London and the Writers of all Times

London and the Writers of all Times

New English Language Course with special focus on English Literature and the greatest writers in history. London has played a very important role in literature all around the world. It has always inspired literary genius such as Oscar Wilde, Daniel Defoe, George Orwell, R. L. Stevenson and Dostoyevsky, among others. This unique and immersive programme includes tuition as well as guided tours…

 

 

This unique and immersive programme includes tuition as well as guided tours in those places where many of these writers were born, lived, met and worked. Students will visit the places they used to frequent in their days and many others related in one way or another to the development of their literature; museums, libraries, literary cafés, monuments and other historic sites.

  • Shakespeare’s Globe
  • Charles Dickens Museum
  • Bloomsbury
  • Pillars of Hercules Pub
  • Malt Whiskey Library
  • Keats House
  • Oxford City & University
  • The London Library
  • Sherlock Holmes Museum
  • Poets’ Corner at Westminster Abbey
  • The Book and Record Bar
  • Bookshops of Charing Cross Road…

We follow Charles Dickens, Lord Byron, Virginia Woolf, George Bernard Shaw, J. Keats, Roald Dahl, William Shakespeare, Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, J. K. Rowling and even the Paddington Path! And this is not all, we see medieval London, the modern city, that of the Black Death and the Great Fire of 1665 y 1666, the financial district and some of the most emblematic and historic sites. We travel to the English countryside and take part in some of the world’s most famous Literary and Book Festivals: the Cotswolds, Stratford Upon Avon, Oxford, Wales, Cornwall, the Lake District and Torquay.

This programme is adapted to the needs and specific interests of students. It may be focused on poetry, historic writing, biography, fiction, children’s literature, theatre, medieval or modern literature and much more.

Each module in the programme comprises 10 hours of lessons per week and 4 guided tours. They include half board accommodation, entry to museums, internet access, mobile phone chip, course material and certificate of completion. Extra visits are optional. Writers, students, educators, we invite you all to join us on this unique language and literary experience.

For more information please contact the Team at info@elephantminds.co.uk