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Andhra Pradesh (BIEAP) Class 11 English

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Andhra Pradesh (BIEAP) chapters aren't published yet — showing the NCERT equivalent

Andhra Pradesh adopted NCERT textbooks for Class 10 from 2024-25, so the Class 10 chapters here are the prescribed book. Classes 1–9 still use SCERT AP textbooks, which split Science into Physical Science and Biological Science. Use this for the concepts; check chapter names and order against your own textbook.

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The Portrait of a Lady (Khushwant Singh)

Khushwant Singh's tender, heartbreaking portrait of his grandmother — a woman of deep piety, quiet dignity, and the old-world India that modernity left behind. From village mornings to city alienation, from feeding sparrows to the final silence. CBSE Class 11 English (Hornbill) Prose Chapter 1.

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We're Not Afraid to Die... if We Can All Be Together (Gordon Cook & Alan East)

A family sailing around the world is hit by a MASSIVE storm in the Indian Ocean. The boat is sinking. The children are injured. Survival seems impossible. This is the gripping true story of courage, teamwork, and the will to live — against the worst that the ocean can throw. CBSE Class 11 English (Hornbill) Prose Chapter 2.

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Discovering Tut — The Saga Continues (A.R. Williams)

King Tut died mysteriously 3,300 years ago. In 2005, for the first time ever, his mummy was CT-scanned — to solve the mystery of his death. This chapter blends ancient Egyptian history with modern forensic science. CBSE Class 11 English (Hornbill) Prose Chapter 3.

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The Adventure (Jayant Narlikar)

Professor Gaitonde travels from Pune to Mumbai — and finds himself in an ALTERNATE India where the Marathas won the Battle of Panipat. Is it a real parallel universe, or just a coma dream? Jayant Narlikar's brilliant sci-fi story merges Indian history with quantum physics. CBSE Class 11 English (Hornbill) Prose Chapter 4.

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Silk Road (Nick Middleton)

Nick Middleton travels the ancient Silk Road through Tibet — a landscape of extreme beauty, altitude sickness, wild Buddhist monks, and the sacred Mount Kailash. A travelogue that captures the harsh poetry of the Tibetan plateau. CBSE Class 11 English (Hornbill) Prose Chapter 5.

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The Ailing Planet: The Green Movement's Role (Nani Palkhivala)

The Earth is sick — and we are the disease. Nani Palkhivala's powerful essay, originally delivered as a speech, makes the case that we have shifted from a PARTNERSHIP with nature to DOMINATION over it. The Green Movement offers hope — but only if we act NOW. CBSE Class 11 English (Hornbill) Prose Chapter 6.

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A Photograph (Shirley Toulson)

A cardboard photograph shows a mother at the beach with her two girl cousins, holding their hands as the sea washes their feet. The mother is 12. She's been dead for 12 years now. Shirley Toulson's quiet, devastating poem about loss, memory, and the silence that follows grief. CBSE Class 11 English (Hornbill) Poetry.

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The Laburnum Top (Ted Hughes)

A laburnum tree stands silent and still in the September sunlight — until a goldfinch arrives, and the entire tree comes alive with the chittering and movement of her chicks. Ted Hughes' exquisite poem about the sudden, transformative arrival of life. CBSE Class 11 English (Hornbill) Poetry.

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The Voice of the Rain (Walt Whitman)

The poet asks the rain: 'Who are you?' And the rain answers — 'I am the Poem of Earth.' Walt Whitman's short, cosmic poem about the eternal cycle of water, and the parallel between rain-fall and poetry-making. CBSE Class 11 English (Hornbill) Poetry.

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Childhood (Markus Natten)

When exactly did childhood end? Markus Natten asks this haunting question — was it when he realised Heaven and Hell don't exist on any map, when the world stopped being what adults said it was, or when he realised his mind was his own? CBSE Class 11 English (Hornbill) Poetry.

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Father to Son (Elizabeth Jennings)

A father and son live in the same house but are strangers to each other. Elizabeth Jennings' poignant poem about the generational chasm — the father's longing to connect, the son's need to become himself. CBSE Class 11 English (Hornbill) Poetry.

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The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse (William Saroyan)

Two Armenian-American boys from the Garoghlanian tribe — famously, impossibly honest — 'borrow' a white horse for a morning ride. William Saroyan's heartwarming story of childhood adventure, family honour, and the way innocence bends the line between stealing and joy. CBSE Class 11 English (Snapshots) Chapter 1.

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The Address (Marga Minco)

After WWII, a young Jewish woman returns to Holland to find the woman who has her mother's belongings. But the objects that once meant HOME now mean NOTHING. Marga Minco's devastating short story about war, memory, and how things lose their meaning when the people who loved them are gone. CBSE Class 11 English (Snapshots) Chapter 2.

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Mother's Day (J.B. Priestley)

Mrs. Pearson is a doormat. Her husband and children treat her like a servant — until Mrs. Fitzgerald, a neighbour with a no-nonsense attitude (and possibly magic powers), switches bodies with her and teaches the family a lesson. J.B. Priestley's hilarious one-act play about domestic labour, respect, and the revolution that happens when a 'doormat' stands up. CBSE Class 11 English (Snapshots) Chapter 3.

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The Ghat of the Only World (Amitav Ghosh)

Agha Shahid Ali — Kashmiri-American poet, lover of words, food, and life — is dying. Amitav Ghosh writes this elegiac tribute to his friend, who asked him to 'write something about me after I'm gone.' A portrait of friendship, poetry, exile, and the grace of facing death. CBSE Class 11 English (Snapshots) Chapter 4.

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Birth (A.J. Cronin)

A young doctor arrives at a miner's house. The baby is born — but appears dead: blue, limp, not breathing. Andrew Manson has minutes to save a life. A.J. Cronin's tense, deeply moving story of what a doctor's dedication can do when hope seems lost. CBSE Class 11 English (Snapshots) Chapter 5.

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The Tale of Melon City (Vikram Seth)

A king wants a new arch — but the arch is too LOW and knocks off his crown. Who is responsible? The king, the builders, the workmen, the masons? Vikram Seth's hilarious satirical poem shows how absurdity in governance leads to the most ridiculous outcome of all: a melon being crowned king. CBSE Class 11 English (Snapshots) Chapter 6.

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