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English Literature on Instagram: “These are some influential women authors in the history of English Literature. Here is a short introduction about each author according to…”

As Tom Hanks announces that he is to publish a collection of short stories inspired by his love of typewriters, we remember some of the other writers who have cherished them, across the ages

American writer, filmmaker, philosopher, teacher, and political activist. She mostly wrote essays, but also published novels; she published her first major work, the essay "Notes on 'Camp'", in 1964. Her best-known works include On Photography, Against Interpretation, Styles of Radical Will, The Way We Live Now, Illness as Metaphor, Regarding the Pain of Others, The Volcano Lover, and In America // photo by Jill Krementz, source: everyday-i-show.livejournal.com

Vintage young woman writing the letter in library

Jhumpa Lahiri, a prize-winning novelist in English, now writes in Italian.

Louisa May Alcott Love Quotes and Sayings; If it was right to cease loving you, I'd do it if I spent my whole life in the task.

c.1870's CDV Photo of Louisa May Alcott. Photographed by Warren, Boston. Louisa May Alcott (November 29, 1832 – March 6, 1888) was an American novelist, best known for the novel Little Women, which she wrote in 1868. In 1860, Alcott began writing for the Atlantic Monthly, and she was nurse in the…

Brief biography of Kate Chopin (1850-1904), American author best known for The Awakening, considered a forerunner of feminist fiction.

“Each generation of young people should be to the world like a vast reserve force to a tired army. They should lift the world forward.”

Author. A prolific writer who has had a great influence on 20th century English literature, she wrote novels, essays, short stories and literary criticism. Several volumes of her letters and journals have been published as well. Among her best known works are the novels To the Lighthouse, Mrs. Dalloway, Orlando and The...

In honour of what would be Sylvia Plath's 81st birthday on Sunday, here are some of the saddest, loveliest, truest words ever written by her.

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