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Charles Dickens is considered one of the greatest English authors of all time. Dickens often used the pen name Boz. Much of his work first appeared in periodicals and magazines in serialized form. Unlike many writers of his time Dickens wrote the entire novel before serializing it. He made frequent use of the cliffhanger to keep the public interested. Along a wasteland called "Tom Tiddler's Ground, " five English children find a half-sunken ca...

Louis Tracy (1863 - 1928) was a British journalist, and prolific writer of fiction. He used the pseudonyms Gordon Holmes and Robert Fraser. Number Seventeen is a clever mystery about Chinese Manchus and the people who had helped finance the democratic movement in China.

James Froude was the brother in law of Charles Kingsley. He began his literary career by writing reviews and historical essays, with only sporadic publications on religious topics, for Fraser's Magazine and the Westminster Review. Froude spent 20 years working on his History of England. His style is more dramatic than scientific. English Seamen in the Sixteenth Century: Lectures Delivered at Oxford Easter Terms 1893-4 includes the following le...

William Godwin is one of the first exponents of utilitarianism and modern minarchist philosophy. His two most famous works are An Enquiry concerning Political Justice and Things as They Are: The Adventures of Caleb Williams. Godwin worked with Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, his daughter, at the turn of the 19th century to advocate for social progress. The theme of Demon and Delia is one of ill-fated love. The fathers are more concerned with weal...

Short excerpt: In the Cassowary Club weary pallid waiters brought iced drinks to such of the members as were condemned to spend the summer in town.

Alexandre Dumas (1802 - 1870) was a French writer best known for his adventurous historical novels. Dumas also wrote plays and magazine articles. His most famous works The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne first appeared in serial form. Camille is a sentimental romance about a poor woman who is befriended by a rich duke who later wishes her to become his mistress. She is saved from t...

Charles Debrille Poston (1825 - 1902) is referred to as the "Father of Arizona" due to his efforts lobbying for creation of the Arizona territory. He was an American explorer, prospector, author, politician, and civil servant. In 1851, Poston traveled to California as part of the Gold Rush and took a clerk position at the San Francisco Customs House. In 1856 he went to Arizona with a mining company. After losing his position in Congress, Posto...

Howard Garis was an early 20th century American author. He wrote many books for the famous Stratemeyer Syndicate under an assumed name. In 1910 he began writing under his own name. Stories in this bedtime collection include Buddy Pigg in a cabbage, Brighteyes and Mrs. Hoptoad, Buddy Pigg and Sammy Littletail, Buddy Pigg plays ball, Brighteyes Pigg and Sister Sallie, Dr. Pigg and Uncle Wiggily, Buddy Pigg is caught, Buddy's and Brighteyes' Four...

Honora de Balzac is considered the founder of social realism. Balzac was the first writer to write about the all social levels of the social scene in France. His vast collection of works encompasses the Restoration period and the July Monarchy. La Comedie Humaine was written between 1799 and 1850. This collection contains 95 novels, stories, and essays. Another Study of a Woman (Autre étude de femme, 1842) can be found in Scenes from private l...

Charles King was a 19th century United States soldier and a distinguished writer. He graduated from West Point in 1866 and served in the Army during the Indian Wars under George Crook. During the Philippine-American War, King was placed in command of the 1st Brigade in Henry W. Lawton's division. He led his brigade during the Battle of Manila and sailed for Santa Cruz with Lawton's division. Among his famous works are: Marion's Faith (1887), T...

O F Walton (1849 - 1939) also known as May Walton was a British author. She wrote Christian books for children and teens. Rosalie is envied by the girls in her town. They are convinced her life must be better than theirs. They see her beautiful white dress and her graceful dance moves but do not look any deeper. One day, Rosalie is given hope when an old man gives her a picture of a shepherd who loves her. As she meets hurting people along the...

Henry James (1843 - 1916) was one of the leaders in the school of realism in fiction. He is known for his series of novels in which he portrayed the encounter of America with Europe. James is considered to be the master of the novel and novella. James wrote about personal relationships and the power within these relationships. James explored consciousness and perception from the point of view of a character within a tale. First published in 18...

Timothy Arthur (1809 -1885) was a popular nineteenth-century American author. He is most famous for his temperance novel Ten Nights in a Bar-Room and What I Saw There, which helped demonize alcohol in the eyes of the American public. Arthur wrote many short stories for Godey's Lady's Book. Arthur's writings did much to influence the values of the middle class during the antebellum era. The story of two lovers begins, "NO June day ever opened w...

Charles Dickens is considered one of the greatest English authors of all time. Dickens often used the pen name Boz. Much of his work first appeared in periodicals and magazines in serialized form. Unlike many writers of his time Dickens wrote the entire novel before serializing it. He made frequent use of the cliffhanger to keep the public interested. Stories in this book include The Signal-Man, The Haunted-House, and The Trial For Murder.