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Francois Marie Arouet was born in Paris, France, on 21 November 1694, the youngest son born to notary François Arouet (1650-1722). As was his father's wishes to follow in his footsteps and enter …

Charles Dickens (1812-1870), English Victorian era author wrote numerous highly acclaimed novels including his most autobiographical David Copperfield (1848-1850); “Whether I shall turn out to be …

The Enlightenment The Enlightenment, sometimes referred to as the Age of Reason, was a confluence of ideas and activities that took place throughout the eighteenth century in Western Europe, England, …

White Nights (1848) A sentimental story from the diary of a dreamer FIRST NIGHT It was a wonderful night, such a night as is only possible when we are young, dear reader. The sky was so starry, so …

Classic Literature Summaries Below you will find the full list of 63 summaries we have in our database, listed alphabetically by associated author. Each is a chapter by chapter summary of the associated …

Aesop, or Æsop (c.6th. century BC), legendary Greek source of over 600 fables including The Tortoise and the Hare, written from the oral, have been translated into English by many including the Rev. …

Realism The dominant paradigm in novel writing during the second half of the nineteenth century was no longer the Romantic idealism of the earlier part of the century. What took hold among the great …

The Snow Queen This famous fairy tale was the original source material (heavily edited in the end) for Disney's Frozen animated feature movie.

Literature Network » Charlotte Perkins Gilman » The Man-Made World » Ch. 5: Masculine Literature Ch. 5: Masculine Literature When we are offered a "woman's" paper, page, or column, we find it filled …