LITERATURE QUESTIONS
EARLY BRITISH LITERATURE
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Ivanhoe is a romantic novel by Charlotte Bronte.
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Jane Austin combined romantic and realistic features.
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Charles Dickens wrote about human misery.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Protagonist Wilfred of Ivanhoe is disinherited by his father Cedric of Rotherwood for supporting the Norman King Richard and for falling in love with the Lady Rowena, a ward of Cedric and descendant of the Saxon Kings of England.
Detailed explanation-2: -It concerns the life of Sir Wilfred of Ivanhoe, a fictional Saxon knight. Despite the criticism it received because of its historical inaccuracies, the novel was one of Scott’s most popular works.
Detailed explanation-3: -Not only is Ivanhoe a brave warrior and a stubborn cuss (since he’s willing to disobey his father to go off and fight in foreign lands), he is also a great lover of the ladies. Saxon noblewoman Rowena is head over heels for Ivanhoe, and Rebecca also falls for him at first sight.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ivanhoe joins the Third Crusade, and, fighting alongside Richard the Lionheart in the Holy Land, wins the King’s favour. The novel begins with Ivanhoe’s return to England, where Prince John is plotting to depose his brother Richard, who has been taken captive in Austria on his way home from the Crusades.