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Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology, best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales.  “The Cunning shoemaker” is a short story by Andrew Lang included in “The Pink Fairy Book”. The story relates of a...

John Milton Hay was an American statesman and official whose career began as a private secretary and assistant to Abraham Lincoln. However, Hay was also a talented writer and biographer.Thanks to his skillfully guided diplomacy during the critical period in the USA, he became a famous and honorable...

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (1814 – 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the leading ghost-story writer of the nineteenth century and was central to the development of the genre in the Victorian era. Three of his best-known works are Uncle Silas, Carmilla and The...

Leonid Nikolayevich Andreyev (1871-1919) was a Russian playwright and short-story writer who led the Expressionist movement in the national literature. He was active between the revolution of 1905 and the Communist revolution which finally overthrew the Tsarist government. Stories of the author...

William Shakespeare was an english writer, poet and dramatist and actor of Renaissance age. In the world history W. Shakespeare is definetely the most well-known and significant person who influenced the development of all theatrical art. His plays still don't leave theatre stages all around the world....

Emperor Julian was the last pagan Roman emperor, rhetorician, and philosopher. He is also sometimes referred to as Julian II. He was a supporter of the restoration of pagan traditions, based on neo-Platonism, the enemy of Christianity. The center of the religious outlook is the cult of the sun, created...

Emperor Julian was the last pagan Roman emperor, rhetorician, and philosopher. He is also sometimes referred to as Julian II. He was a supporter of the restoration of pagan traditions, based on neo-Platonism, the enemy of Christianity. This book contains platonic Cynic and speech, as well as the most...

Emperor Julian was the last pagan Roman emperor, rhetorician, and philosopher. He is also sometimes referred to as Julian II. He was a supporter of the restoration of pagan traditions, based on neo-Platonism, the enemy of Christianity. Published in English the main body of works of Emperor Julian...

Andrew Lang was a Scottish prolific author, mostly known as the collector of folk and fairy tales. “The Magic Mirror From the Senna” is a fairy tale entered in “The Orange Fairy Book”, that was published in 1906. The story tells about a man named Gopani-Kufa, who once during the hunting comes...

Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) is well-known as a collector of British folk and fairy tales, but he was Victorian poet, novelist, academic and critic too. His poem had success, but he became famous published Andrew Lang's Fairy Books of Many Colors – series of twelve different colored...

Andrew Lang was a Scottish prolific author, mostly known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. H “The Boys with the Golden Stars” is entered in “The Violet Fairy Book” that was published in 1901. A herdsman had three daughters. The youngest was the most beautiful. One day, the emperor was...

Andrew Lang (1844 – 1912) was a Scots poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology, best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. “The Treasure Seeker” is short adventure story by Andrew Lang where the main figures are a party of shepherds sat one night...

One of the most famous ancient Greek heroes was Theseus who was a son of the king of Athens. During the traveling his father lived in a small town - Tresa. There he married Tresen queen, but preferred not to take her with him because the relatives of Aegeus wanted to seize power and they were dangerous...

Benjamin Franklin Norris was an American writer and journalist in a period of “Progressive Era”. He was the first author who brought French naturalism in American literature. Norris was not a supporter of socialism as a political system, but his works were in a socialist orientation and inspired...