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Hall of Fame: by Jenny & Berry

The document provides biographical information about the poet Lord Byron and summaries of some of his major works, including Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan. It discusses events in Byron's life and literary career from his childhood nobility through the works he produced between 1807 and 1824.

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Hall of Fame: by Jenny & Berry

The document provides biographical information about the poet Lord Byron and summaries of some of his major works, including Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan. It discusses events in Byron's life and literary career from his childhood nobility through the works he produced between 1807 and 1824.

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Hall of Fame

By Jenny & Berry


George Gordon Byron
(1788-1824)
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Lifetime
Father: an aristocratic family

10 years old: the tile of baron

Back to England to live with his mother

Harrow and Cambridge


Literary Career
Literary Career
·In 1807 when he was a student at Cambridge
Hours of Idleness(a collection of lyrical verse)
English Bards and Scotch Reviewers

·From 1809-1815
made a grand tour to the Continent
took his seat in the house of Lords
made a famous speech
the first two cantos of Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
“ awoke one morning and found myself famous”
Oriental Tales
Literary Career
From 1815-1824
Married an heiress
Met Shelley in Switzerland
Prometheus, Sonnet on Chillon, and The Prisoner of Chillon
Italy: Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage
Met Shelley

Supported Greece against Turks


Died of fever
Don Juan
Main Plot
·At the age of 16, he has a illicit love with a
married woman.

·He is shipwrecked and is cast up on a


Greek island, where he marries Haidee, a
pirate’s daughter.

·Juan is sold as a slave to a sultana who


falls in love with him.

·He joins the Russian troops and is sent to


St. Petersburg, where he wins the favor of
the Russian Empress, Catherine the Great.
Don Juan: stops at no evil, without conscience

kindhearted, brave and courageous

Saves a 10-year-old girl

Rejects the proposal of a Turkey


Queen
Thank you

By Jenny & Barry

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