Reading is the pleasant and useful part of our life. People like reading. I think so because a lot of books are bought and sold every day in different bookshops and in streets (or: outside) too. Of course, radio and television are more popular among people but books still play an important role for us. Reading enriches our mind. It can satisfy many different demands and literary tastes. It reveals to us its own world of life, which is sometimes cruel or sorrowful and sometimes is joyful or fantastic.

Speaking about reading I can’t help saying about my favourite writer. He is one of the most famous Russian authors of the 19th century – Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov.

His life was momentary and blinding as a gleam of lightning in a stormy sky.

Not having lived till 27 years old, he passed the entire circle of life with flights of inspiration and bitterness of disappointments. He went through many troubles in his life: great success and two exiles, disappointments and love, smoke of battles and intrigues of a high society.. And died in thunderstorm… This is the entire circle.

Just two latest figures changed their places in the dates of his life. But how many emotions were experienced by him and what antagonism of ideas existed in his mind and soul!

I like novels, stories and poems by Mikhail Lermontov very much. Needless to say that the most part of the poems and almost all novels and stories are full of melancholy – this is the particularity of his works.

No doubt, all of us have read his poems at school and of course have got acquainted with “The Hero of Our Time”. In this novel through the heroes Lermontov tried to express his own sense of time and events.

The main character is Grigoriy Alexandrovich Pechorin – an individualist with a conflict in his sole. He disdains a high society and searches for a real affair, where he could apply his skills and his talents, where he could put his soul. But he doesn’t find such an affair and suffers from it.

Pechorin is a deep character. He is like his author, a man who searches for real life, deep feelings, true love and feels useless in his time.

Lermontov never wrote non-fiction. All his compositions are made-up but a great part of them is connected with real events of the 19th and other centuries. There is no humor in his works, they are deep and full of the author’s thoughts. They reflect the problems of the society and make us think. That is why I like them very much and enjoy every minute, reading books by Mikhail Yurievich Lermontov.

My Favourite Writer (M. Lermontov) - Мой любимый писатель (М. Лермонтов)

My Favourite Writer (M. Lermontov)

One of Russia"s most celebrated poets of all times, Michael Lermontov was born in Moscow in the family of a nobleman. He spent his childhood and youth in Tarckany, in the province of Penza.

In 1830 Lermontov entered the Moscow University, but very soon he had to leave it. Then he entered St. Petersburg School of Cavalry Cadets. He finished it and served in the Hussar Regiment of the Imperial Guard.

In 1837 the poet was exiled to the Caucasus for his poem "Poets Death". In 1840 Lermontov was exiled to the Caucasus for the second time. He was provoked into personal quarrel with his schoolmate. The quarrel led to a duel. On July 15th, 1841 the poet was killed. He was not even 27 at that time.

Lermontov began writing when he was very young. One of his first writings to be published was his verse tale "Hadji Arbek".

But he won fame as a poet after his poem "Poets Death" was published. Lermontov"s poems "Demon" "Mtsyri" his great novel "A Hero of Our Time" and his play "Masquerade" are masterpieces of Russian literature.

Whether he wrote poetry, drama or prose, the stamp of his genius was to be found on his works. Lermontov " s influence as of a poet and a thinker on all Russian writes can"t be overestimated.

Мой любимый писатель (М. Лермонтов)

Один из наиболее знаменитых поэтов России всех времен, Михаил Лермонтов родился в Москве в семье дворянина. Он провел свое детство и молодость в Тарханах Пензенской губернии.

В 1830 г. Лермонтов поступил в Московский университет, но вскоре вынужден был оставить учебу. Тогда он поступил в Санкт-петербургскую Школу кавалерийских юнкеров. Он закончил ее и служил в полку императорской охраны.

В 1837 г. поэт был сослан на Кавказ за свое стихотворение «Смерть поэта». В 1840 г. Лермонтов был сослан на Кавказ второй раз. Его спровоцировали на личную ссору с товарищем. Ссора привела к дуэли. 15-го июля 1841 г. поэт был убит. Ему не было даже 27 лет.

Лермонтов начал писать, когда он был еще очень молод. Одним из его первых опубликованных произведений был рассказ в стихах «Хаджи Арбек».

Как поэт он стал известным после того, как было опубликовано его стихотворение «Смерть поэта». Стихи Лермонтова «Демон», «Мцыри», роман «Герой нашего времени» и пьеса «Маскарад» являются шедеврами российской литературы.

Писал ли он поэзию, драму или прозу, печать гения лежала на всех его работах. Влияние Лермонтова как поэта и мыслителя на всю русскую письменность невозможно переоценить.

I like to read books. Literature helps us to live in this world and we learn a lot from books. Lately I have been interested in English literature very much. English books teach us to understand the English language the way Englishmen speak.

Agatha Christie was born in Torquay, Devonshire. She was educated at home and took singing lessons in Paris. She began writing at the end of the First World War. Her first novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, was published in 1920. That was the first appearance of Hercule Poirot, who became one of the most popular private detectives since Sherlock Holmes. This little Belgian with the egg-shaped head and the passion for order amazes everyone by his powerful intellect and his brilliant solutions to the most complicated crimes.

Agatha Christie became generally recognised in 1926, after the publishing of her novel The Murder of Roger Ackroyd. It"s still considered her masterpiece. When Agatha Christie got tired of Hercule Poirot she invented Miss Marple, a deceptively mild old lady with her own method of investigation. Her last Poirot book, Curtain, appeared shortly before her death, and her last Miss Marple story, Sleeping Murder and her autobiography were published after her death.

Agatha Christie"s success with million of readers lies in her ability to combine clever plots with excellent character drawing, and a keen since of humor with great powers of observation. Her plots always mislead the reader and keep him in suspense. He cannot guess who the criminal is. Fortunately evil is conquered in her novels. Agatha Christie"s language is simple and good and it"s pleasant to read her books in the original.

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Любимый писатель

Я прочитал достаточно много книг английских писателей. У каждого их них свой литературный стиль, но больше всех мне нравится Чарльз Диккенс.

Ранние годы

Диккенс родился в Портси 7-го февраля 1812 года. Его молодые годы были несчастными, однако к концу жизни он стал богат и знаменит. Отец Чарльза служил в финансовой части военно-морских сил. Когда Чарльзу было четыре года, его семья переехала в Чатхэм. С ранних лет у мальчика наблюдалось богатое воображение и драматический талант. Его родителям нравилось, как их сын читает стихи и представляет сцены из пьес и романов.

Выход на работу

Когда Диккенсу было десять лет, его семья переехала в Лондон. Очень скоро Чарльзу пришлось начать работать, так как его отца посадили в логовую яму. Чарльзу платили очень мало, и первые два годы он недоедал. Однако его нищета помогла ему познакомиться ему с жизнью бедных людей, что очень помогло ему, когда он стал писателем.

Дорожные впечатления в романах

Как только отец Чарльза вышел из тюрьмы и сумел раздобыть немного денег, он отправил своего сына в частную школу. После этого Чарльз работал служащим в адвокатской конторе и в свободное время изучал стенографию. В девятнадцать лет он стал репортером в газете. Он часто осуществлял поездки по селам, и его «дорожные» впечатления нашли свое место в некоторых его романах.

Посвящение в литературу

Когда Диккенсу исполнилось двадцать пять, он написал очерк, подписал его «Боз». Очерк напечатали в журнале. В последствии он написал множество очерков, и читатели были очарованы их юмором. Так родились знаменитые «Посмертные записки Пиквикского клуба», и с тех пор Диккенс полностью посвятил себя литературе.

Самые известные произведения

Среди знаменитых книг этого автора можно отметить «Оливера Твиста», «Николаса Никлби», «Дэвида Копперфильда», «Домби и сына», «Крошку Доррит», «Тяжелые времена» и «Лавку древностей». Несмотря на свой искрометный юмор, Диккенс никогда не был счастлив. Семейные трудности, беспокойство за детей и чрезмерные нагрузки истощили силы великого писателя, и в 1870 году Диккенс умер. Ему было всего 58.

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My favourite writer is Charles Dickens

My favourite writer

I have read quite a number of books written by English writers. Each of them has its own style in literature and the most attractive for me appeared to be Charles Dickens’s.

Early years

Dickens was born at Portsea on the 7th of February in 1812. He knew misery in his younger years and became rich and famous in the end. Charles’s father was a clerk in the Navy Pay-Office. When Charles was four, his family moved to Chatham. The boy showed the imagination and dramatic talent from his early childhood. His parents loved to hear him recite poetry and act scenes from plays and novels.

Starting work

When Dickens was ten, his family moved to London. Very soon Charles had to go to work as his father was put in prison for debt. Charles was paid very little money and for two years he never had enough to eat. His poverty, however, brought him in contact with the poor which was of great value to him when he became a writer.

“On the road” experiences

As soon as Dickens’s father left prison and managed to get some money he sent his son to a private school. After that Charles became a clerk in a lawyer’s office and in his spare time studied shorthand. At the age of 19 he became a reporter for a newspaper. He was often sent into the country and his experiences “on the road” can be found in some of his novels.

Dedication to literature

When Dickens turned 25 he wrote a sketch and signed it Boz which was accepted by a magazine. Later he wrote more sketches and readers were charmed with their humour. Thus was born his famous Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club and from that time on Dickens devoted himself to literature.

The most famous of his books

Among the most famous of his books are Oliver Twist, Nicholas Nickleby, David Copperfield, Dombey and Son, Little Dorrit, Hard Times and The Old Curiosity Shop. Despite the sparkling humour of his novels Dickens never succeeded in being completely happy. Family troubles, worry over his children and overwork exhausted the great writer and in 1870 Dickens died. He was only 58.

My Favourite English Writer

It"s said that none of the British writers of our age enjoyed such popularity all over the world as Agatha Christie did. Her works were translated into many languages, and scores of films were made using them as the script.

The name of Agatha Christie is a synonym for high-class detective story, as well as Pele is a symbol of football, and Marilyn Monroe is an embodiment of femininity. According to Agatha Christie herself, she began to write just to imitate her sister whose stories had already been published in magazines.

And suddenly Agatha Christie became famous as if by miracle. Having lost her father at an early age, the prospective writer didn"t receive even fairly good education. During the First World War she was a nurse, then she studied pharmacology. Twenty years later she worked in a military hospital at the beginning of the Second World War.

The favourite personages of the "queen of detective story" are the detective Hercules Poirot and the sedate Miss Marple who carry out investigations in noisy London and delusive quiet countryside. The composition of her stories is very simple: a comparatively closed space with a limited number of characters, who are often plane or train passengers, tourists, hotel guests or residents of a cosy old village.

Everyone is suspected! Murders in the books of Agatha Christie are committed in most unsuitable places: in the vicar"s garden or in an old abbey; corpses are found in someone"s libraries being murdered with the help of tropical fishes, a poker, candelabra, a dagger or poison. Once Agatha Christie wrote: "Some ten years will pass after my death, and nobody will even remember me...". The writer was mistaken.

Agatha Christie"s novels are very popular now. People of all continents read and reread "The Oriental Express", "Ten Little Negroes", "The Bertram Hotel", "The Corpse in the library" and other of her novels time and again, enjoy films made by her works, and one can hardly find a country where people do not know her name.

Мой любимый английский писатель

Говорят, что никто из английских писателей нашего времени не пользовался такой популярностью в мире, как Агата Кристи. Ее произведения переведены на многие языки, и десятки фильмов были сняты на эти сюжеты.

Имя Агаты Кристи - синоним первоклассной детективной истории, так же, как Пеле - символ футбола и Мерилин Монро - воплощение женственности. По словам самой Агаты Кристи, она начала писать, подражая своей сестре, чьи истории уже публиковались в журналах.

И вдруг Агата Кристи стала знаменитой, как в сказке. Потеряв отца, будущая писательница не получила хорошего образования. Во время первой мировой войны она была санитаркой, потом она изучала фармакологию. Двадцать лет спустя, в начале второй мировой войны, она работала в военном госпитале.

Любимые герои "королевы детектива" - Эркюль Пуаро и сдержанная мисс Марпл, которая проводит расследования в шумном Лондоне и в обманчивой тиши деревни. Сюжет ее историй очень прост: сравнительно ограниченное пространство с малым количеством героев: пассажиры самолета или поезда, туристы, жители отеля или обитатели маленькой уютной деревни.

Каждый подозревается! Убийства в книгах Агаты Кристи совершаются в самых неподходящих местах: в саду аптекаря или в старом аббатстве; трупы находят в чьих-то библиотеках убитыми с помощью тропических рыбок, кочергой, канделябром, кинжалом или отравой... Однажды Агата Кристи написала: "Пройдет около десяти лет после моей смерти - и никто меня даже не вспомнит..." Писательница ошиблась.

Романы Агаты Кристи очень популярны и сейчас. Люди всех континентов читают и перечитывают "Восточный экспресс", "Отель "Бертрам", "Десять негритят", "Труп в библиотеке" и другие ее романы, наслаждаются фильмами, снятыми по ее произведениям, и не найти страну, где бы не знали ее имени.

Questions:

1. Why did Agatha Christie begin to write?

2. The prospective writer didn"t receive education, did she?

3. What are the favourite personages of Agatha Christie?

4. Is the composition of Agatha Christie stories simple?

5. Name the best of her published works.