Friedrich Schiller

Friedrich Schiller (1759-1805)

Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (10 November 1759 - 9 May 1805) was a German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright. During the last seventeen years of his life (17881805), Schiller struck up a productive, if complicated, friendship with already famous and influential Johann Wolfgang Goethe. They frequently discussed issues concerning aesthetics, and Schiller encouraged Goethe to finish works he left as sketches. This relationship and these discussions led to a period now referred to as Weimar Classicism. They also worked together on Die Xenien, a collection of short satirical poems in which both Schiller and Goethe challenge opponents to their philosophical vision.

Friedrich Von Schiller's Books:

[Wilhelm Tell | Demetrius | Der Parasit Oder Die Kunst Sein Glueck Zu Machen | Die Braut Von Messina | Die Huldigung Der Knste | Die Jungfrau Von Orleans | Don Carlos | Einige Gedichte | Love And Intrigue | Maid Of Orleans | Poems First Period | Poems Second Period | Poems Supressed Poems | Poems Third Period | Schiller Philosophical Letters | The Bride Of Messina | The Death Of Wallenstein | The Ghost Seer Or The Apparitionist | The Piccolomini | The Revolt Of The Netherlands Book 1 | The Revolt Of The Netherlands Book 2 | The Revolt Of The Netherlands Book 3 | The Revolt Of The Netherlands Book 4]

David James Davies

David James Davies (1893-1956)

Dr. D.J. (David James) Davies (2 June 1893 - 11 October 1956), was a Welsh economist, industrialist, prize winning essayist, author, political activist, pilot, and an internationalist. Davies was a world traveller before returning home to Wales. Initially a founding member of the Welsh Labour Party in the Ammanford district, in 1925 he left Labour becoming a founding member of Plaid Cymru, the nationalist party of Wales. According to historian Professor John Davies, it was D.J. Davies' ideas which were more influential in shaping long-term Plaid Cymru ideology following the Second World War, and Davies was as "equally [a a] significant figure" as Saunders Lewis in Welsh nationalism history, but it was Lewis' "brilliance and charismatic appeal" which was firmly associated with Plaid Genedlaethol Cymru of the 1930s.

David James's Books:

[Rubber Buggy Bump Off]

Eliza Haywood

Eliza Haywood

Eliza Haywood (1693 25 February 1756), born Elizabeth Fowler, was an English writer, actress and publisher. Since the 1980s, Eliza Haywoods literary works have been gaining in recognition and interest. Described as prolific even by the standards of a prolific age (Blouch, intro 7), Haywood wrote and published over seventy works during her lifetime including fiction, drama, translations, poetry, conduct literature and periodicals. Haywood is a significant figure of the 18th century as one of the important founders of the novel in English. Today she is studied primarily as a novelist.

Eliza Fowler Haywood's Books:

[Fantomina | Life Progress Through The Passions | The Fatal Secret | The Fortunate Foundlings]

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Frederico De Roberto

Frederico De Roberto

Federico De Roberto (January 16, 1861 Naples July 26, 1927 Catania) was an Italian writer, who became well-known for his novel I Vicer (1894). He began his writing career as a journalist for national newspapers, where he met Giovanni Verga and Luigi Capuana, the most prominent writers of the Verismo style. Verga introduced him into the literary circles of Milan. De Roberto authored two books of short stories: La Sorte (1887), Documenti umani (1888). His first novel, Ermanno Raeli, (1889) is largely autobiographical; deeper in psychological analysis is the second, L'illusione (1891). In 1894 his novel I Vicer was published. It was the result of years of hard work, but obtained little success upon its release. Disillusionment and nervous disorders induced De Roberto to resume journalistic work: he became a writer for the Corriere della Sera and the Giornale d'Italia. Only later, after some experience as an playwright, he returned to the novel, with L'Impero, sequel to I Vicer (19081913, unfinished).

Frederico De Roberto's Books:

[La Messa Di Nozze Un Sogno La Bella Morte]

Jean De La Fontaine

Jean De La Fontaine (1621-1695)

Jean de La Fontaine (July 8, 1621, Chteau-Thierry April 13, 1695) was the most famous French fabulist and one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. According to Flaubert, he was the only French poet to understand and master the texture of the French language before Hugo. A set of postage stamps celebrating La Fontaine and the Fables was issued by France in 1995. A film of his life was released in France in April 2007 (Jean de La Fontaine - le dfi starring Laurent Deutsch).

Jean La Fontaine's Books:

[Fables Livre I | Fables Livre Ii]

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Alexandre Dumas Pre

Alexandre Dumas Pre (1802-1870)

Alexandre Dumas, pre, born Dumas Davy de la Pailleterie (24 July 1802 5 December 1870) was a French writer, best known for his historical novels of high adventure which have made him one of the most widely read French authors in the world. Many of his novels, including The Count of Monte Cristo, The Three Musketeers, Twenty Years After, and The Vicomte de Bragelonne were originally serialized. He also wrote plays and magazine articles and was a prolific correspondent.

Alexandre Dumas's Books:

[Acte | Ali Pacha | Ange Pitou Tome I Les Memoires Dun Medecin | Ange Pitou Tome Ii Les Memoires Dun Medecin | Aventures De Lyderic | Catherine Blum | Countess De Saint Geran | Derues | Divers Contes | Fernande | Georges | Histoire Dun Casse Noisette | Joan Of Naples | Joseph Balsamo Tome I Les Memoires Dun Medecin | Joseph Balsamo Tome Ii Les Memoires Dun Medecin | Joseph Balsamo Tome Iii Les Memoires Dun Medecin | Joseph Balsamo Tome Iv Les Memoires Dun Medecin | Karl Ludwig Sand | La Comtesse De Charny Tome I Les Memoires Dun Medecin | La Comtesse De Charny Tome Ii Les Memoires Dun Medecin | La Comtesse De Charny Tome Iii Les Memoires Dun Medecin | La Comtesse De Charny Tome Iv Les Memoires Dun Medecin | La Comtesse De Charny Tome V Les Memoires Dun Medecin | La Constantin | La Dame De Monsoreau Tome I | La Dame De Monsoreau Tome Ii | La Dame De Monsoreau Tome Iii | La Derniere Annee De Marie Dorval | La Femme Au Collier De Velours | La Jeunesse De Pierrot | La Princesse Flora | La Reine Margot | La San Felice Tome I | La San Felice Tome Ii | La San Felice Tome Iii | La San Felice Tome Iv | La San Felice Tome V | La Tulipe Noire | Le Capitaine Pamphile | Le Capitaine Paul | Le Chevalier De Maison Rouge | Le Chevalier Dharmental | Le Collier De La Reine Tome I Les Memoires Dun Medecin | Le Collier De La Reine Tome Ii Les Memoires Dun Medecin | Le Comte De Monte Cristo Tome I | Le Comte De Monte Cristo Tome Ii | Le Comte De Monte Cristo Tome Iii | Le Comte De Monte Cristo Tome Iv | Le Fils Du Forcat | Le Maitre Darmes | Le Meneur De Loups | Le Vicomte De Bragelonne Tome I | Le Vicomte De Bragelonne Tome Ii | Le Vicomte De Bragelonne Tome Iii | Le Vicomte De Bragelonne Tome Iv | Les Aventures De John Davys | Les Blancs Et Les Bleus Tome I | Les Blancs Et Les Bleus Tome Ii | Les Compagnons De Jehu | Les Freres Corses | Les Louves De Machecoul Tome I | Les Louves De Machecoul Tome Ii | Les Quarante Cinq Tome I | Les Quarante Cinq Tome Ii | Les Quarante Cinq Tome Iii | Les Trois Mousquetaires | Louise De La Valliere | Marquise Brinvillier | Martin Guerre | Murat | Nisida | Othon Larcher | Robin Hood Le Prince Des Voleurs Tome I | Robin Hood Le Proscrit Tome Ii | Ten Years Later | The Black Tulip | The Borgias | The Cenci | The Count Of Monte Cristo | The Man In The Iron Mask | The Marquise De Ganges | The Three Musketeers | The Vicomte Of Bragelonne | Twenty Years After | Une Fille Du Regent | Urbain Grandier | Vaninka | Vingt Ans Apres | Act | Amaury | Bric A Brac | Chicot The Jester | Cration Et Rdemption | Henri Iii Et Sa Cour | La Dame De Monsoreau Vol 1 | La Dame De Monsoreau Vol 2 | La Dame De Monsoreau Vol 3 | La Reine Margot Tome I | La Reine Margot Tome Ii | La San Felice Tome 8 | La San Felice Tome Vi | La San Felice | Le Capitaine Arena Vol 1 | Le Capitaine Arena Vol 2 | Le Collier De La Reine Tome I | Le Collier De La Reine Tome Ii | Le Corricolo | Le Speronare | Les Compagnons De Jhu | Les Femmes Qui Tuent Et Les Femmes Qui Votent | Les Mille Et Un Fantomes | Les Quarante Cinq Vol 1 | Les Quarante Cinq Vol 2 | Les Quarante Cinq Vol 3 | Man In The Iron Mask essay | Marguerite De Valois | Marquise De Ganges | Mary Stuart | Massacres Of The South | The Companions Of Jehu | The Complete Celebrated Crimes | The Conspirators | The Corsican Brothers | The Forty Five Guardsmen | The Queen Necklace | The Regent Daughter | Ange Pitou | Creation Et Redemption | Joseph Balsamo | La Dame De Monsoreau V 1 | La Dame De Monsoreau V 2 | La Dame De Monsoreau V 3 | La San Felice V 9 | Les Quarante Cinq | Memoirs Of A Physician | Taking The Bastille | The Chevalier De Maison Rouge | The Countess De Charny | The Twin Lieutenants | The Vicomte De Bragelonne]

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy (1883-1945)

Aleksey Nikolayevich Tolstoy, nicknamed the Comrade Count, was a Russian and Soviet writer who wrote in many genres but specialized in science fiction and historical novels. During World War II his role in the Extraordinary State Commission was recognised by the Nuremberg Trials of the Nazi war criminals and their attempted genocide of Europe's Jews by means of gas vans.

Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy's Books:

[An Old Acquaintance | Anna Karenina | Anna Karenine Tome I | Anna Karenine Tome Ii | Boyhood | Childhood | Contes Et Nouvelles Tome I | Contes Et Nouvelles Tome Ii | Contes Et Nouvelles Tome Iv La Sonate A Kreutzer Suivie De Pourquoi | Esarhaddon King Of Assyria | Evil Allures But Good Endures | Father Sergius | Ivan The Fool | La Muerte De Ivan Ilich | Little Girls Wiser Than Men | Master And Man | The Cossacks | The Death Of Ivan Ilych | The Imp And The Crust | The Young Tsar | There Are No Guilty People | War And Peace | Where Love Is There God Is Also | Work Death And Sickness]