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A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens full novel

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens Book Preview I t was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair, we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way—in short, the period was so far like the present peri- od, that some of its noisiest authorities insisted on its being received, for good or for evil, in the superlative degree of comparison only. More

Pride and Prejudice | full novel by Jane Auston

Pride and Prejudice Jane Auston 's novel Book   Preview Reading Jane Austen as a Moral Philosopher Thomas Rodham keenly observes Jane Austen’s exacting ethical expertise.  Jane Austen (1775-1817) wrote delicious romantic comedies about middle-class girls looking for good husbands among the landed gentry of Regency England. But if that were all there was to it we wouldn’t make her any more seriously now than the genre hack published by Mills and Boon. What’s so special about her novels that we are still reading them today? It’s not just their literary quality. Austen was also a brilliant moral philosopher who analysed and taught a virtue ethics for middle-class life that is surprisingly contemporary. Appreciating this can help us understand why she wrote the way she did, and how and why we should read her today. Austen’s Literary Situation Austen is justly celebrated as a literary icon both for her genius and for her role in inventing the modern novel. Her ...

linguistics Fundamental Concepts of Sociolinguistics

Sociolinguistics Fundamental Concepts  Fundamental Concepts . While the study of sociolinguistics  is very broad, there are a few fundamental  concepts  on which many sociolinguistic inquiries  depend.  More...

linguistics: What is Sociolinguistics?

What is Sociolinguistics What are sociolinguisÆŸcs? What do sociolinguists study? Why does someone use one language instead of another? What are varieÆŸes? Can a language become exÆŸnct? What can we do to keep a language alive? Do men and women talk differently?  More... Macro LinguisÆŸcs and Micro LinguisÆŸcs MicrolinguisÆŸcs deal with phoneÆŸcs, grammar, etc. on the individual example level; MacrolinguisÆŸcs deals with comparaÆŸve studies among languages, language families, large influences on language development. Microlinguistics refers to phoneÆŸcs, phonology, grammar, and semanÆŸcs, whereas macro linguistics covers sociolinguisÆŸcs, discourse analysis More...

pride and prejudice JANE AUSTON'S MORAL VISIONS

JANE AUSTON'S MORAL VISIONS Jane Austen (1775-1817) wrote delicious romantic comedies about middle-class girls looking for good husbands among the landed gentry of Regency England. But if that were all there was to it we wouldn’t take her any more seriously now than the genre hacks published by Mills and Boon. What’s so special about her novels that we are still reading them today? It’s not just their literary quality. Austen was also a brilliant moral philosopher who analysed and taught a virtue ethics for middle-class life that is surprisingly contemporary. Appreciating this can help us understand why she wrote the way she did, and how and why we should read her today. MORE

This is Water "David Foster Wa!ace" big fish water is life speech

This is Water "David Foster Wa! ace"  CLICK HERE FOR PREVIEW There are these two young fish swimming along, and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, “Morning, boys, how's the water?” And the two young fish swim on for a bit, and then eventually one of them looks over at the other and goes, “What the hell is water?”

TYPES OF IDENTITY DOCS

TYPES OF IDENTITY Religious Identity: It is a specific type of identity formation. It is the sense of group membership to a religion and the importance of this group membership as it pertains to one's  self-concept . Religious identity is not necessarily the same as religiousness or  religiosity . Although these three terms share a commonality, religiousness and religiosity refer to both the value of religious group membership as well as participation More  

Language Attitudes DOCS

Language Attitudes DOCS Language attitudes are actually the feelings people have about their own language or the languages of others, and further defined, as an individual’s psychological construction regarding their own language and/or the languages of others More

Cross Cultural Communication

Cross Cultural Communication The phrase cross-cultural communication describes the ability to successfully form, foster, and improve relationships with members of a culture different from one's own. It is based on knowledge of many factors, such as the other culture's values, perceptions, manners, social structure, and decision-making practices, and an understanding of how members of the group communicate--verbally, non-verbally, in person, in writing, and in various business and social contexts, to name but a few. Click For Preview

A DOLL'S HOUSE by Henrik Ibsen 1879 translated by William Archer

A DOLL'S HOUSEby Henrik Ibsen1879translated by William Archer Click Here For Download............ Click Here For Download............

Of Studies & On Studies

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War Eassy

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Eastern and Western Ideals of Happiness

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Araby

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After Twenty Years

After Twenty Years After Twenty Years

THE FALL OF the house of Usher

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The Story of an Hour

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The Nightingale and the Rose

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