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- 521: Pinocchio
- ... I recommend this book to people twelve plus because you got to have a slight idea what "Thou createn, I will have my Vengeance!" means, I also recommend this book to all readers who like fiction and outrageousness, because I don't think you can live in the digestive track of dogfish for four years without being fried by the stomach acid. I also think that this book DEFINITELY not for ...
- 522: Edgar Allan Poe
- Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe is often cited as one of the most influential writers in the world. He is said to have invented the detective story, and inspired the future of science fiction stories. His stories and style have motivated various authors such as, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, and H.G. Wells. Poe's works have fascinated literate people all around the world for over 150 years. Poe ...
- 523: Yukon Jack: The Life of Jack London
- ... began settling down. 1. London began his writing career. 2. London’s two marriages effected his work. B. Jack London’s life ended in suicide Works Cited Kennedy, X.J., ed. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. New York: NY, 1995. Kunitz, Stanley J., and Howard Haycraft, ed. Twentieth Century Marshall,
- 524: Harper Lee
- ... 2 years in the rewriting and revising the book, which was eventually published in July, 1960. Later that year, the book that was originally rejected for publication, it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished fiction by an American author. This marked the first time in nearly twenty years that a female author recieved the award. The book also recieved the Paperback of the Year Award and the National Conference of ...
- 525: Harriet Beecher Stowe
- ... story. "With her imaginative talent, Harriet combined the tragedies of her son, Harry(who drowned while swimming in the Connecticut River) and her sister’s intended husband(who also died) into a wonderful work of fiction"(Faber 51). She related her main character to her sister. The heroine was "a deeply religious girl, crushed by the drowning of her betrothed, who, in time, let herself be convinced it was her duty ...
- 526: The Writing of Edgar Allan Poe
- ... In “William Wilson” the hero, by killing his conscience (in the story it is his double), destroys himself. In “The Cask of the Amontillado” the reason for murder is revenge. The Critical Survey of Short Fiction states that some of Poe’s stories deal with bewitching female characters (Magill 2103-2109). He titles the stories with the women’s names in order to stress the power of a lady’s influence ...
- 527: Mark Twain
- ... lecturer, satirist, and humorist. Since his death his literary stature has further increased, with such writers as Ernest Hemingway and William Faulkner declaring his works, particularly HUCKLEBERRY FINN, a major influence on 20th-century American fiction. Twain was raised in Hannibal, Mo., on the Mississippi River. His writing career began shortly after the death of his father in 1847. Apprenticed first to a printer, he soon joined his brother Orion's ...
- 528: The Life of Charles Dickens
- ... keen observer of life and had a great understanding of humanity, especially of young people. The warmth and humor of his personality appeared in all of his works. Perhaps in no other large body of fiction does the reader receive so strong and agreeable impression of the person behind the story.
- 529: Ralph Ellison’s Life
- ... a scholarship to Tuskegee Institute, after graduation for two years he worked as an elevator operator in an unsuccessful attempt to save money for college. Ellison discovered for the first time the power of serious fiction through a course of private reading during his sophomore year. Ellison said: “Wuthering Heights had caused me an agony of inexpressible emotion, and the same was true of Jude the Obscure, but The Waste Land ...
- 530: William Faulkner
- ... Faulkner fit to be included within any literary canon. Works Cited Chabrier, Gwendolyn. Faulkner’s Families: A Southern Saga. The Gordian Press. New York, 1993. Faulkner, William. “A Rose for Emily.” Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. 7th ed. X. J. Kennedy and Dana Gioia. New York: Longman, 1999. Fiedler, Leslie A. “William Faulkner: An American Dickens”. Commentary 10, (1950): 384-87. Heller, Terry. “The Telltale Hair: A Critical ...
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