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Howard Pyle (Mar 5, 1853 – Nov 9, 1911) was an American illustrator and author. In 1894 he began teaching illustration at the Drexel Institute. On the verge of twentieth century, he has founded his own school of art. His classic publication of The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood remains in print...

Hans Christian Andersen became famous after publishing his fantastic novel in 1829. In the following years he established 3 compilations of tales. Many children and adults passed through the world of his books. Even after many years these fairy tales are still in our memory. Once there was a girl,...

Hans Christian Andersen was a famous Danish writer of fairy tales. "The Princess and the Pea" is a fairy tale about a princess. A prince was going to marry a princess. He visited different countries to find his bride. There were many princesses, but they were not real ones. That's why he...

Hans Christian Andersen was one of the most famous Danish authors of XIX century. He wrote plays, novels and poems but most people know him as the outstanding author of the fairy tales. His stories are very popular among people of any age and nationality. His most famous fairy tales - “The Little...

John Francis Campbell (29 December 1821 – 17 February1885) was a well-known Scottish author and specialized in Celtic studies scholar. He educated at Eton and Edinburgh. Also, he was able to speak Gaelic, Lapp, Norwegian, Swedish, Danish, Italian, German and Spanish. The most famous published works...

 The novel is set shortly after the battle of Tewkesbury, in which the Yorkist king Edward IV had finally defeated the Lancastrian party. Two exiled Lancastrians, John de Vere, the Earl of Oxford and his son, Arthur, are travelling through Switzerland disguised as merchants and under the assumed...

Sir Walter Scott (1771 - 1832) was a famous Scottish historical novelist, playwright, and poet. Scott was the first modern English-language author to have a truly international career in his lifetime, with many contemporary readers in Europe, Australia, and North America. His novels and poetry are...

“Papers from Overlook-House” is a unique and single work written by Frederic W. Beasley in which the author in epistolary genre with elements of mystery and horror relates of some events that took place in his friend's house. 

Paradise lost is an epic poem in blank verse written by English poet John Milton, published in 1667. It consists of ten books and regarded as Milton’s major work which makes him one of the greatest English poets of his time. The poem is about biblical story of the Fall of Man – the temptation...

Rob Roy - a historical novel by Walter Scott, published in 1817. The novel tells about the Scotland's national hero, called Rob Roy. The main character, Francis Osbaldistone, quarreled with his father, head of a large trading house, and he sent the son to his uncle, who lives in the north of England....

 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator. He was also the first American to translate The Divine Comedy, and was one of the five Fireside Poets. He wrote many lyric poems known for their musicality and often-presenting stories of mythology and legend. He was the most popular...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was born in Portland, Maine. He is the second son in a family of eight children. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow graduated from Bowdoin College. After that he studied modern languages in Europe for three years. Then he taught them in Bowdoin. Longfellow wrote many...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) was born in Portland, Maine. He is the second son in a family of eight children. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow graduated from Bowdoin College. After that he studied modern languages in Europe for three years. Then he taught them in Bowdoin. Longfellow wrote many...

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator. He was also the first American to translate The Divine Comedy, and was one of the five Fireside Poets. He wrote many lyric poems known for their musicality and often-presenting stories of mythology and legend. He was the most popular American...