Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

 "All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream"

All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
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All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.
Read more at https://www.brainyquote.com/authors/edgar-allan-poe-quotes

Poe was an American poet and horror story writer.

 Some of Poe's best known stories 
The Black Cat   (1 B : 21st April)
 

The Fall of the House of Usher
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Masque of the Red  Death


Watch the video and answer the questions: 1º E/2ºD 21st October

1. What do we learn about his appearance?
2. Name two adjectives used to describe his stories.
3. What made Poe stand out from other horror writers of his time?
4. What were, according to him, the main rules of a short story?
5. What themes does he explore in his stories?
6. How was his narrator different from other narrators?
7. Who is C.A. Dupin?
8. What other genres are mentioned in the video?
9. Name two adjectives used to describe his poetry.

The Lottery by Shirley Jackson (1A/B/C)

 

 "The Lottery" is a short story written by Shirley Jackson and published by the New Yorker in 1948. It is one of the most controversial stories published by the magazine and is now considered a classic.

It has been adapted into different formats including a graphic novel.

 

Read the story here:  "The Lottery"-The New Yorker (includes audio)   or here "The Lottery"
 

THE SNIPER A short story by Liam O'Flaherty

 

The Sniper is a short story by Irish writer Liam O'Flaherty published in 1923. It is set during the Irish Civil War.

📖   Read The Sniper here  

Questions on the story (print and answer)

The Flowers by Alice Walker

 

 

Read The Flowers here

Read about Alice Walker here

The Way up to Heaven by Roald Dahl B1E (updated)

Earlier this year we read the short story by Roald Dahl Lamb to Slaughter. This week we are going to read another of his short stories, The Way up to Heaven, first published in The New Yorker in 1954
Read and listen the story here.








Your  next two assignments:

• Read about twenty lines from the story. Make sure you listen to it a few times before. Record and send by Thursday 21st

• Write a brief essay comparing the two stories by Roal Dhal we have read this year.You can read Lamb To Slaughter here  Deadline: Sunday 24th

You can watch a version of The way to Heaven from the TV series Tales of The Unexpected

Sherlock Holmes Short Stories

Sir Arthur Connan Doyle (1859-1930) was a Scottish writer. He published four novels and 56 short stories featuring the famous detective Sherlock Holmes and his loyal friend Dr Watson.

The following are some of his best known stories:

The Speckled Band (1892)

The Final Problem (1894)

The Empty House (1905)

The Dancing Men (1905)

Lamb to Slaughter

2016 marks the 100th anniversary of Roald Dahl's birth in Cardiff, Wales. Dahl was a British writer famous for books such as Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory or The witches.

This month we are going to read a short story called

Lamb to Slaughter




What books or stories by Roald Dahl have you read? What is your favourite? Leave a comment.