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2 giorni fa · Charles Dickens (born February 7, 1812, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England—died June 9, 1870, Gad’s Hill, near Chatham, Kent) was an English novelist, generally considered the greatest of the Victorian era. His many volumes include such works as A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, Bleak House, A Tale of Two Cities, Great Expectations, and Our ...
George Henry Lewes (1854–1878) Mary Ann Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880; alternatively Mary Anne or Marian [1] [2] ), known by her pen name George Eliot, was an English novelist, poet, journalist, translator, and one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. [3] She wrote seven novels: Adam Bede (1859), The Mill on the Floss ...
Jean Rhys. Jean Rhys, CBE ( / riːs / REESS; [3] born Ella Gwendoline Rees Williams; 24 August 1890 – 14 May 1979) was a British novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica. From the age of 16, she mainly resided in England, where she was sent for her education. She is best known for her novel Wide Sargasso Sea (1966 ...
Robert Bryndza ( Lowestoft, 15 gennaio 1979 [1]) è uno scrittore, attore teatrale e commediografo britannico . Il suo thriller d'esordio, La donna di ghiaccio, ha in pochi mesi scalato le classifiche ed è stato tradotto in 30 lingue. Tutti i suoi romanzi sono bestseller internazionali e contano più di 4 milioni di copie vendute in tutto il ...
Peter Carey (novelist) Peter Carey (2014) Peter Carey (born 1943) is an Australian novelist who has won many awards including two Booker Prizes. [1] He first won the Booker Prize in 1988 for his book, Oscar and Lucinda. He won again in 2001 for his book The True History of the Kelly Gang. [2] Only one other author has won this award twice.
English novel. Portrait of Samuel Richardson by Joseph Highmore. National Portrait Gallery, Westminster, England. The English novel is an important part of English literature. This article mainly concerns novels, written in English, by novelists who were born or have spent a significant part of their lives in England, Scotland, Wales, or ...
Biography. Matthews was born September 17, 1951, in Hartford, Connecticut. [1] He worked for the Central Intelligence Agency for three decades, where he met his wife, Suzanne, also a former CIA officer. [2] [1] He died April 28, 2021 at the age of 69 from corticobasal degeneration. [3]
