Georgiana Cavendish – Duchess of Devonshire
Below is the detailed biography of Georgiana Cavendish, the Duchess of Devonshire in the Regency Era. She was a known style icon, political organizer and author. She was born into […]
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Dame Millicent Garett Fawcett- Feminist icon and british suffragette
Introduction to Millicent Fawcett Dame Millicent Garrett Fawcett was the leader of the movement for woman suffrage in England for almost 50 years. She was a leading light of the woman’s suffrage […]
Charles Lamb: English Essayist and Critic and Author of ‘Essays of Elia’
Charles Lamb, was an English essayist and critic, who was best known for his Essays of Elia (1823–33). Early Life of Lamb Lamb went to school at Christ’s Hospital, and studied […]
Kenneth Grahame: Banker and Author of ‘Wind in the Willows’
Introduction to Kenneth Grahame Kenneth Grahame, was a British author best known for his book, The Wind in the Willows, one of the classics of children’s literature. Its animal characters—principally Mole, […]
Edith Nesbit: Author, Writer and important figure in chldren’s literature
Introduction to Edith Nesbit’s life Edith Nesbit was a British children’s author, novelist, and poet. She spent most of her childhood in France and Germany and later led an ordinary country […]
Lucy Maud Montgomery: Writer, Author and Creator of ‘Anne of Green Gables’
Lucy Maud Montgomery, was a Canadian regional romantic novelist, who was best known for Anne of Green Gables(1908), a charming story of a spirited, unconventional orphan girl who finds a home […]
J M Barrie: Author, Novelist, dramatist and creator of ‘Peter Pan’
Introduction to J.M. Barrie’s life J M Barrie was a Scottish dramatist and novelist who is best known as the creator of Peter Pan, the boy who refused to grow up. […]
Beatrix Potter: Nature lover and Creator of ‘Peter Rabbit’
Introduction to Beatrix Potter’s life Beatrix Potter was a writer, illustrator and conservationist who is best remembered for her best-selling children’s books, such as,The Tale of Peter Rabbit. The stories […]
George Bernard Shaw: Writer, Playwright and Political Activist
Introduction to George Bernard Shaw’s life George Bernard Shaw was an Irish playwright who was born in Dublin, in 1856. Shaw grew up in an atmosphere of genteel poverty, which […]
William Makepeace Thackeray: Rise in Literature through ‘Vanity Fair’
Introduction to William Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray, (born July 18, 1811, Calcutta, India—died Dec. 24, 1863, London, Eng.), English novelist whose reputation rests chiefly on Vanity Fair (1847–48), a novel of the Napoleonic period in […]
