"As a lad," the elderly bookseller reminds, "we all queued up at midnight for a book about a wizard. It was the vogue."
The Jungle Book, by Rudyard Kipling; Robinson Crusoe, by Defoe; Moby Dick, by Melville; Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson; The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, by Tolkien; Matilda and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, by Roald Dahl; Frankestein, by Mary Shelley, Tom Sawyer, by Mark Twain.. .These are some of the classics in English literature I have remembered today with my 1st year ESO students:
And my 2nd year Bachillerato students have also reflected on the power of words and reading:
Whether on a screen or on a piece of paper, what really matters and what will remain is a good story or a good reflection
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