| 1.sBOOKs _ Robert Louis Stevenson |
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16/Sep/2008 |
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Robert Louis Stevenson was born in Edinburgh on the 13 November 1850. He studied at Edinburgh University and also qualified as a lawyer. He travelled extensively in Europe and began his writing career during these years. He also met his future wife, Fanny, in France in 1876. They were married in 1880. In 1883 he published Treasure Island to great acclaim. Kidnapped and ??trange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde??were both published in 1886.
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| 2.sBOOKs _ Charles Dickens Vol 1 |
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02/Oct/2008 |
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Charles Dickens was born in Portsmouth, England, on February 7, 1812. He was the second of eight children. His mother had been in service to Lord Crew, and his father worked as a clerk for the Naval Pay office. John Dickens was imprisoned for debt when Charles was very young. Dickens went to work at a blacking warehouse, managed by a relative of his mother, when he was twelve, and his brush with hard times and poverty affected him deeply...
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| 3.sBOOKs _ Jane Austen |
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02/Oct/2008 |
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Jane Austen's novels are comedies of manners that depict the self_contained world of provincial ladies and gentlemen. Most of her works revolve around the delicate business of providing husbands for marriageable daughters. She is particularly noted for her vivid delineations and lively interplay of character, her superb sense of comic irony, and her moral firmness. She ridicules the silly, the affected, and the stupid, ranging in her satire...
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