Marry Shelley
-she was a British novelist, short story writer, essayist, biographer and travel writer
-she lived in London
-she wrote in Romantic period
-her works: Frankenstein, The Last Man, Falkner, etc.
-her mother died when she was eleven days old
Rudyard Kipling
- English short-story writer, novelist and poet
- the most famous book is Jungle Book
- he lived in many countries
- 3 children
- the Nobel Prize in Literature (1907)
Sir Walter Scott
- he was a Scottish novelist and poet
- he lived in 18. and 19. century, it was the romantic period
- he wrote mainly historical novels
- The top of his poetic works - "The Lady of the Lake", of his novels - "The Heart of
Edinburgh"
- in childhood he paralyzed on one his leg, in 1819 he was ennobled
A.C.Doyle
- British writer
- He wrote detective stories, novels, historical or fantasy stories, drama
- Famous books: Sherlock Holmes, Professor Challenger
- He was a doctor. It was his first job.
William Golding
- 1911 - 1993 = period of Modern literature
- he won Nobel prize in literature
- novelist, poet, playwright
- Lord of the flies
- he wrote about political systems and mistakes of it
- he was called author pessimist
G.B. Shaw
- He was born 26th July 1856, Dublin
- Nobel prize, 1925
- Dramatic, novelist
- His father was alcoholic
- He wrote: Love Among the Artist, You never can tell
JONATHAN SWIFT (1667-1745)
-Irish writer, satirist and dean
-lived in period of MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE
-studied at Trinity college
-wrote Gulliver's Travels, The Battle of Books etc.
+Interesting fact: a full name of the book Gulliver's Travels is ,,Travels into Several Remote
Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain
of Several Ships''
Oscar Wilde
(16.10.1854 – 30.11.1900)
 Playwright and poet
 He was from Dublin
 He had two sons
 He wrote: The Canterville Ghost, The Pictures od Dorian Gray and lots of fairy tales
 He was arrested and his wife and childrens changed treir names. When he came
back, he changed his name to Sebastian Melmoth.
 Daniel Defoe
 -1659-1731 ( period of empire)
 -an English trader, writer, journalist
 -a founderof English novel
 -he used a lot ofpseudonyms(198)- forexample :EyeWitness, T.Taylor, Andrew
Morton, Merchant
 -the most famousproduction : Robinson Crusoe, and the second part ofthisbookTheFartherAdventuresof Robinson Crusoe
Robert Louis Stevenson
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a Scottishwriter, novelist and poet
Lived in 19th c. >modernEnglishliterature
He shouldhavebecome a lighthouseconstructor but he chose his ownway to express
his feelings by writing
He spent a lot oftimeatsea ( becauseof his illnessand a ,,family -lighthousesconstructor“ habit )
He mainlywroteaboutadventuresatsea (pirates, heroes and so on)
George Orwell
 An English novelist, essayist, journalist, critic
 Lived in the 1st half of the 20th century-the period of Modern English Literature
 His books comment real life of his life time, social toppisc and politics
 Work: „Animal Farm“-the allegorical novella, „Nineteen Eighty-Four“
His own name-Eric Arthur Blair,pseudonym Orwell=by the small river Orwell