Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer , poet and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, “Dean Swift”.
Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub , An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity , Gulliver’s Travels , and A Modest Proposal . He is regarded by the Encyclopdia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry
American writer of humorous supernatural fantasy fiction under the byline Thorne Smith
English novelist who wrote the Gothic novel Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus , which is considered an early example of science fiction
British author, philanthropist, film producer, and screenwriter
French writer, poet, aristocrat, journalist and pioneering aviator
English philosopher, lecturer, novelist, critic and poet born in Shirley, Derbyshire, where his father was vicar of the parish church in 18711879. Powys appeared with a volume of verse in 1896 and a first novel in 1915, but gained success only with his novel Wolf Solent in 1929. He has been seen as a successor to Thomas Hardy, and Wolf Solent, A Glastonbury Romance , Weymouth Sands , and Maiden Castle have been called his Wessex novels
English author of high-selling books, including the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials and a fictionalised biography of Jesus, The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ
Russian-American writer and philosopher
American author of gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Christian literature
English writer, artist, poet, and illustrator
