VOLTAIRE – Biography
François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778), known by his nom de plume…
Vladimir G. Korolenko – Biography
Vladimir Galaktionovich Korolenko (Russian: Влади́мир Галактио́нович Короле́нко, Ukrainian: Володи́мир Галактіо́нович Короле́нко, 27 July 1853 –…
Virginia Woolf – Biography
Virginia Woolf, original name in full Adeline Virginia Stephen, (born January 25, 1882, London, England—died…
Timothy Shay Arthur – Biography
Timothy Shay Arthur (June 6, 1809 – March 6, 1885) was a popular 19th-century American…
Thomas Hardy OM – Biography
Thomas Hardy OM (2 June 1840 – 11 January 1928) was an English novelist and…
Susan Keating Glaspell – Biography
Susan Keating Glaspell (July 1, 1876 – July 28, 1948) was an American playwright, novelist,…
Stephen Crane – Biography
Stephen Crane (November 1, 1871 – June 5, 1900) was an American poet, novelist, and…
Benjamin Franklin: A Child’s Biography
by Benjamin Franklin This biography of Benjamin Franklin for children was excerpted from Mary Stoyell…
Sherwood Anderson – Biography
Sherwood Anderson, (born September 13, 1876, Camden, Ohio, U.S.—died March 8, 1941, Colon, Panama), author…
Sarah Orne Jewett – Biography
Theodora Sarah Orne Jewett (September 3, 1849 – June 24, 1909) was an American novelist, short…