Virginia Woolf
English writer, considered one of the most important modernist 20th-century authors and a pioneer in the use of stream of consciousness as a narrative device
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Thomas Wolfe
American novelist of the early 20th century.Wolfe wrote four lengthy novels as well as many short stories, dramatic works, and novellas
Edmund Wilson
American writer and literary critic who explored Freudian and Marxist themes
J. R. R. Tolkien
English writer, poet, philologist, and academic, best known as the author of the high fantasy works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
John Steinbeck
American author and the 1962 Nobel Prize in Literature winner “for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humor and keen social perception.” He has been called “a giant of American letters.”During his writing career, he authored 33 books, with one book coauthored alongside Edward Ricketts, including 16 novels, six non-fiction books, and two collections of short stories
Gertrude Stein
American novelist, poet, playwright, and art collector
Jean Rhys
British novelist who was born and grew up in the Caribbean island of Dominica
Erich Maria Remarque
German novelist
Henry Miller
American writer and artist
Aldous Huxley
English writer and philosopher