Dickens, Charles
1812 - 1870

Charles Dickens appealed to rich and poor alike, and was the most popular of all the Victorian authors. He was born into a...

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Deighton, Len
1929 -

The British author Len Deighton was born as Leonard Cyril Deighton in London. His father was a chauffeur; his mother worked...

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Jong, Erica
1942 -

Erica Jong is an American author born in New York as Erica Mann to Jewish parents of Polish and Russian descent. Her father...

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Molière
1622 - 1673

Real name Jean Baptiste Poquelin, a French playwright, theatre manager and actor, born in Paris as the oldest son of a...

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