CBSE class 9 English Three Men in a Boat – Summary of the Novel Three Hypochondriacs—Talk only of Diseases There were four of them—three men and a dog. Three longtime friends, George Wingrave (George), Carl Hentschel (Harris) and the narrator, Jerome K. Jerome, were sitting in a room, smoking and talking about how physically bad…
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CBSE class 9 English Three Men in a Boat – Introduction INTRODUCTION The humorous travelogue ‘Three Men In A Boat ’ was written by an English writer and humorist, Jerome Klapka Jerome (2 May 1859-14 June 1927). The novel was published in 1889. It is a humorous account ‘of a boating holiday’on the river Thames…
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CBSE class 9 English Gulliver’s Travels Novel – Text – Based Important Questions Solved I. QUESTIONS ON CHARACTERS Question 1: Describe Lemuel Gulliver as a narrator and an observer of new lands, people and their practices. Or Attempt a character sketch of Lemuel Gulliver. Answer: Lemuel Gulliver is the most important character in Swift’s…
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CBSE class 9 English Gulliver’s Travels Novel – Chapter-wise Summary PART-I A Voyage to Lilliput Chapter I: Lemuel Gulliver was the third of the five sons. His father was a small land-owner in Nottingham shire. He was educated at Emanuel College in Cambridge. Then he served as an apprentice to a well known surgeon in…
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CBSE class 9 English Gulliver’s Travels Novel – Part IV – A Voyage to the Country of Houyhnhnms In the Country of the Yahoos’ and the Houyhnhnms Gulliver sailed from England on 7th September, 1710. In the course of his new voyage, he was attacked by the members of the crew. Many of whom…
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CBSE class 9 English Gulliver’s Travels Novel – Part III – A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib and Japan Voyage to Laputa Gulliver hardly stayed with his family for 10 days when he got an offer to work as a surgeon on the ship “Hope-Well”. At Tonguin, the Captain gave Gulliver a sloop…
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CBSE class 9 English Gulliver’s Travels Novel – Part II – A Voyage to Brobdingnag In the Land of Giants, in Brobdingnag After staying with his family for some time, Gulliver commenced his voyage on a merchant ship “Adventure’ on 20th June, 1702. The ship was bound for Surat. After facing the rough sea and…
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CBSE class 9 English Gulliver’s Travels Novel – Part I – A Voyage to Lilliput Early Life of Gulliver Lemuel Gulliver was the third son of a small landowner in Nottingham shire. He decided to settle down in London to practise medicine. He was married to Endmon Burton, who brought him a good dowry.…
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CBSE class 9 English Gulliver’s Travels – Summary Of The Novel INTRODUCTION ‘Gullivers Travels is the most popular and widely read of all Swifts works. ‘Gullivers Travels though finished in 1725, was published anonymously in 1726. It is believed that Swift was inspired by Memoirs of Scriblerus while writing this book. The book contains four…
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NCERT Solutions For Class 9 English Moments Chapter 10 The Beggar NCERT Textbook Questions Think about it (Page 67) Question 1. Has Lushkoff become a beggar by circumstance or by choice? Answer: Lushkoff was a middle-aged man and belonged to the Russian choir. He was not a bom beggar. He was sacked from the…
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