Novelist and poet. Born at 73 High Street, Portsmouth, Hampshire. As a writer of novels and poems, his income was uncertain and he supplemented it as a publisher's reader. In this capacity he befriended many famous authors including Dante Rossetti, Swinburne and Robert Louis Stevenson. Died at Flint Cottage, Box Hill, Surrey.
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George Meredith
Greater London Council George Meredith, O.M., 1828-1909, poet and novelist, l...
Novelist and playwright. Born Anthony Walter Patrick Hamilton at Dale House, Hassocks, Sussex. He suffered multiple injuries when hit by a drunken driver in 1932. This may well have had a bearing o...
Author. Born John Wyndham Parkes Lucas Beynon Harris, in Dorridge near Knowle, Warwickshire. Most of his novels are about terrestrial apocalypses (he disliked the term science-fiction). The best kn...
Chinese novelist and dramatist. Born Beijing as Shu Qingchun. Lao She was his pen name. Lectured at what is now SOAS 1924 - 9. During this time he discovered Dickens and began his own writing. Best...
The only novel by Oscar Wilde. The eponymous character, after being painted, casually suggests that in order to enjoy a life of hedonism, he would sell his soul if the picture could age instead of ...
Writer, shopkeeper and socialite. Born on a slave ship bound for the West Indies (his birth year is approximate). His first name was Charles, but he was baptised Ignatius. His mother died soon afte...
