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Born in India. Novelist and essayist. Wrote Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Includes short
biography, excerpts from his works and photo. (1903-1950)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jorwell.htm
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George Bernard Shaw
Irish dramatist, critic and novelist. Includes short biography, photo and excerpts from his
writing. (1856-1950)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jshaw.htm
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H. G. Wells
Novelist and historian. Wrote science fiction stories, The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau,
and The War of the Worlds. Includes short biography, excerpts from his works and photo.
(1866-1946)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jwells.htm
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Oscar Wilde
Irish poet, dramatist and novelist. Wrote the novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Achieved his
greatest success with a series of light comedies, including Lady Windermere's Fan and The
Importance of Being Ernest. (1854-1900)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jwilde.htm
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Vita Sackville-West
Wrote poetry and published books on travel and literary topics. For many years authored a weekly
gardening column for The Observer. Includes biography and photo. ((1892-1962)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jsackville.htm
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J. B. Priestley
Theater reviewer and contributed articles to the Spectator, novelist and playwright with over 50
plays. Helped established the socialist Common Wealth Party. Includes biography, excerpts from
his work and photo. (1894-1984)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jpriestley.htm
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Charles Kingsley
Clergyman, novelist and poet. Author of The Water Babies. Includes short biography and photo.
(1810-1875)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REkingsley.htm
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Edith Nesbit
Author of 44 children's books, and regular lecturer and writer on socialism throughout the 1880s.
Includes biography and a photo. (1858-1924)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/TUnesbit.htm
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George Sims
Playwright, social reformist and journalist. Wrote series of newspaper articles depicting poverty
of the working class in London and another series later published as books on child poverty.
(1847-1922)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jsims.htm
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Angus Reach
Journalist for the Morning Chronicle in London, writer for Punch Magazine and joint editor of the
journal, The Man in the Moon. Includes excerpts from his writing, biography and photo.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jreach.htm
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Frances Trollope
Novelist who wrote about social issues and produced 40 books. Includes short biography, excerpts
from her writing and portrait. (1780-1863).
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/IRtrollope.htm
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Thomas Hughes
Novelist, reformist and jurist. Author of Tom Brown's Schooldays. Includes short biography and
photo. (1822-1896)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/REhughes.htm
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Mark Lemon
English journalist and prolific playwright, with over 60 plays to his credit. Best known as one of
the founding members of Punch Magazine and served as joint editor with Henry Mayhew. Includes
biography and photo. (1809-1870)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jlemon.htm
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Elizabeth Gaskell
Novelist, who advocated social reform in Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life. Includes short
biography, excerpts from her writings and photo. (1810-1865)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jgaskell.htm
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Douglas Jerrold
Resident playwright at the Coburg Theatre in London. As a journalist, wrote a large number of
political and humorous articles for Punch Magazine during a sixteen year period, and worked as a
sub-editor, under Charles Dickens, on the Daily News. (1803-1857)
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Charles Lamb
Essayist and critic. Includes short biography and portrait. (1775-1834)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jlamb.htm
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Spartacus: Charles Dickens
Wrote newspaper articles to advocate social reform and novels. Includes short biography and
excerpts from his work. (1812-1870)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRdickens.htm
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Henry Mayhew
Joint editor for Punch Magazine and journalist for the Morning Chronicle. Includes biography,
excerpts from his writing and photo. (1812-87)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jmayhew.htm
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish essayist and historian. Includes short biography and photo. (1795-1881)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jcarlyle.htm
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William Makepeace Thackeray
Born in Calcutta, India. Returned to England with his parents and became a journalist and
novelist. Wrote Vanity Fair, considered to be his best work, followed by The History of Henry
Esmond, Newcomes, and The Virginians. (1811-1863)
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Robert Southey
Appointed poet laureate in 1813. Author of several books including: The Book of the Church, Sir
Thomas More, Essays Moral and Political and Lives of British Admirals. Includes biography and
portrait. (1774-1843)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jsouthey.htm
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Became involved in radical politics and wrote many articles and pamphlets, and poetry. Lost at sea
while sailing to meet Leigh Hunt. Includes biography, excerpts from his works and photo.
(1792-1822)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRshelley.htm
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James Leigh Hunt
Essayist, poet and editor. Includes biography and photo.(1784-1859)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRleigh.htm
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William Hazlitt
Essayist and critic. Includes short biography, photo and excerpts of his political writing.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRhazlitt.htm
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Lord Byron
Became one of England's leading poets with his Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Member of the House of
Lords. Includes short biography and portrait. (1788-1824)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/PRbyron.htm
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Poet, critic and philosopher. Includes short biography and portrait. (1772-1834)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jcoleridge.htm
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Daniel Defoe
Novelist and political journalist. Published over 560 books and pamphlets and is considered to be
the founder of British journalism. Includes short biography. (1660-1731)
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jdefoe.htm
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Henry Fielding
Dramatist, novelist and journalist. Wrote The History of Tom Jones, considered by critics to be
one of the greatest comic novels in the English language. Includes short biography. (1707-1754)
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