The Great Romantic.
Lord
Byron (1788-1824) didnТt live a long life. He was an aristocrat and a
fashionable man. But he loved freedom (свободу) and a simple
country life. His personality attracted†
Britain† and all Europe. He
brought to his poetry romanticism of his times. He was talented and handsome,
noble and brave. London admired him.
George
Gordon Byron was born on January 22nd , 1788. He was the san of John
Byron and his wife, Catherine, whose ancestors (предки)
were of the royal house of Stuart. He spent his early years outside the
capital. He lived in the north. Later his mother took him to Aberdeen Grammar
School and there is a monument to him outside the school. Now it is a museum
and art gallery. Later he studied at Harrow School and the University of
Cambridge.
When
Byron was 19, he came to London. One day the poet wrote, УI woke up (проснулс¤) and found myself (обнаружил, что ¤) famous.Ф It happened after
the publication of his autobiographic poem УChilde HaroldФ in 1812.
The
fact is that from 1809 to 1811 he had travelled in different parts of Europe
and in the poem he described everything that had happened to him.
In
the summer of 1816 Byron left Britain forever (навсегда).
He travelled around Europe and soon he became a member of the Greek liberation
movement (освободительное движение), for which he died. But he did not lead the Greeks in battle as he
wished. He died of fever (лихорадка). (262 words).††††††††††††
Choose
the correct answer.
1) George Gordon Byron was a) a famous English
poet.
†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† b) An English
dramatist.
2) When Byron was a boy, he lived† a) in London.
††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† b)in
Aberdeen.
3)George studied† a)at Aberdeen Grammar School, Harrow
†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† School and the University of
Cambridge.
4)One day George Byron found himself famous
after
a)his
visit to Europe.
b)the
publication of his poems.
c)the
publication of УChilde HaroldФ.
5)George Byron died† a)in battle.
††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† b)of fever.