From the earliest known writing of Charlotte Bronte, a charmingly illustrated short story, the Villette author penned for her little sister Anne, to Jane Austen’s wry recording of an acquaintance’s dismissal of ‘Pride and Prejudice’, as ‘downright nonsense’, the British Library has put together 1,200 of its greatest literary treasures online. With such valuable content, the British Library is expected to become the biggest English Literature resource.
2 The British Library also launched the Victorian and Romantic section of its new Discovering Literature website. This was done after a survey of more than 500 English teachers which found that 82% ofsecondary school students find it hard to identify with classic authors. With materials from organizations like the Bronte Parsonage Museum, and Keats House the site at the British Library features manuscripts from authors, including Blake, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats,. Austen, Dickens and Wilde, as well as diaries letters, newspaper clippings from the time and photographs, in an attempt to bring that period of English Literature to life.
3 ‘There’s a lock of Shelley’s hair in the poem ‘Ozymandias’, and an early draft of Wilde’s ‘The Importance of Being Earnest’, as well as newspaper coverage of his 1895 trial. One press clipping from the time reveals an illustration of the trial’s dosing moments as well as two closing vignettes: contrasting the author’s former fame with his new convict status.
4 The website also features an 1809 dictionary of criminal slang, including words found in the works of Charles Dickens, and the largest collection of children’s Bronte writings, such as their miniature notebooks detailing their fantasy words of Gondol and Angria. It also includes Charlotte Bronte’s little book made for her sister Anne, which is illustrated with tiny watercolour drawings, and features its original covers made from a piece of flowered wallpaper. The British Library head of public reading and learning said that contact with such original material can bring life to a novel or poem written centuries ago.
Q. On the basis of your reading of the above passage answer the following questions.
(a) Cite two examples of valuable content at the British Library expected to become a rich literature resource.
(b) Why is the British Library expected to become the biggest online literature resource?
(c) Why was a Discovering Literature section added to the website?
(d) What attempts have been made to bring English Literature to life at the British Library?
(e) What is unique about the copy of ‘Ozymandias’ at the British Library?
(f) What details do the newspaper clippings about Oscar Wilde reveal?
(g) Besides reporting the event what else do the clippings talk about?
(h) Describe the book that Charlotte Bronte wrote for her sister Anne.
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Charlotte Bronte’s little book made for her sister Anne, which is illustrated with tiny watercolour drawings, and features its original covers made from a piece of flowered wallpaper
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