ROMEO AND JULIET - William Shakespeare

It is a play first published in 1597. It is a tragedy or sad play. It is one of Shakespeare's more famous and popular plays, and has been performed very often, and have been made into several movies too. The play is about two noble families, the Montagues and the Montescos, in the old city of Verona. Unfortunately, the fathers have had an argument and are enemies. Montague has only one son, Romeo, and Capulet has only a daughter, Juliet. They meet at a party and they fall in love... And if you want to know the rest od the story, you will have to read the book.

This story has been used in a lot of films, with the name "Romeo and Juliet" or with other. Do you know any of them?

SHERLOCK HOLMES

Sherlock Holmes is a character from books written by Arthur Conan Doyle that appeared for the first time in 1887. His most famous story was "The Hound of Baskervilles". Many of the movies were made into movies and TV dramas. He is a detective famous for his skills and for solving mysteries. He has a sharp mind and is able to solve even the most hard and stange cases. Holmes plays the violin and smokes a pipe. Even though he is a fiction character, there is a monument in London dedicated to him.

Do you know the name of his inseparable companion?
Have you ever read one of Sherlock Holmes' books?

HARRY POTTER

Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the English author J.K. Rowling. The books tell the adventures of the teenage wizard Harry Potter, together with Ron Weasly and Hermoine Granger, his friends from the Hogwarts. The central story concerns Harry's struggle against the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents.
The names of the seven books are: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
Up to June 2008, the book series has sold more than 400 million copies and has been translated into 67 languages, and the last four books have consecutively set records as the fastest-selling books in history.

Have you read any of the Harry Potter books? Dis you like them?
How does the author call the non-magical people?

SANT JORDI'S LEGEND

"St. George and the Dragon" is a tale that fascinated many children. The legend says that he killed a dragon and saved a beautiful maiden who was about to become lunch for the beast. From the blood of the dragon sprouted a rose bush. Our hero plucked the prettiest rose and presented it to the maid. Hence, on April 23rd in Catalonia, where Jordi is the saint patron and chivalry lives, the day is celebrated in a wonderful way.

Since 1923, this lovely celebration has merged with International Book Day to mark the anniversary of the April 23rd, 1616 deaths of Miguel de Cervantes, William Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega.

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In the text you can read that in Catalonia 23rd April is celebrated in a wonderful way. Do you know how?

THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) is a very well-known and popular story concerning American youth. The lively tale of the adventures of boyhood is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri, where Tom Sawyer and his friend Huckleberry Finn have the kinds of adventures many boys can imagine: making competitions with bugs during class, impressing girls, especially Becky Thatcher, with fights and tricks in the schoolyard, getting lost in a cave, and playing pirates on the Mississippi River.
One of the most famous incidents in the book describes how Tom persuades his friends to do a boring, hateful chore for him: painting a fence.

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Have you read this book?

Do you know the name of the author of this book?

And the name of other books he wrote?