English Writers

Corrected Ylenia and Andrea English Writers

Andrea and Ylenia
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THE ENGLISH WRITERS

CHARLES DICKENS
Charles John Huffam Dickens (Portsmouth, England, 7th of February 1812 – Gads Hill Place, England, 9th of June 1870).
He was a famous English novelist, and he was known around the world.
Sometimes he used the pseudonym of Boz.
He dedicated much of his work to denounce the bad living conditions of the working classes.
He had ten sons.
His big dream was to be free and he reached that as a writer.

 ANECDOTE
Dickens suffered an accident, the famous rail shock of Staplehurst, in which the 7th first wagon of the train fell from a bridge that was being repaired. Only the first-class wagon didn’t fall where Dickens was.
The novelist spent much time helping to the wounded and dying people before rescuers arrived.
Before leaving, he remembered the unfinished manuscript and returned to the wagon only to recover it.
• Famous works:
– Oliver Twist (1837)
– A Christmas Carol (1843)
– David Copperfield (1849)




The three sisters

The three Brontë sisters decided to publish a poetry book together.
The pseudonyms were Currer Bell, Ellis Bell and Acton Bell.
They were five brothers and sisters: Emily, Charlotte Anne, Maria, Elisabeth and Branwell.


Anne Brontë

Anne Brontë 17th of January 1820 – 28th of May 1849, she was an English poetess and novelist, the youngest of the family.
She wrote some biographies, talking about her life and circumstances.
In her childhood, she invented two imagined worlds Gondal and Angria, where many of her books took place.
Agnes Grey 1847
The tenant of Wildfell Hall 1848:
- Film: 1968 by Peter Sardy.
- Miniseries of BBC directed by Mike Barker.


Emily Brontë

Emily Brontë 30th of July 1818 – 19th of December 1848, she was an English writer.
Wuthering Heights has been represented several times cinematically (since silent film).
Charlotte Brontë
Charlotte Brontë 21st of April 1816 – 31st of March 1855 was an English novelist.
Jane Eyre 1847
- Film (2011) with Mia Wasikowska (the girl of Alice in Wonderland by Tim Burton) and Michel Fassbender.

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Arthur Conan Doyle

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle 22nd May 1859 – 7th July 1930.
He was a Scottish writer, famous because of Sherlock Holmes, the most famous detective character in the world.

• SHERLOCK HOLMES
Holmes was featured in a total of 56 short stories and four Conan Doyle novels, and has since appeared in many novels and stories by other authors.
Sherlock Holmes is a 2009 British-American action and mystery film based on the character of the same name created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Sherlock is a British television series that presents a contemporary update of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes detective stories. It was created by Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss.