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Table of Content: Unit- I: Prose 1) The Town Week - E.V. Lucas 2) Florence Nightingale - Lytton Strachey 3) The Gift of Magi - O Henry 4) Three Hermits - Leo Tolstoy Unit-II: Poetry 1) On His Blindness - John Milton 2) Solitude - Alexander Pope 3) Still I Rise - Maya Angelou 4) Money Madness - D. H. Lawrence Unit III – Communications Skills 1) Interview and Interviewing skills. 2) Meeting skills 3) Nonverbal Communication. Content    1    2    3    4    5    6   7   8   9    10   11

In his celebrated essay, “The Town Week” E. V. Lucas very artistically painted various moods and attitudes of the urban people in the seven days of a week. On Monday, people wake up from their dreamy and lazy languor. The day seems flat as if without any colour and flavour. The fun and relic of the Saturday and Sunday have gone. They look morose and pale. A dull and monotonous life is going to eat them up once again. Reluctantly, people come back to their workplaces from their village home. The town becomes populated and busy. The local trains are over-crowded. They do not put their interest in their work. So, most of the time, they enjoy gossiping with their colleagues about their week-end spending. The laziness of Monday almost dries up on Tuesday. People become more active and exciting like “glittering star”. They take their job more seriously. The day is pretty good for the businessmen. The week looks more stirring and energetic on Wednesday. It is the favourite da