about and thus it is quite difficult to pick just one. Lots of these have left a great impressio