•     He is remembered for his science fiction novels and is often called the “father of science fiction”, along with Jules Verne and the publisher Hugo Gernsback.
•     When he broke his leg in 1874, he began to read books from the local library, brought to him by his father. They stimulated his desire to write.

•     With a first class degree in biology, he briefly became a teacher. His career in the classroom was ended by a sharp kick in the kidneys from a pupil. As a result, he became unable to continue teaching.

•     He married twice and got a reputation of a womaniser.

•     He joined socialist circles and used fiction to explore his political ideas.

Then Griffin meets Mr. Marvel, a tramp and a migrant worker by occupation. Griffin confesses to him that he is invisible and forces Marvel to become his assistant. They return to Iping to take Griffin’s 3 notebooks and some other things. Since he has no clothes on, he cannot be seen by anyone.

Later Marvel goes to the police and tells them about this “invisible man”, then requests to be locked up in a high-security jail. Griffin takes shelter in a nearby house that belongs to Dr. Kemp, his acquaintance from medical school, which Griffin left, so that he can devote himself to optics. Griffin reveals his true identity to Kemp and recounts how he invented the chemicals capable of rendering bodies invisible, and, on impulse, performed the procedure on himself. He tells Kemp his plan to begin a “Reign of Terror” by using his invisibility in order to terrorise the nation.

In the final chase, the Invisible Man is caught by the road workers with the help of Dr. Kemp and beaten to death. Upon his death, his body becomes visible.

Marvel opens the "Invisible Man Inn" with the money stolen from Griffin. He also keeps Griffin’s notes and tries to decipher the formulas in the hope that one day he will be able to recreate Griffin’s work.

The main idea of the novel is that evil ambitions full of hatred never bring happiness, success and power. No matter what, people should always remain people of honour.

•     Mr. and Mrs. Hall

•     Marvel Thomas

•     Dr. Kemp

·  Hardy wrote poetry throughout his life and regarded himself primarily as a poet, but his 1st collection wasn’t published until 1898. 

·  Among his famous novels are “Tess of the D’Urbervilles” (1891), “Jude the Obscure” (1895). 

·  During his lifetime, Hardy’s poetry was acclaimed by younger poets who viewed him as a mentor.

·  After his death his poems were highly appreciated by Ezra Pound, W. H. Auden and Philip Laerkin.

·         Alec D’Urberville

·         Angel Clare

·         John Durbeyfield

·         Joan Durbeyfield

·  At the age of 18, he married Anne Hathaway, they had 3 children. Sometime between 1585 and 1592, he began a successful career in London as an actor, writer and part-owner of a playing company called the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, later known as the King’s Men. At the age of 49 he returned to Stratford, where he died 3 years later. William Shakespeare is count as England’s national poet and the “Bard of Avon”.

·         King Claudius

·         Queen Gertrude

·         Polonius 

·         Ophela

·         Poor Yorick 

·         Laertes

·         Horatio

One night his father’s ghost visits Prince Hamlet and tells him that he was murdered by his uncle. When he was asleep in the garden, Claudius put poison in his ear. The ghost commands Hamlet to seek revenge for the murder. Later Hamlet pretends

to be mad to make sure of the King’s guilt. When Hamlet and the queen are in the private chamber, Polonius spies on them, so Hamlet has to kill him. Hamlet is punished for killing Polonius and he is sent to England. Claudius is shocked by Polonius’s death, Gertrude lies for her son, saying that he is just went mad. Then she drinks a poisoned cup which was meant for her son and dies. Hamlet fences against Laertes and he is cut by his sword. As Hamlet’s dying, he stabs King Claudius with the sword. He tells Horatio not to commit suicide and to have Fortinbras as the next king of Denmark.

Fortinbras arrives and arranges a royal funeral for the slain Prince Hamlet.

· He was born in Portsmouth on the southern coast of England. He left school to work in a factory when his father was incarcerated in a debtors' prison. 

·  Dickens's literary success began with the 1836 serial publication of the Pickwick Papers. Within a few years he had become an international literary celebrity, famous for his humour, satire, and keen observation of character and society. 

· Charles Dickens married Catherine Hogarth soon after his first book, Sketches by Box, was published. The couple had a brood of 10 children. He died at his residence, Higham, near Rochester, 9 June 1870, aged 58 years.

·         Mr. Dick 

·         Miss Betsy

·         Mr. Murdstone

·         James Steerforth

·         Tommy Traddles

·         Dora Spenlow

·         Wilkins Micawber

·         Agnes Wickfield

·         Mr. Wickfield

·         Clara Peggotty

·         Daniel Peggotty

He believed that he was born to set the world right. This man, who is a philosopher and a humanist, has to break his ideals

and fight in order to right the wrong. So he wins and that means that he is overcome his own doubts. I like the way Shakespeare treats eternal themes in the play: revenge, betrayal, Love. I also like the variety of characters and their ambiguity.

·  He was born in 1343 in London. Chaucer read a lot of books in his childhood and he was fluent in French, Italian, Latin.

·  In 1366 he married Philippa de Roet and had 2 sons and 2 daughters.

·  Chaucer also had extensive knowledge of jurisprudence, psychology, astrology, astronomy, medicine, physics.

·  According to the legend on his Westminster Abbey tomb, Chaucer died on 25 Oct. 1400. 

·         The Reeve 

·         The Man of Law (or Sergeant of Law) 

·         Roger, the Cook 

·         The Wife of Bath (Alisoun) 

·         Hubert, the Friar 

·         The Summoner 

·         The Clerk 

·         The Merchant 

·         The Squire 

·         The Franklin 

·         The Shipman 

·         The Prioress (Madame Eglantine) 

·         The Physician 

·         The Pardoner 

·         The Monk 

·         The Nun's Priest 

·         The Second Nun 

·         The Canon and the Canon's Yeoman 

·         The Manciple 

·         The Parson