Classic Literature Authors & Texts
Read about writers from around the world with an A-to-Z listings, profiles, biographies and more. Also find summaries and analysis of famous poems, novels, short stories, plays, and other works.
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- Biography of Bram Stoker, Irish Author
- Biography of Edith Wharton, American Novelist
- Biography of Herman Melville, American Novelist
- Biography of William Golding, British Novelist
- Biography of Louisa May Alcott, American Writer
- Biography of Flannery O'Connor, American Novelist, Short-Story Writer
- Biography of Samuel Beckett, Irish Novelist, Playwright, and Poet
- Biography of Franz Kafka, Czech Novelist
- Biography of Henry Miller, Novelist
- Biography of Mary Shelley, English Novelist, Author of 'Frankenstein'
- Biography of Roald Dahl, British Novelist
- Biography of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Russian Novelist
- Biography of Colette, French Author
- Biography of Aldous Huxley, British Author, Philosopher, Screenwriter
- Biography of J. D. Salinger, American Writer
- Biography of Vladimir Nabokov, Russian-American Novelist
- Biography of C.S. Lewis, British Writer
- Biography of James Joyce, Influential Irish Novelist
- Biography of Sylvia Plath, American Poet and Writer
- Biography of Henry David Thoreau, American Essayist
- Biography of Ralph Waldo Emerson, American Essayist
- Biography of Victor Hugo, French Writer
- Biography of Hermann Hesse, German Poet and Novelist
- Biography of Miguel Angel Asturias, Guatemalan Poet and Nobel Laureate
- Biography of Leo Tolstoy, Influential Russian Writer
- Biography of Charlotte Perkins Gilman, American Novelist
- Biography of Samuel Johnson, 18th Century Writer and Lexicographer
- Biography of Kate Chopin, American Author and Protofeminist
- Biography of John Milton, Author of Paradise Lost
- Biography of Sir Walter Scott, Scottish Novelist and Poet
- Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Writer of the Jazz Age
- Biography of Lucy Maud Montgomery, Author of "Anne of Green Gables"
- Primo Levi, Author of the 'Best Science Book Ever Written'
- Biography of Joseph Conrad, Author of Heart of Darkness
- Ken Kesey, Novelist and Hero of 1960s Counterculture
- Joan Didion, Essayist and Author Who Defined New Journalism
- Sinclair Lewis, First American to Win Nobel Prize for Literature
- Biography of Chinua Achebe, Author of "Things Fall Apart"
- The Life and Work of H.G. Wells
- The Life of Alexandre Dumas, Classic Adventure Writer
- The Life and Works of Honoré de Balzac, French Novelist
- Biography of Willa Cather, American Author
- 'A Doll's House' Questions for Study and Discussion
- Review of the Novel 'Around the World in 80 Days'
- Critical Overview of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- 'The Necklace' Study Guide
- 'The Adventures of Tom Sawyer' Summary and Takeaways
- A Guide to Dante's 9 Circles of Hell
- The Story of Samuel Clemens as "Mark Twain"
- Alice's Adventures in Wonderland Book Review
- Fahrenheit 451 Characters: Descriptions and Significance
- What Were Mark Twain's Inventions?
- 'Fahrenheit 451' Quotes Explained
- Papa Panov's Special Christmas: Synopsis and Analysis
- Fahrenheit 451 Summary
- Biography of Washington Irving, Father of the American Short Story
- 'Great Expectations' Review
- Biography of Guy de Maupassant, Father of the Short Story
- What Inspired or Influenced Vladimir Nabokov to Write 'Lolita'?
- F. Scott Fitzgerald's Inspiration for 'The Great Gatsby'
- Enslavement in Mark Twain's 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'
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