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Each post in this section is a short précis (summary) of a passage in The Copy Book. All of them are in modern English. They are intended for students of English as a Foreign Language at Elementary Level.
International Relations
A Credit to His Country
The diplomat’s task is to see the best in other peoples, not to scold them for their failings.
Length: 111 words
Lives of the Saints
The Synod of Whitby
In 664, a council at Whitby decided to align the traditions of the Northumbrian Church with those of Rome and Constantinople.
Length: 115 words
Extracts from Poetry
What’s in a Name?
Juliet complains that the man she loves has the wrong name, and the man she loves hears her doing it.
The Beggar’s Petition
A destitute and friendless farmer, turned from the tradesman’s entrance, tries his luck at the front door.
Length: 120 words
Extracts from Fiction
The Hare and Many Friends
John Gay reflects that in matters of friendship, quality is preferable to quantity.
Length: 117 words
An Unlikely Heroine
When she was ten, Catherine Morland showed none of the qualities needed to impress the ladies who read romantic fiction.
Length: 112 words