Class 12

 

Edition	2020
Class	12
Subject	English Section A
Board	UP Board
Author	A. S. Verma, Bhoj Kumar Sharma
Binding	Paperback
Pages	318
Language	English
Country	India
Series Title	Sahitya Bhawan
ISBN13	9789353394042

Content                                                  

1. A Girl with a Basket  —William C. Douglas
2. A Fellow-Traveller    —A.G. Gardiner
* 3. The Secret of Health, Success and Power    —James Allen
4. The Home Coming   —Rabindranath Tagore
* 5. I Am John’s Heart    —J.D Ratcliff
6. Women’s Education     —S. Radhakrishnan
7. The Heritage of India    —A.L. Basham
Short stories
1. The Gold Watch    —Ponjikkara Raphy
2. An Astrologer’s Day    —R.K. NARAYAN
3. The Lost Child     —Mulk Raj Anand
* 4. A Special Experience    —Prem Chand

POETRY
❐ Introduction

1. Character of a Happy Life      —Sir Henry Wotton
2. The True Beauty         —Thomas Carew
3. On His Blindness      —John Milton
* 4. From ‘An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’      —Thomas Gray
5. A Lament     —P.B. Shelley
* 6. La Belle Dame Sans Merci        —John Keats
7. From ‘The Passing of Arthur’     —Alfred Lord Tennyson
8. My Heaven       —Rabindranath Tagore
* 9. Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening       —Robert Frost
10. The Song of the Free      —Swami Vivekananda
THE MERCHANT OF VENICE*
❐ Introduction .
ACT I
Scene I : Venice. A Street
Scene II : Belmont. A hall in Portia’s house
Scene III : A street in Venice; in front of Shylock’s house
ACT II
Scene I : Belmont. A hall in Portia’s house
Scene II : Venice. A street before Shylock’s house
Scene III : The front door of Shylock’s house
Scene IV : A Street in Venice
Scene V : The Street before Shylock’s House
Scene VI : The Street before Shylock’s house
Scene VII : Belmont. A hall in Portia’s house
Scene VIII : Venice. A street
Scene IX : Belmont. A hall in Portia’s house
ACT III
Scene I : Venice. A street
Scene II : Belmont. A hall in Portia’s house
Scene III : Venice. A street before Shylock’s house
Scene IV : Belmont. A hall in Portia’s house
Scene V : A garden leading up to Portia’s house
ACT IV
Scene I : A Court of Justice in Venice
Scene II : A Street in Venice outside the Court of Justice
ACT V
Scene I : Belmont. Avenue to Portia’s house
❐ Questions on the Text

 

Product Features:

The book has been prepared for Intermediate students of UP Board as per the latest syllabus and changed paper pattern. This book is divided into four sections, i.e. (i) Prose, (ii) Poetry, (iii) Short Stories and (iv) The Merchant of Venice. The Prose is simply an attempt to enable the students in the direction of good writing and understanding the English language written by Indian as well as foreign writers. The objective of preparing questions at the primitive stage is to meet the specific language requirement of the students of Class XII standard. The English Poetry contains some selected poems with pieces of prose. The notes accompanying each poem should help students surmount some of the difficulties in understanding, while the critical appreciation and the brief note on the poet should act as aids to their comprehension of the poem. The short stories in the collection are the representative of a period and/or of a place (Society and Country). The aim for the short stories of this collection is to provide entertainment and instruction. The plot and characters both impress the readers in their very short form of the creation. The Merchant of Venice provides an exhaustive background information along with Shakespeare?s life, works, theatre, audience, his use of prose and verse forms, political scenario of Rome and relevant topics. A scene wise summary, its dramatic importance, events etc. are also given to assist the students to pick up the narrative as the plot proceeds and develops.