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Charles Dickens
Charles John Huffam Dickens FRSA (pronounced /ˈtʃɑrlz ˈdɪkɪnz/) (7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870), pen-name "Boz", was the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era and one of the most popular of all time. He created some of literature's most memorable characters. His novels and short...
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Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English novelist and dramatist known for his rich earthy humour and satirical prowess, and as the author of the novel Tom Jones.
Aside from his literary achievements, he has a significant place...
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- Samuel Richardson
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- George Orwell,
- Milan Kundera,
- André Gide,
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- Milan Kundera,
Laurence Sterne
Laurence Sterne (November 24, 1713 – March 18, 1768) was an Irish-born English novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He is best known for his novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, and A Sentimental Journey Through France and...
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- Miguel de Cervantes,
- François Rabelais,
- Lucian
- François Rabelais,
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- Jean Paul,
- Leo Tolstoy,
- Milan Kundera,
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- Leo Tolstoy,
Miguel de Cervantes
Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɣel ðe θerˈβantes saˈβeðɾa] in modern Spanish; September 29, 1547 – April 23, 1616) was a Spanish novelist, poet, and playwright. His magnum opus, Don Quixote, often considered the first...
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- Fyodor Dostoevsky,
- Charles Dickens,
- Gustave Flaubert,
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- Charles Dickens,
Sheridan Le Fanu
Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was the premier ghost story writer of the nineteenth century and had a seminal influence on the development of this genre in...
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- Walter Scott,
- Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
- Emanuel Swedenborg,
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- Samuel Taylor Coleridge,
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- Charles Dickens,
- Charlotte Brontë,
- James Joyce,
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- Charlotte Brontë,
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564 – died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and...
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- Ovid,
- Thomas Kyd,
- Michel de Montaigne,
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- Thomas Kyd,
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- Thomas Carlyle,
- Victor Hugo,
- Stendhal,
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- Victor Hugo,
Washington Irving
Washington Irving (April 3, 1783 – November 28, 1859) was an American author, essayist, biographer and historian of the early 19th century. He was best known for his short stories "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle", both of which...
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- Charles Dickens
Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo (French pronunciation: [viktɔʁ maʁi yˈɡo]) (26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France.
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- François-René de Chateaubriand,
- William Shakespeare,
- Walter Scott,
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- William Shakespeare,
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- Hector Berlioz
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- Albert Camus,
- Charles Dickens,
- Fyodor Dostoevsky,
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- Charles Dickens,
Honoré de Balzac
Honoré de Balzac (French pronunciation: [ɔnɔʁe də balˈzak]) (20 May 1799 – 18 August 1850) was a French novelist and playwright. His magnum opus was a sequence of almost 100 novels and plays collectively entitled La Comédie humaine, which presents a...
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- Nicolas Poussin,
- Walter Scott
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- Hector Berlioz
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- Henry James,
- Gustave Flaubert,
- Émile Zola,
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- Gustave Flaubert,
