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Nathaniel Hawthorne was born at Salem, Mass., on July 4th, 1804. He led a shy and rather somber life with little encouragement to write, yet not wholly uncongenial in view of his temperament. His life is reflected in his ""Twice-Told Tales"" and other short stories, the product of his first literary period. In these stories, his understanding of men and women was displayed with great subtlety.

He was forty-six years old when ""The Scarlet Letter"" appeared. It is considered his best work, and is a good demonstration of his unique and imaginative mind. In 1850, the year ""The Scarlet...

Henry James was born in the United States, in New York City, on April 15, 1843 and is considered an American writer, though he spent most of his life in England and, a year before his death in London on February 28, 1916, became a British citizen. He is regarded as one of the key literary figures of the 19th century.

James is known especially for the novels in which he portrays Americans encountering Europeans. His style of writing, often verbose and indirect, can make him difficult to read. Often, too, he writes from the point of view of the characters within a tale, exploring...

Lewis Carroll was the pen name used by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who was born in England on January 27, 1832, and died there on January 14, 1898.

Though best known as an author today, during his life-time he was an Anglican deacon, mathematician, logician, and photographer.

His most famous writings are "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" and its sequel, "Through the Looking-Glass," and the nonsense poems, ""The Hunting of the Snark" "and ""Jabberwocky."" Because his writing is noted for its word play, logic, and fantasy, it has a great appeal to adults.

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Here is Joseph Cowley at his best: "Once More With Feeling" the touching story of an old man seeking a lost love after his wife dies; "The Chrysanthemum Garden" a sensitive and moving novel about finding love later in life; "Another Great Day" a novella about a man on a "lost weekend" at the moment his life is coming unraveled; "He Says, She Says" the story of an unemployed writer and beautiful married woman who meet in Alcoholics Anonymous and fall in love, and the lesson it teaches them; and "The Stargazers," a wonderful play about the conflict between the astronomers, Tycho Brahe and...

Henry James was born in the United States, in New York City, on April 15, 1843 and is considered an American writer, though he spent most of his life in England and, a year before his death in London on February 28, 1916, became a British citizen. He is regarded as one of the key literary figures of the 19th century, writing mainly narrative fiction. He influenced many other writers, most notably Edith Wharton.

James was the son of Henry James, Sr., a well-known intellectual of his day, and the brother of William James. Henry is known especially for the novels in which he portrays...

Henry James was born in the United States, in New York City, on April 15, 1843 and is considered an American writer, though he spent most of his life in England and, a year before his death in London on February 28, 1916, became a British citizen. He is regarded as one of the key literary figures of the 19th century, writing mainly narrative fiction. He influenced many other writers, most notably Edith Wharton.

James was the son of Henry James, Sr., a well-known intellectual of his day, and the brother of William James. Henry is known especially for the novels in which he portrays...