culture. education. literary studies.
Iโm very happy to share with you the 13th title in the Grammaticus Free Library series! The latest release is a story by the American writer William Sydney Porter (1861-1910), better known as O. Henry. Like many of his other short stories, The Gift of the Magi has a delightfully surprising ending.ย
This time of year, my favourite thing to re-watch is the legendary BBC anthology series โA Ghost Story for Christmasโ. Originally broadcast between 1971 and 1978, each episode is a television adaptation of a classic ghost story, very much in the old tradition of wintertime storytelling focused on the supernatural and the otherworldly.ย
The poem presented in this post first appeared in Williamsโ book titled โSour Grapes: A Book of Poemsโ, published in 1921. Like many other of his works, itโs wonderfully simple and minimalist: the poet uses an extremely common image only to transform it into something delightfully rich and filled with meaning.
Want to do some listening practice on the topic of Christmas? Have a look at a small selection of podcasts Iโve been using with my students - one for each level.
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