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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...

Charles Farrar Browne was an American writer, one of the brightest and most popular humorous men of 19th-century, known under his pen name Artemus Ward. Multitalented person, he profited not only from writings but also from lectures, which droll and eccentric author’s reading attracted large audiences...

Charles Farrar Browne was an American writer, one of the brightest and most popular humorous men of 19th-century, known under his pen name Artemus Ward. A humorous short story “A Mormon Romance--Reginald Gloverson” was written in 1860 and represents the narration about a young and thrifty Mormon...

Charles Farrar Browne was an American writer, one of the brightest and most popular humorous men of 19th-century, known under his pen name Artemus Ward. His literature works included tricks of language, burlesques and parodies, jokes and humor, made him the favorite author of U.S. President Abraham...

Thomas Hughes (20 October 1822 – 22 March 1896) was an English lawyer, judge and author. He is mostly known for his novel Tom Brown’s School days, which was partially based on his own biography. Hughes had numerous other interests, in particular as a Member of Parliament, in the British co-operative...

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1863-1944) was a British writer and although he left a huge legacy of novels published under the pen-name 'Q', he is mostly known as the editor of 'The Oxford Book of English Verse', a collection book of English poetry. 'A Dark Mirror' is a short piece of prose by...

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (21 November 1863 – 12 May 1944) was a British author, poet, anthologist, and literary critic. He wrote many popular novels and essays and was a noted lecturer at Cambridge University. He was an active worker in politics for the Liberal Party. There was an abandoned...

Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch (1863-1944) was a British writer and although he left a huge legacy of novels published under the pen-name 'Q', he is mostly known as the editor of 'The Oxford Book of English Verse', a collection book of English poetry. 'The Magic Shadow' is a short story by Arthur...

Joseph Conrad was a Polish-born English author and master mariner, one of the greatest novelists in English literature. The assignee of neo-romanticism, Joseph Conrad wrote the novels, combined his experiences as a mariner and traveler with an interest in moral conflict and the dark side of human...

Joseph Conrad was an English writer of Polish origin and though he wrote his works in English he always considered himself a Pole. His stories often have nautical setting which is a typical feature of adventure stories. A symbolic meaning can be found in this idea: the author traces the fates of people...

Victoria (1819-1901) was a queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also the Empress of India. By the the time Victoria inheritated the throne, a strict political system had been established in the UK. According to that system the monarch possessed no actual political power. Victoria...

Victoria (1819-1901) was a queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also the Empress of India. By the the time Victoria inheritated the throne, a strict political system had been established in the UK. According to that system the monarch possessed no actual political power. Victoria...

ictoria (1819-1901) was a queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and also the Empress of India. By the the time Victoria inheritated the throne, a strict political system had been established in the UK. According to that system the monarch possessed no actual political power. Victoria...

Thomas Bailey Aldrich was an American poet, travel writer and editor. He wrote numerous tales, short-stories and novels. Most of his works were based on personal experience, so several stories represents the episodes of Aldrich’s own life. “Our New Neighbors At Ponkapog” is the short-story,...