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DICKENS, CHARLES JOHN HUFFAM (1812-1870)
Charles Dickens, perhaps the greatest English writer of the nineteenth century, was certainly one of the most popular. His rise from obscurity and relative poverty to sudden prominence and wealth rea... |  |
 | SHAKESHPEARE, WILLIAM (1564-1616)
William Shakespeare, an English playwright and poet of the Elizabethan period, is recognized as the greatest dramatist of all time. His plays have a universal appeal that transcends the barriers of t... |
JANE AUSTEN – (1775 – 1817)
Jane Austen, the first great woman writer in English, and according to some, possibly the greatest of the English novelists, has remained an enigmatic personality. This is because each one of her he... |  |
 | KEATS, JOHN (1795-1821)
John Keats, Romantic English poet of the nineteenth century, is unquestionably one of the most talented and influential poets of his generation. More than anyone else, his poetry is a response to sen... |
MUNSHI PREMCHAND (1880-1936)
Munshi Premchand, originally named Dhanpat Rai Srivastava, was a pioneer of Hindi and Urdu social literature, to whom goes the credit of popularizing short stories and novels among the Hindi-speaking... |  |
 | WILDE OSCAR (1854 - 1900)
Oscar Wilde, English dramatist, novelist, poet and critic, is one of the most controversial figures of English literature. It is often said that his life is more important than his work. But this is ... |
TAGORE – RABINDRANATH (1861 - 1941)
Rabindranath Tagore, First ever Indian Nobel Laureate, was an extraordinarily versatile personality – a poet, painter, song composer, novelist, playwright as well as a nationalist and visionary think... |  |
 | TENNYSON, LORD ALFRED (1803-1892)
Alfred Tennyson, great English poet of the Victorian period, reached the height of his popularity with poems that alluded to classical themes. Some critics went so far as to hail him as ‘the greatest... |
WORDSWORTH, WILLIAM (1770-1850)
William Wordsworth, Poet Laureate of England during the period 1843-1850, was one of the greatest of the Romantic Poets, whose verses were a rare combination of lyrical beauty and grace, as well as b... |  |
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