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Maksim Gorky (1868 – 1936) Maksim Gorky, pseudonym of Aleksei Maksimovich Peshkov, Soviet novelist, playwright, and essayist, who was a founder of socialist realism. Although known principally as a writer, he was also prominent in the Russian revolutionary movement. Gorky was born on March 16, 1868, in Nizhniy Novgorod (renamed ‘Gorky in his honour from 1932 to 1991), into a peasant family. He was self-educated. Compelled to earn his own living...
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October 29, 2017 evirtualguru_ajaygourEnglish (Sr. Secondary), LanguagesNo Comment
Louisa May Alcott (1832 – 1888) Louisa is primarily remembered for her children’s classics, especially for Little Women and its sequels. Contemporary research has revealed that Louisa Alcott wrote works aimed at adult audiences also, though under a pseudonym. She was also active as a nurse and a suffragette. She was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania on November 29, 1832. In 1840 the family moved to Con-cord. Louisa enjoyed acting out plays...
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Lewis Carroll (1832 — 1898) Lewis Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson), the author of Alice in Wonderland, of mathematical treatises, and of a quantity of stories and poems, serious and humorous, was the son of a churchman and the eldest of eleven children. His mother and father were first cousins, and unusually religious. At the time of his birth, his father, Dr. Dodgson, was the vicar of Daresbury, Cheshire (he later was...
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Leo Tolstoy (1828 1910) Leo Tolstoy was a Russian author, whose classic novels include War and Peace (1863-69) and Anna Karenina (1875-77). He was born on August 28, 1828 at Yasnya Polyana; in Tula Province. His parents died when he was a child, and he was brought up by relatives. In 1844 Tolstoy started his studies of law- and oriental languages at Kazan University, but he never took a...
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Lancelot Andrewes (1555 – 1626) Lancelot Andrewes was born at Allhallows, Barking, in 1555. He was an excellent scholar at Merchant Tailor’s School, and gained a fellowship at Pembroke College, Cambridge. When Jesus College, Oxford, was founded, young Andrewes was invited to be one of its foundation fellows, and in 1580 he took holy orders. He was a great favourite with Queen Elizabeth, who appointed him one of her chaplains and...
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Lady Mary Wroth Lady Mary Wroth was the daughter of Robert Sidney, later Earl of Leicester, and the wealthy heiress Barbara Gamage, first cousin to Sir Walter Ralegh. Robert Sidney was himself a poet. Mary spent much of her early childhood at the house of Mary Sidney, Countess of Montgomery. In 1604 Mary was married to Sir Robert Wroth, a wealthy landowner in favour with James I. Although the marriage was...
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Jonathan Swift (1667 – 1745) Jonathan Swift was an Irish author and journalist, the foremost prose satirist in the English language. Swift’s best-known work is Gulliver’s Travels (1726). Swift was born in Dublin on November 30, 1667. He studied at Kilkenny Grammar School (1674-82) and at Trinity College in Dublin (1682-89), receiving his B.A. in 1868 and M.A. in 1692. In 1695 Swift was ordained in the Church of Ireland (Anglican),...
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John Milton (1608 – 1674) Milton is often considered the greatest English poet after Shakespeare. His rich, dense verse was a powerful influence on succeeding English poets, and whose prose was devoted to the defence of civil and religious liberty. Milton was born in London on December 9, 1608, and educated at Saint Paul’s School and Christ’s College,- University of Cambridge. From 1632 to 1638 he lived in his father’s country...
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