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- 651: Stephen King
- Stephen King Stephen King is a well-known and talented horror/fiction author who has published over eleven books in the last two decades. His great stories of horror and fantasy have been enjoyed by kids and adults starting from his first best-seller, Carrie. King's wit and style of writing has made him one of the most popular horror story ... life has not been an easy one. he was born on September 21, 1947, in Portland Maine(Bleiler, 1038). His father left when he was two and gave him only a collection of supernatural fiction stories(Bleiler, 1038). By age twelve, he was submitting short stories into different magazines such as "The Glass Floor", in 1967(Beacham, 747). After his graduation from the University of Maine with a B.A. in English teaching(Bleiler, 1038), King published many best ...
- 652: The Life of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... withdrew Poe from school, and a few months later Poe left home. For the next four years Poe struggled to earn a living as a writer. He returned to Mrs. Clemm's home and submitted stories to magazines. His first success came in 1833, when he entered a short-story contest and won a prize of 50 dollars for the story "MS. Found in a Bottle." By 1835 he was the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger. He married his cousin Virginia, who was only 13, and Mrs. Clemm stayed with the couple. The Poes had no children. This success would not last. Poe's stories, poems, and criticism in the magazine, The Southern Literary Messenger soon attracted attention, and he looked for wider opportunities, not a good choice. From 1837 to 1839 he tried free-lance writing in New ...
- 653: J.D. Salinger's Personal Life
- ... not "the writer", he's a regular person who happens to have a talent for writing. The same goes for dishing the dirt on his life. He's a private person who wrote very personal stories. I feel that, even if there is not enough on the pages to satisfy, what is there is filling enough. He gave the world one novel and 35 short stories and that's all. He has actively resisted surrenderring his whole life to public scrutiny, and that is not an easy thing to do. I refuse to chip away at that shell. Besides, who ...
- 654: The Life of Charles Dickens
- ... 1821, when Charles was four months old, John Dickens could no longer afford the rent on his house. John Dickens loved to entertain his friends with drinks and conversation. Throughout his life, he was very short of money and in debt. He often had to borrow money to pay off the debt and borrow more money to pay off the people he borrowed the money from. Later on, John Dickens was ... at Chatman. It was here that Charles Dickens' earliest and clearest memories were formed (Mankowitz 9-14). Charles' education included being taught at home by his mother, attending a Dame School at Chatman for a short time, and Wellington Academy in London. He was further educated by reading widely in the British Museum (Huffam). In late 1822, John was needed back at the London office, so they had to move to ... money to get out of debtors prison (Mankowitz 20-22). Late in Charles' teens, he became a court reporter. This introduced him to journalism, and he also became interested in politics. Some of his early short stories and sketches, which were published in various London newspapers and magazines, were compiled in 1836 to form his first book, Sketches by Boz. This book sold well (Huffam). In 1837, he wrote another ...
- 655: Aspects of the Narrator in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat”
- Aspects of the Narrator in Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat” Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Black Cat” is a perverse grotesque short story. What makes this tale so horrific is how Poe has created an unreliable, and nameless, narrator to tell this story. Telling this story from the first person point of view intensifies the shock and horror, which stops short of “the wavering line of disgust” (Womack 1). The narrator’s unreliability is born from three major influences. His biggest influence is mostly due to his battles with “…the [f]iend [i]ntemperance” (Poe 894 ... the reader to explore the notion that it could have been “…some intellect more calm, more logical, and far less excitable than [his]” (Poe 893). Poe has managed to create one of the best horror stories ever written, by developing a narrator who is unreliable due to his constant alcoholism, lack of memory, and deaf superstition. These three unreliable qualities of the narrator grant him real human personification, which solidifies ...
- 656: The Life of Ian Fleming
- The Life of Ian Fleming Ian Fleming lived a remarkable life in a world full of compromises. To sum up his life in the short space available would be an impossible task even for me, so all that follows is a simple outline. I would recommend further reading Ian Fleming was born in 1908 as the son of Valentine Fleming ... As Ian failed to fill their shoes, it appears he became more determined to build his own empire, create his own identity within the family, and be praised for his own successes. Fleming had a short career at a military academy called Sandhurst. Ian's streak of independence and apparent need to make his own identity did not fit well with conventional military conduct. Officially, though, Fleming left after being caught out after curfew. He wrote some short stories and some poems, but made no plans, it seems, about being an author. Eventually, Fleming set his sights on the foreign service exam, but to his grave disappointment did not make the grade. ...
- 657: The Life of Charles Dickens
- ... 1821, when Charles was four months old, John Dickens could no longer afford the rent on his house. John Dickens loved to entertain his friends with drinks and conversation. Throughout his life, he was very short of money and in debt. He often had to borrow money to pay off the debt and borrow more money to pay off the people he borrowed the money from. Later on, John Dickens was ... at Chatman. It was here that Charles Dickens' earliest and clearest memories were formed (Mankowitz 9-14). Charles' education included being taught at home by his mother, attending a Dame School at Chatman for a short time, and Wellington Academy in London. He was further educated by reading widely in the British Museum (Huffam). In late 1822, John was needed back at the London office, so they had to move to ... money to get out of debtors prison (Mankowitz 20-22). Late in Charles' teens, he became a court reporter. This introduced him to journalism, and he also became interested in politics. Some of his early short stories and sketches, which were published in various London newspapers and magazines, were compiled in 1836 to form his first book, Sketches by Boz. This book sold well (Huffam). In 1837, he wrote another ...
- 658: The Old Gringo, By Carlos Fuen
- ... of Mexico and the Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationales in Geneva, going on to serve in the United Nations, the Mexican government and as the Mexican Ambassador to France from 1974-1977. He has written stories, short novels, and essays. Fuentes is still living to this day and at this point in time, his books have been influenced by different items he has studied and is continuing to study. Studies of Ambrose ... story of love, war, and adventure. Carlos Fuentes once said that, I have lived with this story for a long time. It was conceived about forty years ago in Mexico, when I first read the stories of Ambrose Bierce. It lay dormant until 1964, when I wrote the first ten pages during a train trip through Chihuahua, San Lois Potosi, and Zacatecas. It was resuscitated in 1970 during a month ...
- 659: The Life of Edgar Allen Poe
- ... withdrew Poe from school, and a few months later Poe left home. For the next four years Poe struggled to earn a living as a writer. He returned to Mrs. Clemm's home and submitted stories to magazines. His first success came in 1833, when he entered a short-story contest and won a prize of 50 dollars for the story "MS. Found in a Bottle." By 1835 he was the editor of the Southern Literary Messenger. He married his cousin Virginia, who was only 13, and Mrs. Clemm stayed with the couple. The Poes had no children. This success would not last. Poe's stories, poems, and criticism in the magazine, The Southern Literary Messenger soon attracted attention, and he looked for wider opportunities, not a good choice. From 1837 to 1839 he tried free-lance writing in New ...
- 660: Billy the Kid: The True Story
- Billy the Kid: The True Story Billy the Kid was one of the most famous outlaws of all time. There are many stories about him, and he is portrayed in many books. When you hear his name u probably think either cold-blooded killer, or maybe, one of the meanest men that ever lived. But this is untrue, most of the stories you’ve probably heard are just that, stories. Because if the life of Billy the Kid fact and fiction ride side by side and it is difficult to tell between the two. But I am going to tell you the true story ...
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