Thomas Hardy Quick Facts

Thomas Hardy English novelist and poet of the naturalist movement. Profile Full Name: Thomas Hardy AKA: Thomas Masterson Hardy Date of Birth: June 2, 1840 Place of Birth: Higher Bockhampton, Dorset, United Kingdom Zodiac Sign: Gemini Death: January 11, 1928 Place of Death: Dorchester, Dorset,...

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Virginia Woolf Quick Facts

Virginia Woolf 20th century English novelist, essayist, publisher, and critic Profile Full Name: Adeline Virginia Woolf Birth Name: Adeline Virginia Stephen AKA: Virginia Woolf Date of Birth: 25 January 1882 Place of Birth: Kensington, Middlesex, England Zodiac Sign: Aquarius Physique: Slender Height:...

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Quotations by Mathew Arnold

MATTHEW ARNOLD (1822-1888), ENGLISH POET AND CRITIC OF THE VICTORIAN ERA  “The sea of faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled. But now I only hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind,...

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Quotations by Charles Dickens

CHARLES DICKENS (1812 –1870), NINETEENTH CENTURY ENGLISH NOVELIST AND CRITIC. “Suffering has been stronger than all other teaching, and has taught me to understand what your heart used to be. I have been bent and broken, but - I hope - into a better shape.” ~ Charles Dickens, Great Expectations “It...

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T.S. Eliot Quick Facts

T.S. Eliot American born English poet, literary critic and playwright of the 20th century. Profile Full Name: T.S. Eliot Birth Name: Thomas Stearns Eliot Nickname: Tom AKA: Thomas Eliot Date of Birth: September 26, 1888 Place of Birth: St. Louis, Missouri, United States Zodiac Sign: Libra Physique:...

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