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Christopher Marlowe (26 feb 1564 - 30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet and translator. His plays are known for the use of blank verse and their overreaching protagonists. Marlowe's first play performed on the regular stage in London, in 1587, was Tamburlaine the Great. Marlowe's plays were...

Isaac D'Israeli (11 May 1766 – 19 January 1848) was an English scholar, writer and man of letters. He was born in Enfield, Middlesex, England, the only child of Benjamin D'Israeli (1730–1816), a Jewish merchant who had emigrated from Cento, Italy in 1748, and his second wife, Sarah Syprut de Gabay...

Kate Douglas Wiggin (1856 – 1923) was a famous American educator and author well known for children's stories. The highest rank of her literary experience became most notable classic children's novel named “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” which brought her the world recognition and popularity. “The...

Jungle world tales collection is a remarkable treasure, a work that contains the best-loved tales of your childhood! Jungle world tales is a collection that will rank as one of the greatest fairy tale volumes in many decades, a marvelous and original work to be treasured by students, parents, and...

Brothers Grimm's works had a huge influence on further children writers. Their tales are appreciated by children all over the world. "Old Sultan" is a fairy tale about animals. A peasant had a dog called Old Sultan. It was a god dog, but it became old and had lost its teeth. One day the...

Lyman Frank Baum is a well-known American author of children’s stories. Who hasn’t heard about the Wonderful Wizard of Oz? Baum wrote thirteen sequels of this story and all of them have been extremely popular for almost a century! “Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz” is the fourth book in the series...

Ananzi is a small spider. One day he buys fat and a very big frying pan, then he goes to the bay and calls the Head-fish to him. He says to the fish that it must bring all fish on shore and they will get new life. When the fish come out of the water he catches them and puts them in the frying pan....

The word which means ‘fairy tale’ in Russian is transliterated into English as ‘skazka’. In the 19th century the Russian folklore began to be collected and systematized. The hugest work in this sphere was done by the Slavist Alexander Afanasyev. His compendium contains the most beautiful and...

One girl went to the forest. She got lost and began to look for a way home but didn't find it, and came to a lodge. The door was opened: the girl saw, that there was nobody in the lodge, and she entered. In this lodge lived three bears. The bears weren't at home, they went for a walk. In the lodge...

Manly Palmer Hall (1901 – 1990) was a Canadian author which became sufficiently known and respected as a lecture and interpreter of the ancient writings. This work is devoted to the role of cryptography in the world of alchemy and hermetism. Ciphers and cryptograms are widely used to conceal the sacred knowledge from those who are not worthy of enlightenment.

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. Much of the novels...

Nikola Tesla was a Serbian-American inventor, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer, physicist, and futurist. He was widely known for his contribution to the creation of devices that operate on alternating current, multiphase systems and the motor will make a so-called second phase of the industrial...

Leonardo Da Vinci was an immensely popular Italian polymath, the epitome of the 'Renaissance Man', famous mostly for his paintings such as the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, the drawing of Vitruvian Man. He is considered to be one of the world's greatest painters of all time, as well as the most talented...

erome Klapka Jerome was a renowned English writer and humorist, best known for his humorous and comic masterpiece “Three Men in a Boat”, apart from his other notable works of literature. He was born on 2nd May, 1859 in Caldmore, Walsall, England, and was raised amidst poverty in London. His other...