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Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) was a Scottish author, playwright and physician. He is mostly known for his fictional stories of adventures and investigations of Sherlock Holmes and doctor Watson, a private detective from London and his companion. Holmes stories are considered to be...

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle (1859 – 1930) was a Scottish author, playwright and physician. He is mostly known for his fictional stories of adventures and investigations of Sherlock Holmes and doctor Watson, a private detective from London and his companion. Holmes stories are considered to be...

Guy de Maupassant (5 August 1850 – 6 July 1893), full name - Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant was a French writer and novelist, author of many famous novels and stories. Guy de Maupassant was born in the castle de Miromesnil near Dieppe. His father - Gustave de Maupassant - who belonged...

Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him. Lang was also a prolific author of works both...

Andrew Lang was a Scottish prolific author, mostly known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.  “The Golden Blackbird” is a tale, entered in “The Green Fairy Book” collection. The story narrates about one great lord, who feels very ill and sends for doctors of every kind. None of them...

William MacLeod Raine was an American author, mostly known as the master of Western Fiction.  “The Sheriff's Son” was published in 1917 and represents the classical example of Western Fiction, filled with action and adventures. Gambling, prospecting, hunting and drinking, men find their notoriety...

William MacLeod Raine, was an American novelist. He worked as a reporter and editorial writer for local newspapers. He was best known for his fictional adventure stories about the American Old West. Twenty of his novels have been screened. Despite his prolificacy, he was a careful, conscientious worker,...

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author best known for writing children's stories including "The Little Mermaid" and "The Ugly Duckling." Andersen achieved worldwide fame for writing innovative and influential fairy tales. Apart from writing for kids, he worked on novels, biographies...

The Brothers Grimm, Jacob and Wilhelm were German academics, linguists and authors specializing in collecting and publishing folklore. This first volume of Children’s and Household Tales was published in 1812 and was criticized for not being suitable for children and in later editions certain amendments...

There were two little houses, near the border of a forest. Hunter, his wife and children lived in that houses. Children were forbidden to play more than a short distance from the door, as it was known that, away on the other side of the wood near the great river, there dwelt a witch who had a magic...

The count Leo Nikolayevich was a Russian novelist, essayist, playwright and philosopher who primarily wrote novels and short stories. The collection of the short stories for children was written between 1869-1872 and include 19 tales. The action of many tales happens in the scenery of village, and...

This story was written in 1835. Hans Christian Andersen's books are permanent companions for many people in the whole world. His books will gift blissful minutes for both children and adults. Many children and adults passed through the world of his books. Examples of his heroes, which are able to...

Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him. Lang was also a prolific author of works both...

Harrie Irving Hancock was an American chemist and writer of children's literature in the late 19th-20th centuries. Being a talented and sensitive person Hancock wrote fantastic stories for the children. He strongly believed that "boys want the thrill of feeling 'grown-up'" and that they...