Norwegian writer who received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Literature “as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit”. The first Norwegian Nobel laureate, he was a prolific polemicist and extremely influential in Norwegian public life and Scandinavian cultural debate
Novel by Virginia Woolf, first published on 11 October 1928. Inspired by the tumultuous family history of the aristocratic poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West
Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1865th year of the Common Era and Anno Domini designations, the 865th year of the 2nd millennium, the 65th year of the 19th century, and the 6th year of the 1860s decade
Play by Oscar Wilde
Poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman
Network of secret routes and safe houses established in the United States during the early- to mid-19th century
1876 novel by Mark Twain about a boy growing up along the Mississippi River
Known in more recent editions, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is a novel by American author Mark Twain, which was first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885.Commonly named among the Great American Novels, the work is among the first in major American literature to be written throughout in vernacular English, characterized by local color regionalism
Novel by the Australian-born writer Elizabeth von Arnim, first published in 1898. It was very popular and frequently reprinted during the early years of the 20th century.The book earned over 10,000 in the first year of publication, with 11 reprints during 1898; by May 1899, it had been reprinted 21 times.The book is the first in a series about the same character, “Elizabeth”. It is noteworthy for originally being published without a named author
Science fiction novel by H. G. Wells
