CBSE Class 11 English — Chapter Summary

Two memory-based literary works explore love, loss, time, and the lasting presence of family. The Portrait of a Lady presents the changing relationship between a grandson and his grandmother across village life, city life, and university life, ending with her peaceful death and the silent grief of t

The story presents a warm, humorous, and ironic memory of two poor Armenian boys, Aram and his cousin Mourad, who belong to the Garoghlanian family, a tribe famous for honesty. The central incident is the borrowing or stealing of a beautiful white horse, but the real focus is on character, family va

This account presents a life-threatening sea voyage made by Gordon Cook, his wife Mary, their children Jonathan and Suzanne, and two crewmen, Larry Vigil and Herb Seigler. The family sets out from Plymouth in July 1976 to duplicate the round-the-world voyage made 200 years earlier by Captain James C