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- Francis Bacon is the Father of English Essay and Father of Modern Prose.
- His famous quotations:
- The secret of success is the constancy of purpose.
- Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
- Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, written an exact man.
- Opportunity makes a thief.
- It is impossible to love and be wise.
- History makes man wise.
- Studies serve for delight, for ornament and for ability.
- Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digest of studies.
- Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
- Revenge is a kind of wild justice.
- Unmarried men are best friends, best Masters, best servants but not always best subjects.
- Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old authors to read.
Source: Live MCQ Lecture and The Oxford Dictionary of Quotation.

• The Renaissance Period (1500-1660) is divided into 4 main Periods. Such as
- Elizabethan Period (1558-1603),
- Jacobean Period (1603-1625),
- Caroline Period (1625-1649) and
- Commonwealth Period (1649-1660).
• 'The Puritan Age' refers to (1620-1660).
• The duration of 'The Age of Shakespeare' is 1590 to 1616.
Source: Live MCQ lecture and An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.

- Rudyard Kipling is a modern British Novelist.
- P. B. Shelley, Lord Byron and John Keats are the poets of the Romantic Age.
Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.

• William Wordsworth is a famous Romantic poet.
• His famous quotations:
- 'Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting',
- 'Child is the father of man',
- 'Nature never did betray the heart that loved her',
- 'Poetry is a spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings',
- 'Poet is the breath and finer spirit of knowledge',
- Every great poet is a teacher.
- 'Come forth into the light of things, let nature be your teacher'.
Source: The Oxford Dictionary of Quotation.

• A list of writers of 'Victorian Age':
- Charles Dickens,
- Thomas Hardy,
- Matthew Arnold,
- Lord Alfred Tennyson,
- Robert Browning,
- George Eliot,
- Samuel Butler etc.
• Jane Austen is a writer of the Romantic Age.
Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.

• Man and Superman is a famous play which is written by G. B. Shaw.
• Important character of Man and Superman:
- John Tanner,
- Hector Malone,
- Ann Whitefield,
- Mendoza,
- Roebuck Ramsden,
- Octavius Robinson,
- Violet Robinson,
- Susan Ramsden etc.
Source: Man and Superman by G. B. Shaw.

• Robert Frost is an American national poet.
• His famous poem is 'Stopping by woods on a snowy evening'.
• Famous quotation of this poem:
- ''The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.''
- 'Good fences make good neighbors' (Mending Wall).
Source: Live MCQ Lecture and Encyclopedia of Britannica.

• John Milton is a great Master of verse in the puritan period.
• He is a famous Epic poet in English literature.
• His famous quotations:
- Give me liberty, to know, to utter, to argue freely, according to conscience above all of my liberties.
- 'Childhood shows the man as morning shows the day',
- 'It is better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven'
- 'Love quarrels of in pleasing Concord end.',
- 'Death is the golden key that opens the place of eternity'.
Source: Live MCQ Lecture and The Oxford Dictionary of Quotation.

• Thomas Carlyle was a Scottish philosopher.
• His famous quotations:
- Popular opinion is the greatest lie.
- Speech is great, silence is greater.
Source: Live MCQ Lecture and The Oxford Dictionary of Quotation.

- The Repetition of a vowel sound in nearby words (without the recurrence of consonant sounds which would make a rhyme).
- Alone, alone, all, all alone;
Alone on a wide, wide sea' is an example of Assonance.
Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr M Mofizar Rahman.

• Charles Dickens is the greatest novelist in the Victorian Period.
• His famous Novel is Great Expectations.
• Famous quotations of great expectation:
- The success is not mine, the failure is not mine, but the two together make me.
- Charity begins at home and Justice begins next door.
Source: Live MCQ Lecture and The Oxford Dictionary of Quotation.

• Abraham Lincoln was a former president of the USA.
• His famous quotations:
- The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend.
- Marriage is neither heaven nor hell, it is simply purgatory.
- The ballot is stronger than bullet.
- Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.
- With malice towards none, with charity for all.
- You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.
Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica.

- The Repetition of a consonant at the beginning of two or more words or stressed syllables is called Alliteration.
- 'Puffs, powders, patches, Bibles, billet-doux' is an example of Alliteration.
- Here 'p' has been repeated thrice and 'b' twice.
- Fair is foul, and foul is fair.
- Ruins seize thee, ruthless king!
Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr M Mofizar Rahman.

• Oliver Twist is a famous novel which is written by Charles Dickens.
• Important character of this novel:
- Oliver Twist,
- Fagin,
- Bill Sikes,
- Nancy,
- Agnes Fleming,
- Charley Bates etc.
Source: Oliver Twist and Encyclopedia of Britannica.

• Some poet of 'The Restoration Period':
- William Congreve,
- John Milton,
- John Dryden,
- John Locke,
- John Bunyan,
- Samuel Butler etc.
• Poet of The Augustan Period:
- Alexander Pope,
- Jonathan Swift,
- Daniel Defoe,
- Samuel Richardson etc.
• Robert Herrick is a poet of The Caroline Period.
Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.

• Alfred Tennyson is a famous Victorian poet.
• His famous quotations:
- A man can see farther through tear than a telescope.
- Knowledge comes but wisdom lingers.
- Sorrows are the best educator.
- The old order changeth yielding place to new.
- Authority forgets a dying king.
- Who are wise in love, love most, say least.
- I will never rest from travels, I will drink life to the lees.
Source: Live MCQ Lecture and The Oxford Dictionary of Quotation.

- Othello is a famous Tragedy of William Shakespeare.
- Important Character of Othello:
• Othello,
• Desdemona,
• Brabantio,
• Iago,
• Cassio etc.
Source: Othello and Encyclopedia of Britannica.