Who wrote Juliet, Othello, King Lear, Hamlet
William Shakespeare
Who wrote Sense and Sensibility (1811), Pride and Prejudice (1813), Mansfield Park (1814), and Emma
Jane Austen
Was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognized during his life.
William Blake
Was an English poet, author, and civil servant best known for The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
His 1843 novella A Christmas Carol remains especially popular and continues to inspire adaptations in every artistic genre
Charles Dickens
Was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England
John Donne
English Victorian novelist who developed the method of psychological analysis characteristic of modern fiction
George Eliot
Writing in English, Latin, and Italian, he achieved international renown within his lifetime
John Milton
His work is characterized by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitarianism, and support of democratic socialism.
George Orwell
Was a British playwright, screenwriter, director and actor. A Nobel Prize winner.
Harold Pinter
Was an English writer, poet, philologist, and academic, best known as the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien
Was a British writer and theologian. He held academic positions in English literature at both Oxford University and Cambridge University. He is best known as the author of The Chronicles of Narnia.
C. S. Lewis
Is a British author and philanthropist. She wrote a seven-volume children's fantasy series, Harry Potter.
J. K. Rowling
When William Shakespeare died?
23 April 1616
What is your favorite Book and why?
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Talk about an experience reading a book
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