sufferings, which he claims were all caused by that first person you met. Who would you believe? Then, imagine that you believed the villain. The feeling of guilt and embarrassment floods through your body. This is what happens to Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen. We are first introduced to Mr. Darcy at the ball at Meryton, where many people in the town see him as incredibly rich and quite handsome. It goes downhill from there; Darcy dances with only two women, offending everyone attending
Introduction The following review will be on the book of English writer, “messenger” of realism in British literature, a satirist, wrote the so-called novel of manners – Jane Austen, called “Pride and Prejudice”. Her books are recognized as masterpieces and conquer the sincerity and simplicity of the plot against the background of a deep psychological penetration into the souls of heroes and ironic, mild, truly "British" humour. Jane Austen is still considered the "First Lady" of English literature
Zumbi dos Palmares was an Afro-Brazilian legend and symbol of resistance from Brazil’s colonial time. He was the leader of the quilombos, a community formed by fugitive slave farmers, Indians and poor whites. He officially became the chief of the Quilombo dos Palmares, located in Pernambuco, in 1680 after leading a civil war and defeating their current leader, Ganga Zumba. Zumbi resisted the Portuguese colonial oppression for 14 years until the expedition led by Domingos Jorge Velho destroyed the
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