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The Refund by Fritza Karinthy (Abridged version)

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The Refund by Fritza Karinthy The Characters              The Principal  A servant Wasserkopf The Mathematics Master The History Master                                                                                                      The Geography Master                                                                                            (The Principal is seated in his office in a high school. Enter a servant.) T...

John Robert Fowles

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John Robert Fowles (1926 –2005)  John Fowles was born at Leighton-on-Sea, Essex in 1926, where he lived until the outbreak of the Second World War.  He was educated at Bedford School and New College, Oxford, where he read French and German. After graduating he taught English at the University of Poitiers and then at the Anagyriou School at Spetses. He became a full-time writer in 1963.

ഫിയോദർ ദസ്തയേവ്‌സ്കി

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ഫിയോദർ ദസ്തയേവ്‌സ്കി പ്രശസ്തനായ ഒരു റഷ്യൻ നോവലിസ്റ്റും ചെറുകഥാകൃത്തുമാണ് ഫിയോദർ മിഖായലോവിച്ച്‌ ദസ്തയേവ്‌സ്കി . മനുഷ്യബന്ധങ്ങളുടെ തീവ്രത തന്റെ കൃതികളിലേക്ക്‌ ആവാഹിച്ച ദസ്തയേവ്‌സ്കി എഴുത്തിന്റെ ലോകത്തെ പ്രകാശഗോപുരമാണെന്നു പറയാം. 19, 20 നൂറ്റാണ്ടുകളിലെ റഷ്യൻ സമൂഹത്തിന്റെ സാംസ്കാരികവും രാഷ്ട്രീയത്തിന്റെയും സ്വാധീനമാണ് ഇദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ കൃതികളിൽ കാണുന്നത്.

pronunciation of s, es

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English has three different pronunciations for- es & s when they are used as plural markers of nouns and singular present makers of verbs.

Pronunciation of ED

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There are three different ways to pronounce the ' ed ' ending of regular verbs in the simple past tense: / Id / ,  / t / or  / d / .   The pronunciation depends on the sound at the end of the infinitive of the main verb and whether it is voiced or voiceless sound.

Poet Laureate

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A poet laureate is a poet officially appointed by a government or conferring institution, who is often expected to compose poems for special events and occasions. The title was sometimes conferred by certain universities.

Man Booker Prize for Fiction

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      The Man Booker Prize for Fiction is a literary prize founded in 1969, awarded each year for the best original novel, written in the English language and published in the UK. The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured international renown and success; therefore, the prize is of great significance for the book trade.      The prize money awarded with the Booker Prize was originally £21,000, and was subsequently raised to £50,000 in 2002 under the sponsorship of the Man Group, making it one of the world's richest literary prizes.      In 1993, as part of the celebrations of 25 years of the prize, a so-called Booker of Bookers was awarded to Salman Rushdie for his novel Midnight’s Children , chosen as the best book to have won the prize in its first quarter of a century.