English Literature

Meeting Miss Trotwood by Charles Dickens is a chapter in English Literature for Class 5 ICSE students. Find study notes, and question and answers for the story. Summary of Meeting Miss Trotwood After his father’s demise, David Copperfield’s mother married Mr. Murdstone. David’s life became miserable thereafter as Mr. Murdstone and his sister were evil […]

Black beauty by Anna Sewell is a chapter in English Literature for ICSE class 5 students. Black Beauty is a novel written by Anna Sewell, it is an autobiography of a horse named Black Beauty who shares her story – beginning with his carefree days as a colt on an English farm, to his difficult […]

The Owls in the Family by Ruskin Bond. This short story is in the syllabus of English Literature for most Class 5 ICSE students. Find study notes, questions and answers for this chapter. The Owls in the Family – Story One Morning we found a full-fledged bay spotted owlet on the ground by the balcony […]

The River by Valerie Bloom is a poem in ICSE class 4. Find study notes, and questions and answers for this poem. The Poem The River’s a wanderer, A nomad, a tramp, He doesn’t choose one place To set up his camp. The River’s a winder, Through valley and hill He twists and he turns, […]

Stories can be classified into different genres or categories. A genre is a style or category of art, music or literature. Folktale Folk tale is a short story that has been passed down from generation to generation through word of mouth. These stories usually do not have a single author. “Hansel and Gretel”, “Goldilocks and […]

The girl who hated books by Manjusha Pawagi. This is a chapter in English literature for ICSE Class 4 students. Find notes, and question and answers for this chapter. This is a story about a girl who hated books until one day, when something strange happened, and her parents were pleasantly surprised to see that […]

Class 9 English Beehive Chapter 1 The Fun They Had: “The Fun They Had” is a story (a science fiction) by American writer Isaac Asimov and one of the chapters in English literature subject (CBSC). Answer in Short Q. How old are Margie and Tommy? Ans: Margie is eleven and Tommy is thirteen-year-old. Q. What […]

Christmas Morning by Louisa May Alcott is a chapter in English Literature for ICSE Class V students. This is a story that describes the Christmas morning at the home of the ‘March’ family. Christmas Morning: Questions and Answers Question: List the five gifts Mrs. March received. Answer: Mrs. March received Slippers, Handkerchief, Cologne, Rose and […]

We are the Music Makers by Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessy About the poem The Ode, popularly known by its first line ‘We are the music makers’ is the first poem in the collection Music and Moonlight (1874) by Arthur O’Shaughnessy. This ode is a treatise to artists across different realms. It uses various euphemisms like […]

The Great Mouse Plot by Roald Dahl: Summary, Questions and Answers. The Great Mouse Plot: Summary The Great Mouse Plot is about a young Dahl (the author) and his friends who play a trick on the “loathsome” Mrs Pratchett, who runs a sweet shop in Llandaff, Cardiff. The author and his friends decide to teach […]

The railway children by Edith Nesbit: Summary, Questions and Answers. The Railway Children is actually a children’s book written by E Nesbit, and is nicely demonstrates the importance of a family and having a safety net. In the story, the father is falsely arrested for being a spy, and the loss of income of the […]

Tenali Rama and the Dream Kingdom is a folktale. This story is included in the Class-4 English literature syllabus for most ICSE schools. Tenali Rama and the Dream Kingdom: Summary According to folktales, Tenali Rama was a court-jester of King Krishnadeva-raya of the Vijayanagar Empire. Like Birbal, Tenali Rama was witty and intelligent who used […]

Foreign lands poem by Robert Louis Stevenson. This poem is included in the Class-4 English literature syllabus for most ICSE schools. Foreign lands: Summary This poem describes what a child sees as he climbs to the top of a tree. To a grown-up person the things he sees may seem ordinary, but the child finds […]

The Hero of Haarlem by Mary Mapes Dodge – Summary, question and answers. This story is included in the Class-4 English literature syllabus for most schools. ‘Netherlands’ basically means a low-lying country, where the ground is lower than the sea level. As a result, people build dykes all over the country to prevent sea water […]

Astrid Lindgren is Swedish writer of Pippi longstocking and other popular childrens book. Astrid Lindgren (1907-2002) was a Swedish writer who wrote fiction and screenplays. She grew up in Nas, Sweden. Many of her books are based on her childhood memories and the landscape of Nas is reflected in her works. Lindgren was born in […]

Leisure (poem) by William H Davies: Summary, explanation, meaning, analysis, question and answers. Although written simply, this is a very popular poem, and even those who read it a few decades back still recollect the poem because they can relate to it. Leisure: Complete Poem What is this life if, full of care, We have […]

The Merchant of Venice play by William Shakespeare emphasizes appearances. There are several instances where the author shows how people create false appearances to out up a particular image about themselves (which is different from the reality), even if it’s expensive to put up with those appearances. Read: Merchant of Venice: Complete Story Throughout the […]