Class - 11 Literature Development [Compulsory English]

NEB Grade -11 Compulsory English Book Texts, Summary & Exercise

Compulsory English Grade 11: Literature

The compulsory English book for grade 11 has been designed, considering the students' overall skill of English language development. In this article, we have organized all the reading text, summaries, and question-answers for Section II: Literature.


Unit 1: Short Stories
The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde
The Oval Portrait by Edgar Allan Poe
God Sees the Truth... by Leo Tolstoy
The Wish by Roald Dahl
Civil Peace by Chinua Achebe
Two little Soldiers by Guy de Maupas
An Astrologer’s Day by R. K. Narayan
Unit 2: Poems
Corona Says by Vishnu S. Rai
A Red, Red Rose by Robert Burns
All the World's a Stage by William Shakespeare
Who are you, little i? by E. E. Cummings
The Gift in Wartime by Tran Mong Tu
Unit 3: Essays
Sharing Tradition by Frank LaPena
How to Live Before You Die by Steve Jobs
What I Require From Life by J.B.S. Haldane
What is Poverty? by Jo Goodwin Parker
Scientific Research is a Token... by Vladimir Kellis-Borok
Unit 4: One-Act Plays
Trifles by Susan Glaspell
A Sunny Morning by Serafin & Foaquin Alvarez Quintero
Refund by Fritz Karinthy

Compulsory English Book - NEB - 11



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