English

The English genre brings together everything shaped by the language and culture of England — from Shakespeare's timeless tragedies and Hardy's sweeping rural dramas to sharp explorations of English identity, grammar guides, and the rich history of words themselves. Whether you're drawn to classic literature, the quirks of English society, or mastering the language, this section offers a fascinating window into the world that English built.

English Boeksamenvattingen

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

door Thomas Hardy • 1891

A peasant sent to claim kin meets a charming heir. His crime will become her ruin.

3.84

300.000+

🥀 Pastoral Tragedy 👩‍🦰 Fallen Woman Narrative 🔺 Tragic Love Triangle

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

A peasant sent to claim kin meets a charming heir. His crime will become her ruin.

door Thomas Hardy 1891 518 pagina's

3.84

300.000+ beoordelingen

🥀 Pastoral Tragedy 👩‍🦰 Fallen Woman Narrative 🔺 Tragic Love Triangle

Speak English Like an American

door Amy Gillett • 2004

300 idioms, zero lists: a cookie-business story that teaches real American speech.

4.20

254

🗣️ Idiom Guides 🇺🇸 American English 📖 Contextual Learning

Speak English Like an American

300 idioms, zero lists: a cookie-business story that teaches real American speech.

door Amy Gillett 2004 176 pagina's

4.20

254 beoordelingen

🗣️ Idiom Guides 🇺🇸 American English 📖 Contextual Learning

Four Great Tragedies

door William Shakespeare • 1606

Four flawed rulers, each destroyed by the one thing they cannot master within.

4.42

18.000+

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 🗡️ Revenge Tragedy 👑 Tragic Hero

Four Great Tragedies

Four flawed rulers, each destroyed by the one thing they cannot master within.

door William Shakespeare 1606 592 pagina's

4.42

18.000+ beoordelingen

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 🗡️ Revenge Tragedy 👑 Tragic Hero

Koning Lear

door William Shakespeare • 1605

A king divides his kingdom among three daughters, igniting a chain of betrayal, madness, and death.

3.91

200.000+

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 🏛️ Jacobean Drama 💔 Family Betrayal

Koning Lear

A king divides his kingdom among three daughters, igniting a chain of betrayal, madness, and death.

door William Shakespeare 1605 339 pagina's

3.91

200.000+ beoordelingen

🎭 Shakespearean Tragedy 🏛️ Jacobean Drama 💔 Family Betrayal

Watching the English

door Kate Fox • 2004

The English have a secret code for weather, queues, and pubs. An anthropologist cracks it.

3.91

11.000+

🇬🇧 Englishness 🔍 Pop Anthropology 📜 Unwritten Rules

Watching the English

The English have a secret code for weather, queues, and pubs. An anthropologist cracks it.

door Kate Fox 2004 583 pagina's

3.91

11.000+ beoordelingen

🇬🇧 Englishness 🔍 Pop Anthropology 📜 Unwritten Rules

English Grammar For Dummies

door Geraldine Woods • 2001

Grammar demystified: the rules you actually need, minus the jargon that made you hate English class.

3.84

500+

🧱 English Grammar 📚 Writing Reference 🗣️ Plain English

English Grammar For Dummies

Grammar demystified: the rules you actually need, minus the jargon that made you hate English class.

door Geraldine Woods 2001 416 pagina's

3.84

500+ beoordelingen

🧱 English Grammar 📚 Writing Reference 🗣️ Plain English

The English

door Jeremy Paxman • 1998

An island people built history's largest empire, then had to reinvent themselves once it crumbled.

3.55

2.000+

🏴 National Identity 🎩 Class And Society 🌍 British Empire

The English

An island people built history's largest empire, then had to reinvent themselves once it crumbled.

door Jeremy Paxman 1998 324 pagina's

3.55

2.000+ beoordelingen

🏴 National Identity 🎩 Class And Society 🌍 British Empire

Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses

door Frederick William Hamilton • 2011

Words have jobs. A primer that sorts them by function, and fixes the sentences they build.

3.74

168

🧱 Grammar Basics 🗂️ Parts Of Speech 📖 Traditional Grammar

Word Study and English Grammar A Primer of Information about Words, Their Relations and Their Uses

Words have jobs. A primer that sorts them by function, and fixes the sentences they build.

door Frederick William Hamilton 2011 47 pagina's

3.74

168 beoordelingen

🧱 Grammar Basics 🗂️ Parts Of Speech 📖 Traditional Grammar

Studies in Words (Canto)

door C.S. Lewis • 1939

Why you misread old books: words like 'nature' and 'conscience' once meant something else entirely.

4.19

500+

🏰 History Of English 🌱 Semantic Change 📜 Philology

Studies in Words (Canto)

Why you misread old books: words like 'nature' and 'conscience' once meant something else entirely.

door C.S. Lewis 1939

4.19

500+ beoordelingen

🏰 History Of English 🌱 Semantic Change 📜 Philology

The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie

door Dick Riley • 1979

Poisons, country houses, and a vanished lady: the fan's companion to the Agatha Christie machine.

4.32

18.000+

🕰️ Golden Age Mysteries 🔍 Detective Fiction 📖 Crime Fiction Reference

The Bedside, Bathtub and Armchair Companion to Agatha Christie

Poisons, country houses, and a vanished lady: the fan's companion to the Agatha Christie machine.

door Dick Riley 1979 362 pagina's

4.32

18.000+ beoordelingen

🕰️ Golden Age Mysteries 🔍 Detective Fiction 📖 Crime Fiction Reference

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