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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. The book describes the story of the chaste...

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. The book describes the story of the chaste...

Manly Palmer Hall (1901 – 1990) was a Canadian author which became sufficiently known and respected as a lecture and interpreter of the ancient writings. Regardless of the fact that true evidences is unavailable referring the actual philosophical beliefs, political aspirations and actives of the...

Charles Kingsley was an English priest, historian and novelist, famous mostly for his works Hypatia, Hereward the Wake and Westward Ho! Due to his interest in history, Kingsley wrote several historical novels and achieved a great success after publishing his works Hereward the Wake and Westward Ho! ...

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...

Once upon a time there was a man whose one eye always smiled, and whose another eye always cried. One day his son came and asked about that. He said that his right eye laughed because he was glad to have a good son; his left eye weeped because a precious treasure has been stolen from him. He had in...

Uchimura Kanzo (内村鑑三; 26 March 1861 – 28 March 1930) was a Japanese author, publicist, and founder of “Mukyōkai”, the Nonchurch Movement of Christianity. Also, he was a teacher, but for his uncompromising position in religion it wasn't for a long time.  So why, He started the career...

Richard Le Gallienne (1866 – 1947) was an English author and poet.  “The Haunted Orchard” is considered to be the best mystery short story in the literary experience of Richard Le Gallienne. The majority of his stories amaze the mind though not a very long but very intriguing story as a rule associated with ghosts and mysterious creatures.

Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio (tradicionalmente llamado Lope de Vega, Lope; 25/11/1562, Madrid - 08/27/1635 Madrid) - dramaturgo español, poeta, novelista, el mayor representante de la protorealizma humanista en España. El autor de 3000 sonetos, tres novelas, cuatro novelas cortas,...

La Dame de Monsoreau was written by Alexandre Dumas in 1846. His works have been translated into more than 100 languages. It is his second novel in a trilogy which dedicated to French Wars of Religion. It is one of the most important works of Alexandre Dumas. The story describes France in the second...

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...

William Makepeace Thackeray (1811 – 1863) was a famous English novelist of the 19th century. Best known for his satirical works, particularly Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of English society. During his literary life Thackeray was considered to be the best realistic and comic authors satirizing...

Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French novelist, who contributed to the development of the genre of the adventure fiction. The adventure fiction features the strict opposition between the good characters and the evil ones. It also features the exaggeration of the experience and feelings as well as the...

William Makepeace Thackeray was an English novelist of the 19th century, a master of realistic novels, that represent panoramic survey of English manners and human frailties.The picture of contemporary life made William Makepeace Thackeray noted as the only possible rival of Charles Dickens. “The...