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Kshitij Sharma S.C. Katiyar
T.G.T. English

2. INTRODUCTION
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About the IMPORTANT CHARACTERS:
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Critical 1. NI COL A.
summary 2. J ACOP O.
Word meaning 3. NARRAT OR.
Word meaning 4. L UI CI A.
V.S.A. Type 5. L UI GI .
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3. ABOUT THE WRITER
Click the following option to  A.J. Cronin(1896-1974) was a doctor by training . He practised medicine in Wales and in
London. It was while recovering from a breakdown in health that he wrote his first novel
explore: Hatter’s castle . It was huge success . Cronin gave up practicing medicine and took to
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writing as a career. He wrote a number of novels and short stories. Among his best-known
writer novels are The Citadel, The key of the Kingdom, and The Spanish Gardener. Some of his
Critical novels have been made into successful films. The story recounts the hard life chosen by the
summary two young boys so that they could pay for the treatment of their sister afflicted with
tuberculosis. The boys sacrifice, their actions gives anew hope.
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CRITICAL SUMMARY
Click the following option to  Nicola and Jacopo were two brothers, aged 13 and 12 respectively. Their widower father
was a well-known singer and was killed in the war against Germany. The war made them
explore: homeless and they had no one in the world except their sister Lucia. After the war they
About the were reunited but found their sister suffering from tuberculosis of the spine. The narrator
writer met the boys at the outskirts of Verona and he bought a box of wild barriers from them.
Critical The narrator found them undertaking different jobs to earn money. They also took the
tourists to the places of their inters rest to Juliet's tomb in and around Verona. They were
summary very helpful to the narrator and his driver Luigi as could do anything for them before
going. The younger brother Jacopo asked the narrator if he could drive them to their
Word meaning village which was 30miles from Verona. The narrator’s driver Luigi had the Sunday off but
the narrator drove them himself to Poleta. They leaped out from the car before a large
Word meaning red-roofed villa and promised to come back within an hour . the narrator rang the bell of
grilled entrance and a young lady in the dress of nurse came out. She was a nurse who
V.S.A. Type bade him to look through the glass partition without saying anything. The narrator saw
Questions both the brothers sitting at the bedside of a girl of twenty. The girl resembled her two
brothers. The narrator requested the nurse to tell him everything what she knew about
Moral values them. The nurse told him everything and also how the brothers persuaded them to take
their sister Lucia into the hospital. She had made a good progress in the last twelve
months and they hoped that Lucia would able to walk and sing again. The nurse told him
that Lucia’s brothers made weekly payments for hospitals bills. The narrator waited
outside until the boys rejoined him, then he drove them back to the city. They sat beside
the narrator but no one uttered a word. The narrator wanted them feel that they had kept
their secret safely. Their selfless love, sacrifice and devotion touched the narrator’s
heart. Even the war had not broken their sprit. Their selfless action gave a new hope for
humanity.

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WORDs MEANING
Click the following option to Outskirts the outlying parts of a city
explore: cautious careful and alert
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Shrugged Shook to one side
writer Skinny Not fleshy but thin
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Tangled Twisted together untidy
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Gazing Looking intently
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Slacked Slowed down
Word meaning Demeanour Appearance & Behaviour
V.S.A. Type Engaging That draws attention
Questions Willingness Ready to do a thing
Moral values Pavement Footpath
Figs A fruit
Vexation In pain
Glaring Looking angrily
Vestibule Lobby
Starvation Dying of hunger
Intrude Disturbance

6. Words Meanings
Next Eager ready
Exposure Open to
Click the following Barely Hardly
option to explore : Rubble Debris
About the Resistance Fighting back
Tuberculosis (T.B.) A disease of the lungs
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Critical Spine Spinal chord
summary Persuaded Brought around
Scarce Not enough
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Dear Costly
Word meaning Rejoined Joined again
V.S.A. Type Devotion Total surrender for a cause
Questions Spirit Will power
Nobility Noble virtue
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Greeted Welcomed
Shortened Made short
Worn Old and damaged
Shabby Dirty
Disapproval Not approving
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We should work hard for our aim.
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