Great Figures of World Liturature.

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T.S. Eliot Gin and drugs, dear lady, gin and drugs. — When asked about inspiration Famous Poets, Famous Authors, Writers And Poets, Writers Write, Book Writer, Book Authors, Favorite Authors, Favorite Books, Amor
T.S. Eliot on “Our difficulties of the moment”.
T.S. Eliot Gin and drugs, dear lady, gin and drugs. — When asked about inspiration
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born 28 August 1749, and died 22 March 1832 -- Goethe was a German writer, artist, and politician. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and color; and four novels. Lyric Poetry, Friedrich Schiller, Poetry Foundation, Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Colors And Emotions, Color Psychology, What It Takes, Playwright, Despair
Literary Birthday - 28 August - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was born 28 August 1749, and died 22 March 1832 -- Goethe was a German writer, artist, and politician. His body of work includes epic and lyric poetry; prose and verse dramas; memoirs; an autobiography; literary and aesthetic criticism; treatises on botany, anatomy, and color; and four novels.
H.G. Wells, author of many classics that include: War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. Fiction Writer, Fiction Novels, Herbert George Wells, War Of The Worlds, The Time Machine, Invisible Man, Portraits
H.G. Wells - Books, Time Machine & War of the Worlds
H.G. Wells, author of many classics that include: War of the Worlds and The Time Machine.
Agatha Christie - "I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me." Peter Ustinov, Agatha Christie's Poirot, Hercule Poirot, Detective Novels, Detective Fiction, Famous Novels, Famous Books, Midsomer Murders, Miss Marple
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Agatha Christie - "I married an archaeologist because the older I grow, the more he appreciates me."
George Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856 - 1950), the eminent Irish playwright, is the only person to have been awarded both the Nobel Prize for Literature (1925) and an Oscar (1938), for his contributions to literature and for his work on the film Pygmalion, respectively. “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” ― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman Photo by Sir Emery Wa... The Eyre Affair, Superman Photos, George Bernard Shaw, James Joyce, People Of Interest
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George Bernard Shaw (July 26, 1856 - 1950), the eminent Irish playwright, is the only person to have been awarded both the Nobel Prize for Literature (1925) and an Oscar (1938), for his contributions to literature and for his work on the film Pygmalion, respectively. “The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” ― George Bernard Shaw, Man and Superman Photo by Sir Emery Wa...
"From a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer. Between the ages of about seventeen and twenty-four I tried to abandon this idea, but I did so with the consciousness that I was outraging my true nature and that sooner or later I should have to settle down and write books."    George Orwell, “Why I Write” Literature Art, English Literature, Bbc, Nineteen Eighty Four, Roman, George Orwell 1984, Freedom Of The Press
"From a very early age, perhaps the age of five or six, I knew that when I grew up I should be a writer. Between the ages of about seventeen and twenty-four I tried to abandon this idea, but I did so with the consciousness that I was outraging my true nature and that sooner or later I should have to settle down and write books." George Orwell, “Why I Write”
Emile Zola   French writer and journalist. Emile Zola, Journalist, World Of Books, High Society, Inspirational Books
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Emile Zola French writer and journalist.
Aldous Huxley Michel De Montaigne, Aldous Huxley Quotes, The Doors Of Perception, Brave New World, Virginia Woolf
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Aldous Huxley
Ivan Turgenev - The author of "Father and Sons". The last paragraph of this book serves to showcase his awesome talent as a writer. Ilya Repin, Le Horla Maupassant, Ivan Turgenev, Alphonse Daudet, Beard Art, Russian Literature, Leo Tolstoy
Ivan Tourgueniev — Wikipédia
Ivan Turgenev - The author of "Father and Sons". The last paragraph of this book serves to showcase his awesome talent as a writer.
Alice Munro, The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013: "master of the contemporary short story", prose Story Writer, Economic Science, Alice Munro, Best Short Stories, Woman Authors
The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013
Alice Munro, The Nobel Prize in Literature 2013: "master of the contemporary short story", prose
Cuento de Jorge Luis Borges: La casa de Asterión, recomendado por la poeta Victoria Mera. Non Fiction Writing, Best Biographies, My Children Quotes, Human Rights Campaign, Essayist, Wordsmith
Los mejores 1001 cuentos literarios de la Historia. "La casa de Asterión", de Borges
Cuento de Jorge Luis Borges: La casa de Asterión, recomendado por la poeta Victoria Mera.
Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick. His first three books gained much contemporary attention (the first, Typee, becoming a bestseller), and after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime. When he died in 1891, he was almost completely forgotten. It was not until the "Melville Revival" in t... Moby Dick
Herman Melville - Wikipedia
Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick. His first three books gained much contemporary attention (the first, Typee, becoming a bestseller), and after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime. When he died in 1891, he was almost completely forgotten. It was not until the "Melville Revival" in t...
Robert Louis Stevenson.  I loved to read his books in school. Taking me away to a fantasy in another world. But what I love most about him is his little poems I would rehearse in the first grade. Travel Writer, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Verne
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Robert Louis Stevenson. I loved to read his books in school. Taking me away to a fantasy in another world. But what I love most about him is his little poems I would rehearse in the first grade.
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