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Joseph Rudyard Kipling   was an English short-story writer, poet, and novelist. Не was one of the most popular writers in England, in both prose and verse, in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  George Orwell called him a "prophet of British imperialism". He wrote tales...

There was a Hampton court that lied in about two miles from Kingston near the river. It was surrounded by different mansions of various rich noblemen. Hampton Court was first founded and built from the ground by a great statesman and favorite of King Henry VIII, Cardinal Wolsey. The Court contained...

Henry Fielding was an English novelist and dramatist. He also wrote some humor works. He was one of the founders of the realistic novel. He combined his work as a judge and writer. The author wrote satire both political and the contemporary art and literature. Shamela is written as a shocking revelation...

Myla Jo Closser (1880-1962). It is very little known today about writer Myla Jo Closser, other than that she was born in 1880, was the wife of playwright Tarkington Baker, and the cousin of writer Booth Tarkington.was an American actress, playwright and novelist. “At the Gate” is a beautiful short story about heaven from the perspective of a dog.

James Augustine Aloysius Joyce is a marvelous Irish novelist and poet, considered to be one of the most influential writers in the modernist avant-garde of the early 20th century. He became well known in the literature world by means of his wonderful short stories Dubliners (1914), the novels "A...

Andrew Lang was a Scots poet, novelist, and literary critic. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang gave many of the tales their first appearance in English.  Andrew Lang's Fairy Books — are a series of twelve collections of fairy tales. Each volume is distinguished by...

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...

А.Н. Островский вошел в отечественную литературу как великий драматург и создатель русского национального театра. Через несложную  сюжетную структуру, видимую...

Herbert George Wells (1866-1946) is an English writer and publicist. He created works in many genres, but mostly famous for his science fiction novels "The time machine", "The invisible man" and "The war of the worlds". He is considered to be the father of science fiction....

Herbert George Wells was an Enlish writer and publisher. He published his novel "The First Men in the Moon" in 1901. There was a businessman who had some financial problems. He decided to rent a house in a village to write a novel and earn some money. But his neighbour was annoying him by...

ndrew Lang was a Scots poet, novelist, and literary critic. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. Lang gave many of the tales their first appearance in English.  Andrew Lang's Fairy Books — are a series of twelve collections of fairy tales. Each volume is distinguished by...

There was a widow who lived on a farmer’s land, which was rented by her. She had two sons. She told her eldest son to take a can and bring her water from a well and she would bake a cake for him. He brought a little bit of water and his mother baked a small cake. He wanted the better cake and went...

George Webbe Dasent (1817-1896) was a folklorist and translator of legends and fairy-tales into English. Dasent was acquainted with Jacob Grimm who advised him to study mythology. Eventually George Dasent became a professor of English literature. This story tells us about two boys - Shortshanks...