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  2. Charles Dickens - Wikipedia

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    Charles John Huffam Dickens (/ ˈdɪkɪnz /; 7 February 1812 – 9 June 1870) was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. [1]

  3. George Orwell - Wikipedia

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    George Orwell. Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950) was a British novelist, poet, essayist, journalist, and critic who wrote under the pen name of George Orwell, a name inspired by his favourite place, the River Orwell. [2]

  4. List of English novelists - Wikipedia

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    Naomi Alderman (born 1974), The Power. Richard Aldington (1892–1962), Death of a Hero. Brian Aldiss (1925–2017), science fiction. Miriam Alexander (born 1879) Monica Ali (born 1967) Mabel Esther Allan (1915–1998), children's school stories. Walter Allen (1911–1995) Margery Allingham (1904–1966), The Crime at Black Dudley.

  5. J. K. Rowling - Wikipedia

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    J. K. Rowling. Joanne Rowling CH OBE FRSL (/ ˈroʊlɪŋ / ⓘ ROH-ling; [1] born 31 July 1965), known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author and philanthropist. She is the author of Harry Potter, a seven-volume fantasy novel series published from 1997 to 2007. The series has sold over 600 million copies, been translated into 84 ...

  6. Lewis Carroll - Wikipedia

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    Signature. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (/ ˈlʌtwɪdʒ ˈdɒdsən / LUT-wij DOD-sən; 27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English author, poet, mathematician, photographer and Anglican deacon. His most notable works are Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and its sequel Through the Looking ...

  7. Roald Dahl - Wikipedia

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    Syria–Lebanon campaign. Roald Dahl[a] (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. [1][2] His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. [3][4] He has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of ...

  8. The Guardian's 100 Best Novels Written in English - Wikipedia

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    He aroused controversy again, however, in, at the end of this article, including a list of his opinion of the ten greatest novels of all: Emma, Wuthering Heights, Moby-Dick, Middlemarch, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Heart of Darkness, The Rainbow, Ulysses, Mrs Dalloway, and The Great Gatsby. [1]

  9. John Milton - Wikipedia

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    John Milton. John Milton (9 December 1608 – 8 November 1674) was an English poet, polemicist, and civil servant. His 1667 epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse and including twelve books, was written in a time of immense religious flux and political upheaval. It addressed the fall of man, including the temptation of Adam and Eve by ...