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The White Queen’s Riddle by Lewis Carroll

Alice was set a poetical test of wits by the kindly (but like all the other characters, utterly maddening) White Queen.

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A Perfect Combination of Imperfections by Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre meets a not very handsome stranger, and likes him all the better for it.

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Swept off her Feet by Jane Austen

Marianne Dashwood sprains an ankle, but help is at hand.

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The Sign from Heaven by Charlotte Brontë

Was it an over-excited imagination, or an answer to prayer?

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The Summons Comes for Mr Standfast by John Buchan

In John Buchan’s story about the Great War, Richard Hannay must watch as his friend sacrifices his life for the Allies.

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‘God Tempers the Wind to the Shorn Lamb’ by Anthony Trollope

Mary Mason could not forgive herself for a past misdeed.

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Signs of Command : Suggest publicly-displayed commands, and say how many of them are sentences.
My Native Notes : Scotsman James Boswell always spoke good English when in England, but he was careful to leave a little Scots in.
Hidden Message : Reveal the hidden message in a letter, and write a coded letter of your own.
The Great and the Good : Daniel Defoe wondered whether goodness was not preferable to greatness.
Statements, Questions and Commands : Choose a word from our list, and then use it in any one of the three basic types of sentence — if possible.
Sentegrams : These sentences, taken from English literature, have been jumbled up like an anagram; see if you can piece them back together.
Good Sense : Rewrite these sentences so that the word ‘unless’ is not used.
The Coronation of Anne Boleyn : The weight of the crown that Anne Boleyn wore proved too heavy to bear.
Abstract : Use these words in sentences as a Noun, Verb or Adjective.
Better By Example : Gregory urged the persecuted Christians of Nazianzus to be the better men.
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