American Authors
Wrote novels about social and economic issues in America during the Great Depression and the Dust Bowl.
Who is John Steinbeck?
Won a Pulitzer Prize for "The Grapes of Wrath". Also well known for East of Eden and Of Mice and Men
French playwright, novelist and poet. Wrote "Around the World in 80 Days" and "Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea"
Known for his historical medieval novels about chivalry, loyalty and romance. Known for "Ivanhoe"
Who is Sir Walter Scott? circa 1819
Wrote "Brothers Karamazov" and "Crime and Punishment"
Who is Fyodor Dostoevsky?
Wrote a novel in 1605 about a man of low nobility who read so many chivalric romances that he lost his mind and decided to become a knight errant to revive chivalry and serve his nation.
Miguel Cervantes (Spanish) wrote "Don Quixote"
Wrote "1984" written in 1949, a cautionary tale and warning about what lives would be like if they allowed totalitarian rule to take over society.
Who is George Orwell?
French Novelist. The Three Musketeers is the most famous.
Who is Alexandre Dumas?
His magnum opus was "Canterbury Tales" a collection of stories told by pilgrims on a journey to Canterbury.
Who is Gregory Chaucer?
Most famous Japanese literary work by Murashi Shikibu
What is "Tale of Genji?"
Wrote about the German Army in WWI in "All Quiet on the Western Front". He is American and German
Erich Maria Remarque
Samuel Langhorne Clemens was an author, humorist and essayist.
Who is Mark Twain? Wrote Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which some call the "Great American Novel"
Three musketeers names and the name of the protagonist who wanted to join them.
Who are Athos, Porthos and Aramis? and
Who is D'Artagnan?
Was a playwright, poet and author. Known for his tragedies and comedies, and sonnets.
Who is William Shakespeare?
Tragedy example: Hamlet, ROmeo and Juliet
Comedy: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Wrote "War and Peace" and "Anna Karenina"
Who is Leo Tolstoy?
Germany's most famous author. He is like Shakespeare to England.
Johan Wolfgang von Goethe
Famous quote: If I accept you as you are, I will make you worse; however, if I treat you as though you are what you are capable of becoming, I help you become that".
SciFi writer of "the Time Machine" and "The War of the Worlds"
Who is H.G. Wells?
French Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright and politician. Most famous for: The Hunchback of Notre Dame and Les Miserables.
Who is Victor Hugo?
Critiqued and commented on England's landed gentry in "Pride and Prejudice"
Who is Jane Austen?
Wrote "The Joy Luck Club"
An Italian poet, writer and philosopher. Most known for his "Divine Comedy"
Who is Dante Alighieri?
Wrote "Catch-22" a satirical war novel, with dark surrealism. Centers on Captain John Yossarian, stationed at an airstrip on a Mediterranean island during WWII and his desperate attempts to stay alive.
Who is Joseph Heller? Famous line from book:
"The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he is on. It doesn't make a damned bit of difference who wins the war to someone who's dead" A Catch 22 situation is a condition, regulation, etc., preventing the resolution of a problem or situation
Who is Jean Paul Sartre?
These two sisters wrote books challenging the moral and social conventions of 19th century England.
Charlotte Bronte wrote "Jane Eyre" about her love for Mr. Rochester. She published this under a male pseudonym: Currer Bell)
Emily Bronte wrote "Wuthering Heights" a novel about Cathy and Heathcliff
Russian born-American writer and philosopher. Her most famous works were "The Fountainhead" and "Atlas Shrugged" which influenced politics, economics and philosophy.
Who is Ayn Rand?
French, famous for his wit and criticism of Christianity, especially the Roman Catholic Church and of slavery. Was an advocate of freedom of speech.
Who is Voltaire?