The system of education in great britain

Ex. 45. WHO IS WHO: writers and painters. 
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1475-1564, Florentine sculpture, painter, architect, and poet; one of the out-
standing figures of the Renaissance; he also painted the ceiling of the Sistine 
Chapel 
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1491-1547, the king of England from 1509 until his death; the fact about him 
which most British people know is that he had six wives 
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1564, English dramatist and poet; he was born and died at Stratford-upon-Avon 
but spent most of his life as an actor and playwright in London 
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1685-1850, German composer, church organist; his output was enormous and dis-
plays great vigour and invention 
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1792-1822, British romantic poet; he was drowned in the Lygurian Sea while sail-
ing 
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1819-80, English novelist, noted for her analysis of provincial Victorian society; 
real name Mary Ann Evans 
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1822-88, English poet, essayist, and literary critic 
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1862-1949, Belgian poet and dramatist, noted particular for his symbolist plays; 
Nobel Prize for literature (1911) 
Ex. 46. WHO IS WHO: books and characters. 
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a book by Lewis Carroll, about a girl who falls down a rabbit hole and arrives in a 
magical land, where she meets many strange animals and people 
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a girl who achieves fame after being obscure; in a fairy tale she is treated like a 
servant by her cruel stepmother and stepsisters 
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a book by Charles Dickens who describes the life of its main character from the 
time when he was a poor orphan 
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the main character in the novel by Sir Walter Scott, set in England in the 12
th
cen-
tury; he is a brave knight who has many adventures 
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a book by Chralotte Bronte about a young woman who becomes a governess and 

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