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Introduction Why have I chosen this topic? How have I
made the list of selected writers? Which information about writers
is the most important?
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William Shakespeare William Shakespeare (1564E—April 23, 1616, Stratford-upon-Avon) English
poet, dramatist, and actor, often called the English national
poet and considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all time.
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Walter Scott Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832, Scottish novelist and
poet, b. Edinburgh. He is considered the father of
both the regional and the historical novel.
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Charles Dickens The most famous author of Victorian era
is Charles Dickens (1812-1870). His aim was to touch
peoples’ hearts with sight of suffering, but he didn’t want to awaken hatred or call for popular uprising.
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Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde (1854-1900), judge of beauty
and humour, was an Irish writer and poet. His
mannered, dramatic and critical genius, his conversation, and his personal life have become the subject of legend. He is still one of the best-known British writers on the Continent.
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Agatha Christie Agatha Christie (1890 - 1976) was a
British crime writer of novels, short stories, and plays.
Her detective stories are exciting and her sense of humour charms readers – this is secret of her such a big popularity.
of novels about Harry Potter, which were translated into
65 languages and sold in number of 400 million copies. It is not known, if her works stays in history equally the greatest writers, but she has already left her trace in history and it’s undoubtedly.