Marcel Proust: Biography, Quotes, Books, In Search of Lost Time, Education, Facts (2000)
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Valentin Louis Georges Eugène Marcel Proust (10 July 1871 – 18 November 1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental novel À la recherche du temps perdu (In Search of Lost Time; earlier rendered as Remembrance of Things Past), published in seven parts between 1913 and 1927.
Rudyard Kipling - Famous Authors - Wiki Videos by Kinedio
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Joseph Rudyard Kipling (30 December 1865 – 18 January 1936) was an English journalist, short-story writer, poet, and novelist.
Kipling's works of fiction include The Jungle Book (1894), Kim (1901), and many short stories, including "The Man Who Would Be King" (1888).
Walt Whitman - Famous Authors - Wiki Videos by Kinedio
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Walter "Walt" Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892) was an American poet, essayist, and journalist. A humanist, he was a part of the transition between transcendentalism and realism, incorporating both views in his works.
Miguel De Cervantes - Famous Authors - Wiki Videos by Kinedio
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Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616), was a Spanish writer who is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-eminent novelists.
Samuel Beckett - Famous Authors - Wiki Videos by Kinedio
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Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was a Irish avant-garde novelist, playwright, theatre director, and poet, who lived in Paris for most of his adult life and wrote in both English and French.
Why Nathaniel Hawthorne Always Considered Himself a Failure: Biography (2003)
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Nathaniel Hawthorne (/ˈhɔːˌθɔːrn/; born Nathaniel Hathorne; July 4, 1804 – May 19, 1864) was an American novelist, dark romantic, and short story writer.
He was born in 1804 in Salem, Massachusetts, to Nathaniel Hathorne and the former Elizabeth Clarke Manning.
Jane Austen - A Biography of Pride and Prejudice I THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
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Nowadays, Jane Austen is one of the world's most well known female authors. Just about everybody has heard of her books like Pride and Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility. But when her books were published for the first time, her name was not on the cover.
The Life of Mary Shelley in 5 Minutes
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A short biography of Mary Shelley and a brief analysis of her famous gothic/horror/science fiction novel Frankenstein.
All you need to know about authors and their works in five minutes.