Great Names in Literature
You will have to recognize and identify major authors from all over the world.
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Game creation: 2020-07-03
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Literature is a vast universe populated by creators whose works have marked history and the collective imagination. From playwrights like Shakespeare to novelists like Cervantes and Victor Hugo, and poets like Baudelaire, these great names have explored the depths of the human soul, the complexities of society, and the wonders of the world through words that still resonate today.
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This Danish writer known for his fairy tales is the author of "The Snow Queen" and "The Little Mermaid".
Joseph Jacobs | Jacob Grimm | Hans Christian Andersen | Charles Perrault -
In 1667, this poet was blind when he published "Paradise Lost", an epic poem and puritanical open interpretation of the Bible
Francis Bacon | Richard Lovelace | Lord Byron | John Milton -
This 19th-century French author was known as the patron saint of science fiction by putting science at the heart of his work.
Aldous Huxley | Jules Verne | H. G. Wells | Georges Méliès -
This Icon of the Age of Enlightenment and advocate for freedom of expression is also a precursor of the French Revolution.
Lamartine | Voltaire | Molière | Stendhal -
In 1938, she published "Rebecca" which tells the story of a young woman's impetous marriage to a rich and mysterious widower
Harper Lee | Virginia Woolf | Georgette Heyer | Daphne du Maurier
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