Cool Quotes The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid. Indulge your imagination in every possible flight. A girl likes to be crossed a little in love now and then. It is something to think of. References Worth Looking At The Jane Austen Society of North America (JASNA) jasna.org Jane Austen: At Home by Lucy Worsley " A Woman's Wit: The Life and Legacy of Jane Austen" (online exhibit on Jane Austen) The Morgan Library and Mueseum Becoming Jane (a romantic semi-biographical movie on Jane Austen's early years) Miramax " The Untold Story of Jane Austen" YouTube.com Jane Austen Info. December 16, 1775-July 18, 1817 Parents: George Austen & Cassandra Leigh Age: 41 Nationality: British Genre: Romance Literary Era: Romanticism Bio. Jane Austen lived a quiet life. So much so that much of what we know about her is derived from her letters, writing, and correspondence. Yet, she's probably the most beloved romance writer of all time. On December 16, 1775 (one year before the Revolutionary War in America) Jane Austen entered the world as the seventh of eight children to George Austen and Cassandra Leigh. George Austen was born a poor orphan, but was pulled up by the bootstraps to a high ranking clergyman thanks to the love of his rich uncle. Thanks to this, he was fortunate enough to be an acceptable suitor to the higher-in-social-standing Cassandra Leigh. This requirement of suitability for marriage definitely reflected later on Jane's writing. Jane's older brother Henry was a clergyman like his father, but went on to be Jane Austen's agent and biographer. Cassandra was Jane Austen's only sister and the two remained life-long friends. Austen's education was spotty. She and Cassandra attended Oxford but then got pulled out due to illness. Then they were enrolled in a school at Reading before being pulled out when their father could no longer afford tuition. Formal education was over, but the girls continued self-education at home with the help of their family. The Austens all enjoyed reading and would read aloud to each other and perform plays Austen wrote for the family (much like the March family in Little Women). Her first potential husband was Tom Lefroy, a handsome Irishman. However, he was in a position where he needed to marry for money and a boost in status, neither of which Jane Austen could offer at the time. He ending up marrying a wealthy heiress in Ireland. Jane probably was heart-broken. At 20 (in 1795), Austen hit a productive phase in her life, cranking out her first book and working on what would eventually become Sense and Sensibility. In 1797, she cranked out First Impressions (the first title for Pride and Prejudice), which was promptly rejected by publishers. She started Susan in 1798, which evolved into Northanger Abbey. Austen met her second potential husband over the summer: a young clergyman who promised to meet up with her after her travels. Deeply in love, the two made plans, but then he fell ill and died. Around this time, George Austen moved the family to a town called Bath (yes, it's a place) where the wealthy and gossipmongers roamed. Living in bath was difficult for Jane (honestly, who wouldn't it be difficult for?). She had a difficult time adjusting to the move and to the people. Her third potential husband, the son of a long-time family friend, Harris Bigg-Wither proposed to Jane, who accepted the offer. She then turned around the very next day and rejected it. Then in 1805, Jane's father died suddenly. It was a difficult time for Jane and for the rest of the family. At the time, the father provided for his daughters until they were married, which Jane and Cassandra never managed to do. George Austen didn't leave enough money for the family to live comfortably on, so they had to rely on the charity of friends and extended family, until they moved in with the oldest son of the family: Edward. Here, Austen entered the most productive period of her life, writing-wise. She started gaining recognition for her work after her novels Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, and Mansfield Park were published, in spite of the fact that the first two weren't even published under her name. But as she worked on Persuasion, she showed signs of illness. Jane Austen had contracted Addison's disease, an incurrable disease where your adrenal glands can't produce enough hormones to keep you surviving. She passed away at 41 with only her sister at her side. Works Juvenilia (1787) Lesley Castle: An Unfinished Novel in Letters (1793) The Watsons (1804) Sense and Sensibility (1811) Pride and Prejudice (1813) Mansfield Park (1814) Emma (1815) Sandition (1817) Northanger Abbey (1818) Persuasion (1818) Lady Susan (1871) Themes Education and Reading Morality and Religion Gender and Social Codes Politics and Property Individual and society. Onward! Back.

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Truth and Lies Chivalry and Heroics Literature, Realism, and Idealism Madness and Sanity Intention and Consequence Self-Invention, Class Identity, and Social Change Idiosynacrsy and Double Standards Themes Miguel de Cervantes September 29, 1547-April 22, 1616 Parents: Rodrigo de Cervantes & Leonor de Cortinas Spouse: Catalina de Salazar y Palacios (m. 1584-1616) Children: Isabel de Saavedra (1584-1659) Age: 69 Nationality: Spainish Genre: Adventure Literary Era: Renaissance Info. Works La Galatea (1585) Don Quixote (1605) Novelas Ejemplares (1613) El Juez de Los Divorcios (1615) Pedro de Urdemalas (1615) La Elección de Los Alcaldes de Daganzo (1615) Bio. Miguel de Cervantes was born 20 miles away from Madrid, Spain in the year 1547 (talk about old!). He was the fourth of seven children. Being from so long ago much isn't known about Cervantes's childhood. We know that 1) he became an avid reader at a young age and 2) he didn't go to University like every other Spanish writer of the time. He published his first work of fiction (a poem) in 1569. That same year he attempted to lie low by working in Italy after getting in trouble with the law. A year later, he enlisted as a soldier. He saw his glorious battle in 1571 at the Gulf of Lepanto. There he fought in a naval battle: Spaniards versus Turks. Spain crushed the Ottoman Empire's forces, but Cervantes wasn't quite so lucky. He sustained three gunshot wounds to the chest and an injury rendered his left hand useless for the rest of his life. He didn't retire from service, though, and proceeded to do in-land clerical work for a time. During this brief stint, he devoured Italian literature. Then he got the go ahead to go back to being a sailing soldier only to get captured by pirates and sold into slavery in Algiers. He often stood up to his slave masters, gaining admiration from the captive community. After three long years in 1580, his family raised enough money to pay the ransom and bring Cervantes home. Life wasn't easy after slavery, though. Despite being a wounded war veteran, he received no recognition or aid. Cervantes spent the next 25 years struggling to make ends meet. During these tough times, he had an affair with Ana de Villafranca (*gasp*). With no forms of birth control, Ana gave birth to a daughter (*double gasp*), who she dumped on Cervantes. A year later, Cervantes met his wife (18 years younger than him!). The marriage was a tolerable one, but nothing more. Then, Cervantes launched his literary career with a book of poems (La Galatea). His circle of literary friends boosted the book's reputation and Cervantes saw a pretty penny for it. He turned to dramas after that, writing 20-30 plays, which the public often despised (it's no wonder no one has a list of his plays) by throwing rotting cabbage at Cervantes and his actors. Perhaps because of this failure, Cervantes went back to work for the government. But writing was still in his heart and in 1598 started work on his masterpiece: Don Quixote. The book was an instant success and Cervantes churned out story after story afterwards. His literary fame did nothing for his home life, where the family still struggled to be normal, pay the bills, and stay safe (there was a stabbing incident). When Cervantes died, he was working on four unfinished books, but those close to him was aware enough to "bade the world goodbye." Cool Quotes References Worth Looking At "Cervantes' Don Quixote" YaleCourses "Miguel de Cervantes" Biography.com "The remarkable life of Miguel de Cervantes and how it shaped his timeless tale, 'Don Quixote'" John Hopkins University No Ordinary Man: The Life and Times of Miguel de Cervantes by Donald P. McCroy Back. Onward! To be prepared is half the battle. In order to attain the impossible, one must attempt the absurd. Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water.

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Dr. Seuss Theodor "Ted" Seuss Geisel Bio. Here you talk about them as a kid. And as a teenager. Then as an adult. Then as a successful person. Works And to Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street (1937) The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1938) The Seven Lady Godivas (1939) The King's Stilts (1939) Horton Hatches the Egg (1940) McElligot's Pool (1947) Thidwick the Big-Hearted Moose (1948) Bartholomew and the Oobleck (1949) If I Ran the Zoo (1950) Gerald McBoing-Boing (1952) Scrambled Eggs Super! (1953) The Sneetches and Other Stories (1953) Hrton Hears a Who! (1954) On Beyond Zebra! (1955) If I Ran the Circus (1956) How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (1957) The Cat in the Hat (1957) Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (1958) The Cat in the Hat Comes Back (1958) Happy Birthday to You! (1959) Dr. Seuss's ABC (1960) One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue FIsh (1960) Green Eggs and Ham (1960) The Zax (1961) Dr. Seuss's Sleep Book (1962) Hop on Pop (1963) I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew (1965) Fox in Socks (1965) Come Over to My House (1966) The Foot Book (1968) The Eye Book (1968) I Can Lick 30 Tigers Today! (1969) The Lorax (1971) Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! (1972) Oh the Things You Can Think (1975) I Can Read with My Eyes Shut (1978) Oh Say Can You Say? (1979) The Tooth Book (1981) Hunches in Bunches (1982) The Butter Battle Book (1984) You're Only Old Once! (1986) Oh, the Places You'll Go (1990) Cool Quotes References Worth Looking At Info. March 2, 1904-September 24, 1991 Parents: Theodor Robert Geisel & Henrietta Seuss Spouses: Helen Palmer (m. 1927–1967) & Audrey Grace Florine Stone (m. 1968–1991) Age: 87 Nationality: American Literary Era: Contemporary Themes

ERA Realism Realists saw the Romantic Era as a series of whimsical emotional fantasies. Their solution? Revert back to what really made past literature great: objectivity. The Realism Era (1850-1900) ushered in fifty years of detachment, accurate observation, and restrained criticism. While this may seem ​dull, the Realism era was anything but that. It's attention to detail is what has shaped the modern-day novel into what it is today. ​ Realism literature took pride in portraying everyday experiences as they were in real life. It saw the rise of third-person narration as a storytelling method. These works also focused on underlying moral judgments in the lives of lower-class and middle-class individuals. Throughout the period, realistic stories talked to people all across the world. War and Peace author Leo Tolstoy (author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina ), Charles Dickens (Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol ), and Henrik Ibsen (A Doll's House and Hedda Gabbler ) dominated the era with stories from rags to riches, riches to rags, and everything in between. If you're ready for a real classic and a real classic author, scroll down below for the alphabetical list of authors from this period! If you want to see Realism the real way (in chronological order of course!), then click the Onward! button below to start your journey. Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) Lewis Carroll (1832-1898) Charles Darwin (1809-1882) Charles Dickens (1812-1870) Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930)/ George Eliot (1819-1880) Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) Henry James (1843-1916) Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) Jack London (1876-1916) Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) Mark Twain (1835-1910) Edith Wharton (1862-1937) H.G. Wells (1866-1946) Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Emile Zola (1840-1902) Next Era Please Onward! Back to Romantic

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Romantic ERA The Romantic Era is a time period in literature full of the ideal. And no, we're not talking ideal relationships here. From the 19th century to the mid-19th century (1800-1850), this era left a lasting impact on literature as it progressed from the creativity in the Renaissance and the high-flying ideals of the Enlightenment to that of a passionate and sometimes angsty prose of the Romantic Era. In essence, the Romantic Era is the teenage years of literature complete with never-ending drama, passionate romance, and social frustration. ​ Romanticism, like its Enlightenment predecessor, places emphasis on the individual. However, emphasis also lends itself to nature and the natural world, breaking away from convention, and as the word romantic implies emotions. The idealization of women tends to seep into stories of this time period. Religious and occult references also make frequent appearances in works. At the time of the era, Europe was experiencing social reform in a way like the later hippie years of the seventies. It was viewed by many that the raunchy romance novel was the most dangerous form of entertainment to the youth of the day! With this counterculture movement came authors like Jane Austen becoming breakthrough authors read by the masses and Mary Shelley cautioning against progressivism. If you're ready to dive into the passionate and revolutionary Romantics (man, what a cool author title!), the authors are listed below in alphabetical order. If you're just wanting to trek through time click the Onward! button below to go through them chronologically. Jane Austen (1775-1817) Honore de Balzac (1799-1850) Anne Bronte (1820-1849) Charlotte Bronte (1816-1855) Emily Bronte (1818-1848) Lord Byron (1788-1824) Alexandre Dumas (1802-1870) Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864) Victor Hugo (1802-1885) John Keats (1795-1821) Herman Melville (1819-1891) Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) Mary Shelley (1797-1851) Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822) Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) Jules Verne (1828-1905) Walt Whitman (1819-1892) William Wordsworth (1770-1850) Next Era Please Onward! Back to Renaissance

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