Famous British authors that you need to know
Writers Which famous British authors do you know? 2
The Bard of Avon 6 April 1564 – 23 April 1616 • • • Born in Stratford-upon -Avon The English national poet “the Bard of Avon” 38 plays A lot of mystery 3
Charles Dickens 7 Feb 1812 – 9 June 1870 • Possibly schizophrenic ? • Own experience • Had a pet raven 4
Jane Austen 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817 • • • Never married (though was engaged for 1 day) Published her books anonymously 5
Brontë sisters nineteenth-century Charlotte - “Jane Eyre” Also “Wuthering Heights” and “Wildfell Hall” 6
Dame Agatha Christie 15 September 1890 – 12 January 1976 • Hercule Poirot, Jane Marple • the world's longestrunning play, a murder mystery, The Mousetrap • “Murder on the Orient Express”, “The Murder of Roger Ackroyd”, “Then There Were None” 7
Alan Milne 18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956 • The creator of the most British bear 8
Oscar Wilde 16 October 1854 – 30 November 1900 • “The Picture of Dorian Grey” Famous quotes: • “Be yourself, everyone else is already taken” • “I can resist everything except temptation. ” Last words: “Either that wallpaper goes or I do” 9
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 22 May 1859 – 7 July 1930 • • An unsuccessful attempt to kill Sherlock Holmes Last words: “You are wonderful”, to his wife, while holding a flower 10
Lewis Carroll 1832 - 1898 • A mathematician, a math professor in Oxford university • Alice in Wonderland 11
J. R. R. Tolkien 3 January 1892 – 2 September 1973 • Lord of The Rings • The Hobbit • Constructed a whole language More on that here http: //www. youtube. co m/watch? v=Yxgsxa. F WWHQ 12
CS Lewis 29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963 • • Oxford professor Was friends with Tolkien ‘The Chronicles of Narnia” Was quite religious and it is clearly seen in Narnia 13
JK Rowling born 31 July 1965 14
Poets • Lord Byron - 22 January 1788 – 19 April 1824 Romantic movement • Robert Burns - 25 January 1759 – 21 July 1796 National poet of Scotland • Thomas Hardy - 2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928 Romanticism, classic Victorian poetry 15
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