Literature

All of us can read. While reading we not only learn new information but also we learn language! So... read the following texts and pay attention to word usage, punctuation, style, etc.

The articles here are selected with the purpose to let you know of some celebrities, like Elvis Presley, Albert Einstein , Shakira , Jennifer Lopez, and to get you acquainted with some works of famous writers, like Edgar Allan Poe, James Fenimore Cooper, Herman Melville, Mark Twain, Jack London and others.

As authors of the articles and writers are English native speakers, you can easily use all what you find useful in the texts in your everyday speech and writing.

	Natalia Oreiro Date of posting: 3.03.2006 The Singing Queen of Soap Operas Actress, singer, dancer, model, host, author of ideas original and lyrics, composer, Natalia Marisa Oreiro...
	Charlie Chaplin Date of posting: 3.03.2006 Complexity: Medium The Idol of Silent Pictures Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin was born April 16, 1889 to Charles and Hannah Chaplin. His father was a singer and...
	DESTINY’S CHILD Date of posting: 3.03.2006 DESTINY’S CHILD : destiny fulfilled Destiny’s Child is an American pop group whose members are...
	Elvis Presley Date of posting: 3.03.2006 Complexity: Medium "The King is dead! Long live the King!" Elvis Presley was the first real rock and roll star. A white southerner who singing blues laced with...
	C h a r l e s A z n a v o u r Date of posting: 3.03.2006 C h a r l e s A z n a v o u r`s "Aznavourization" After six decades, the man who has become a symbol of the French chanson, composed more...
	The End of Something by Ernest Hemingway Author: Edith Wharton Date of posting: 3.03.2006 Complexity: Hard The End of Something by Ernest Hemingway In the old days Hortons Bay was a lumbering town. No one who lived in it was out of sound of the big...
	Kylie Minogue Article Date of posting: 3.03.2006 Complexity: Medium Kylie Minogue From Neighbour to Pop Diva "She has a great voice. I love working with her because she has a terrific sense of humour, a...
	Albert Einstein Date of posting: 3.03.2006 The modest genius Born: 14 March 1879 in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany Died: 18 April 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA Around 1886 Albert...
	Cameron Diaz: adventurous angel Date of posting: 3.03.2006 The beginning Model-turned-actress Cameron Diaz seemed to come out of nowhere when she made her 1994 screen debut opposite Jim Carrey in The...
	J.R.R.TOLKIEN – THE PROFESSOR OF THE “RINGS” Date of posting: 3.03.2006 John Ronald Reuel Tolkien (1892-1973) was a major scholar of the English language, specialising in Old and Middle English. Twice Professor of...
	Young Goodman Brown Author: Nathaniel Hawthorne Date of posting: 8.10.2004 Complexity: Hard Young Goodman Brown came forth at sunset, into the street of Salem village, but put his head back, after crossing the threshold, to exchange a parting...
	The Return of a Private Author: Hamlin Garland Date of posting: 1.01.2003 Complexity: Medium The soldiers cheered as the train crossed the border into the state of Wisconsin. It had been a long trip from the South back to their homes in the...
	The Imp Of The Perverse Author: Edgar Allan Poe Date of posting: 1.01.2003 Complexity: Hard In the consideration of the faculties and impulses -- of the prima mobilia of the human soul, the phrenologists have failed to make room for a...
	On The Gulls' Road Author: Willa Cather Date of posting: 1.01.2003 Complexity: Hard I IT often happens that one or another of my friends stops before a red chalk drawing in my study and asks me where I ever found so lovely a...
	Shakira Biography Date of posting: 1.01.2003 Complexity: Hard BORN: February 2, 1977 Shakira, the graceful one, has been sneaking up on you-the Grammys, the MTV Video Awards, those Pepsi spots. She's a...
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