Often considered the greatest English novelist of his time, Dickens was known for the cruel and suffering characters he...
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English novelist, poet, and short-story writer, Lawrence is known for this idealistic theories about human relationships and...
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English novelist, pamphleteer, journalist, and political agent, Defoe is known for frank and dramatic realism in his...
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Poe rose from the depths of despair at age 22, disinherited and destitute, to become one of the greatest figures in American...
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Émile Zola was determined to be a writer from an early age. He was the founder and leader of the Naturalist movement in...
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Born in Amherst, Massachusetts, Emily Dickinson is one of the most well-known of American 19th century poets. Her unique and...
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Enigmatic and intriguing, Hemingway is one of America's favorite authors. Hemingway's writing was influenced by his tenure...
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America’s preeminent playwright led the early 20th century U.S. theater into the mainstream of world drama. Winning four...
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Heralded as one of the most gifted writers of his generation, Fitzgerald was known for his novels and stories of the 1920s....
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Irish dramatist, critic and social reformer, Shaw’s public image was his own created caricature. He was uniquely honored...
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George Eliot was a pen name for Mary Anne Evans. She was the daughter of a man of strong Evangelical Protestant feeling,...
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English novelist, essayist, and critic, Orwell (pen name of Eric Arthur Blair) was born in India where his father was in the...
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Norwegian-born playwright Henrik Ibsen is considered one of the most influential writers of the post-Romanticism era....
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Born to a once-prominent New York family, Herman Melville grew up in an atmosphere of financial instability. He tried...
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Irish novelist, short story writer, and poet, Joyce is regarded as one of the greatest literary talents of the 20th century...
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Generally regarded as the greatest of women novelists, Austen drew from a life that was far from dramatic. Austen is...
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Probably the most talented of the English romantic poets, Keats was highly prolific. Born in London, Keats’ parents died...
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Novelist John Steinbeck was best noted for his portrayal of the proletariat. His writing realistically depicted the...
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After a brief career with the Anglican Church, Jonathan Swift turned his vocational energies toward writing, becoming one of...
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In 1912, the first volume of his most famous work, Remembrance of Things Past (À la Recherche du Temps Perdu) - a seven...
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