Unit 3. Books and Writers » Стр.86 (1)

Look at the pictures. Say whom of these English writers you know. Which of their literary works have you read? William Shakespeare is a world-famous poet and playwright. He also staged and acted in his plays in the “Globe” theatre. Among his dramas are “Romeo and Juliet”, “Othello”, “Hamlet”, “King Lear”, and many sonnets. Robert Burns is a Scottish poet. He loved his motherland very much, and devoted beautiful poems to it. One of them is “My Heart’s in the Highlands”. Agatha Christie is an English writer. She is one of the most famous detective writers in the world. Eleanor H. Porter is an American writer. Made popular by the novel Pollyanna.