Literary Giants of Britain
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Explore renowned British writers including Shakespeare, Dickens, Wilde, and Christie. Discover iconic works like "Hamlet" and "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland." Dive into the rich literary history of Britain!
Literary Giants of Britain
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LITERARY BRITAIN “Famous British Writers” 9th form
William Shakespeare • 1564 – 1616 • An English Writer of plays • “Romeo and Juliet” • Hamlet” • Othello” • “King Lear” • “Twelfth Night” • “The Merchant of Venice” • “Richard III” ……….
Daniel Defoe • 1660 – 1731 • An English Writer • « Robinson Crusoe” • “Moll Flanders”
Robert Burns • 1759 – 1796 • A Scottish poet
Sir Walter Scott • 1771 – 1832 • A Scottish writer and poet • “Ivanhoe” • “The Heart of Midlothian”
Charles Dickens • 1812-1870 • An English novelist • “The Pickwick Papers” • “Oliver Twist” • “A Christmas Carol” • “Great Expectations” • “David Copperfield”
Lewis Carroll • 1832 – 1898 • An English Writer • “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland” • Through the Looking Glass”
Robert Louis Stevenson • 1850 – 1894 • a Scottish writer • “Treasure Island” • “Kidnapped”
Oscar Wilde • 1854 – 1900 • An Irish writer • “The Picture of Dorian Gray” • “The Importance of Being Earnest”
Arthur Konan Doile • 1859 – 1930 • “Rodney Stone” • “The lost world” • “The Hound of the Baskervilles” • “A Study in Scarlet” • “The Sign of Four”
Jerome K Jerome • 1859 – 1927 • An English Writer • “Three Men in a Boat” • “Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow”
Dame Agatha Christie • 1890 – 1976 • An English Writer • “Murder on the Orient Express” • “Death on the Nile”