CBSE Class 11 English

Hornbill

Short and long English chapter summaries for CBSE (NCERT) Class 11, the core reader Hornbill, the supplementary reader Snapshots and the elective reader Woven Words, on Rapid Learn.

Chapters

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The Portrait of a Lady

Prose (Autobiographical Sketch) · by Khushwant Singh

We're Not Afraid to Die... if We Can All Be Together

Prose (Travel / Adventure Narrative) · by Gordon Cook and Alan East

Discovering Tut: the Saga Continues

Prose (Expository / Science Writing) · by A.R. Williams

The Ailing Planet: the Green Movement's Role

Prose (Expository / Persuasive Essay) · by Nani Palkhivala

The Adventure

Prose (Science Fiction) · by Jayant Narlikar

Silk Road

Prose (Travelogue) · by Nick Middleton

A Photograph

Poem (Elegy / Free Verse) · by Shirley Toulson

The Laburnum Top

Poem (Nature Lyric) · by Ted Hughes

The Voice of the Rain

Poem (Lyric) · by Walt Whitman

Childhood

Poem (Reflective Lyric) · by Markus Natten

Father to Son

Poem (Reflective Lyric) · by Elizabeth Jennings

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English Class 11 CBSE