Notes on a scandal door Zoë Heller

Boekverslag
Naam:Shirley
Klas:4T.
Titel boek:Notes on a scandal.
Naam auteur:Zoë Heller.
Naam uitgever:Penguin books.
Naam docent:Mvr. Teijink.

Inhoud:
Informatie over de schrijver en bijbehorende bronnen.
Verklaring titel van het boek.
Belangrijkste persoon van het boek.
Vijf illustraties.
Uitspraken van het boek.

Het verslag.

Informatie over de schrijver en bijbehorende bronnen.
Zoe Heller was born in London in 1965 and educated at Oxford University and Columbia University, New York. She is a journalist who, after writing book reviews for various newspapers, became a feature writer for The Independent. She wrote a weekly confessional column for the Sunday Times for four years, but now writes for the Daily Telegraph and earned the title 'Columnist of the Year' in 2002.

She had written several books including:

-Everything You Know (2000), a dark comedy about misanthropic writer WillyMiller.

-Notes on a Scandal (2003) which tells the story of an affair between a high school teacher and her student through the eyes of the teacher's supposed friend, Barbara Covett.

Verklaring titel van het boek.

The meaning from the title “Notes on a scandal” is simple. The scandal is Sheba’s affair with one of her pupils and the notes come from Barbara’s diary.

I think, a better title is “Teacher vs. Pupil,” because that title is more humorous and a little more mysterious. These reasons make a book more attractive, at least, I think a book is more attractive with an amusing title.

De belangrijkste persoon van het boek.

This book has two main characters, namely: Sheba and Barbara. Here a brief description of this persons.

Sheba:
Sheba is a shameless, candid, friendly woman. If she doesn’t have an affair with one of her pupils, I think she is a good person. She is very candid, she told Barbara about her deepest secrets.

Barbara:
Barbara is a lonely female. She is unmarried and want to become good friends with anybody. She is a little bit older than Sheba. She is very dominant and she expects to much from her friends. She doesn’t have good friends because of these bad quality’s.

Vijf illustraties.
1.
Uitleg: De school waar sheba werkt.

2.

Uitleg: Steven Connolly de 15 jarige student.

3.

Uitleg: Brain en Barbara zijn hier aan het luchen.

4.

Uitleg: De flat van Barbara.

5.

Uitleg: Het dagboek waar Barbara alles in opschreef.

Uitspraken van het boek.
A. It’s interesting that barbara wrote down everything.
B. It’s sad that sheba is cheating with a student of 15 years.
C. I think It’s great that Barbara is forced onto tog out the story of Brian Bangs (a math teacher) told. so there will be a little tension in the story!
D. I hope that there is an effect, because I would like to know how things continue with the bond between her and her children if she can see her children again.

Het verslag.

The story is about a teacher pottery, named Sheba. Her full name is Bathseba Hart, but in the novel, everybody callsed her Sheba. The story is written by Barbara Covett, the boring history teacher. Barbara doesn’t have a husband and children and she is lonely at all. When Sheba started to work at the same school, Barbara felt they become good friends. Sheba has two children, a adolescent 17-year-old daughter Polly and a 11-year old son, Ben, who has Down-syndrome. Sheba and Barbara became very good friends. When Barbara Sheba invited for dinner, Sheba told her the story of her affair with Steven Conolly. She didn’t told the true story, she said only that the boy tried to kiss her. Barbara gave her some advices, and thought that the affair was over. When Barbara found out that Sheba and Conolly still have the relation, she felt betrayed and she would like to take revenge. When she confronted Sheba with the truth, Sheba admitted the affair with Conolly. Then the mathematics teacher Brian Bangs asked Barbara for a lunch on Saturday. Barbara agreed with it, but she knew that Bangs has an ulterior motive. Bangs felt in love with Sheba and tried to get some private information of Barbara. She felt her own rage and took the promised revenge. She dropped some hints by Bangs, about Sheba, who liked younger men and her close relation with the Year Eleven boys. There came a time, that the headmaster knwe somehow about the affair. Sheba is suspended from her job and she had to go to the police office, because the police wanted to ask het some questions about the affair with Conolly. Sheba and Barbara left their houses and went to Eddie’s house. Sheba found Barbara’s manuscript and became savage, because she said that it was all untruth. At the end, Sheba and Barbara became best friends again. I don’t know what happened with Sheba’s husband Richard, her trial, daughter, etc..