Презентация "Знаменитые писатели" "Famous writers"

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  FAMOUS WRITERS
  

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  William Shakespeare
  (1564-1616)
  Lived in Stratford-on-Avon
  Went to a grammar school
  Worked as an actor
  Acted at the London theatre “The Globe”
  Wrote 37 plays, poems, sonnets
  
  
  

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  Jack London
  (1876-1916)
  Was son of a farmer.
  Had a lot of jobs (a newspaper seller, a sailor, a worker, a correspondent).
  Wrote his first book in 1898.
  Wrote stories and novels about animals.
  Wrote 152 stories about the North.
  

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  Agatha Christie
  (1890-1976)
  Didn’t go to school.
  Got education at home.
  Took part in the War as a nurse.
  Began writing detective novels in 1920.
  Became famous in 1926.
  Wrote 68 novels, 17 plays, more than 100 stories.
  

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  Mark Twain
  (1835-1910)
  Lived on the Mississippi River.
  Began working at the age of 12.
  Became famous in 1865.
  Was a short story writer and the greatest American humorist.
  Liked collecting strange things.
  

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