Dreiser, Theodore (1871-1945), one of the best American writers.

His characters are the victims of apparently meaningless incidents they can neither control nor understand. His best novels are - Sister Carrie, Jennie Gerhardt, The Financier, The Titan, The Stoic, An American Tragedy. Dreiser was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. His family was very poor and he soon saw a profound difference between the promise and the reality of American life. This realization was a major source of Dreiser's discontent and an important influence on his works.

 

88. Defoe, Daniel (1660-1731), an English novelist and journalist. He wrote Robinson Crusoe, one of the first English novels and one of the most popular adventure stories in literature. Defoe was born in London. He was the son of a Protestant butcher and candle merchant. For about 25 years, Defoe earned his living as a journalist. He is unusual for the quantity and variety of his works. It is difficult to tell how many works he produced, because most were published anonymously. For most readers today Defoe is known primarily as a novelist. However, he did not become a novelist until he was about 60 years old.

 

89. Galsworthy, John (1867-1933), an English novelist and playwright, won the Noble Prize for literature. His best known work is The Forsyte Saga consisting of three novels The Man of Property, In Chancery, To Let. He continued the story in a later trilogy A Modern Comedy, consisting of The White Monkey, The Silver Spoon, The Swan Song.

 

90. Frost, Robert (1874-1963), the most popular American poet of his time. He won four times the Pulitzer Prize for poetry; in 1960 Congress voted Frost a gold medal for recognition of his poetry, which has enriched the culture of the USA and the philosophy of the world. He was born on March 26, 1874, in San Francisco. Frost's poetry is identified with New England where he lived most of his life. He found inspiration for many of his finest poems in the region's landscapes. His poetry is noted for its plain language, conventional poetic forms and graceful style.

 

91. Gaskell, Elizabeth (1810-1865), often referred to simply as Mrs Gaskell, was a British novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era. Her novels offer a detailed portrait of the lives of many levels of society, including the very poor, and as such are of interest to social historians as well as lovers of literature. Gaskell's first novel, Mary Barton, was published anonymously in 1848. The best known of her remaining novels are Cranford (1853), North and South (1854), and Wives and Daughters (1865). She became popular for her writing, especially her ghost stories.

In addition to her fiction, Gaskell also wrote the first biography of Charlotte Bronte, which played a significant role in developing her fellow writer's reputation.

 

92. Irving, Washington (1783-1859) is one of the first American writers. He is considered to be the Father of American literature. His best known works include two short stories, "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". He began to write in 1802. After moving to England for the family business in 1815, he achieved international fame with his publication. He continued to publish regularly-and almost always successfully-throughout his life, and completed a five-volume biography of George Washington just eight months before his death, at age 76, in Tarrytown, New York. Irving was among the first American writers to earn honour in Europe, and Irving encouraged many American authors.

 

93. Hemingway, Ernest (1899­1961), a famous American writer, he received a Noble Prize for literature. His works are - Across the River and into the Trees, The Old Man and the Sea, For Whom the Bells Tolls. Hemingway used a plain style, characterized by simple sentences. He created a type of male character, who faces violence and destruction with courage.

 

94. Kipling, Rudyard (1865-1936) was a leading English writer, poet and novelist. He was born in Bombay, India, on December 30,1865. He is best known for his stories about India when it was a British colony. Kipling wrote more than 3,000 short stories, which illustrate a wide variety of narrative techniques He also wrote children's stories that became popular worldwide. In 1907, Kipling was the first English writer to receive the Noble Prize for literature. His most famous stories are: Simple Stories from the Mountains, Kim, Jungle Book.

 

95. Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth (1807-1882) is one of the most famous American poets. His best known works include Evangeline, The Song of Hiawatha, The Courtship of Miles Standish. His lyric and narrative poetry made lasting contributions to the American literary tradition. To the modern reader, Longfellow's sentimental and optimistic poetry often makes him seem somewhat old-fashioned. In fact, he consistently experimented in verse forms from outside the English poetic tradition.

96. London, Jack (John Griffith) (1876-1916) is an American writer. His famous books are: The Son of the Wolf, The Call of the Wild, White Fang, The Sea Wolf, Martin Eden. He was born on January 12, 1876 in San Francisco. In 1897, he traveled to Canada to seek his fortune in gold. Many of his books described difficult life in the North. His life and work were filled with contradictions. But his stories are really very nice and amazing.

97. Maugham, W. Somerset (1874­1965) is a fiction and drama British writer. His finest works are: Cakes and Ale, The Moon and Sixpence, Ashenden, The Summing Up. He became one of the

most popular British authors of the 1900s. His reputation stood far higher with the public than with critics. Maugham usually wrote in an ironic style, yet he often showed sympathy for his characters. William Somerset Maugham was born on January 25, 1874 in Paris. He studied medicine at the request of his family, but he never practiced after completing his internship.