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Facts About George Eliot
Mary Anne Evans, better known as George Eliot, was born on November 22nd of 1819 in Warwickshire, England. -
Facts About Dostoevsky
On November 11th, 1821, Fyodor Dostoevsky was born to Maria Nechayeva and Mikhail Dostoevsky. -
Facts About Mark Twain
Mark Twain, whos real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born on November 30th of 1835. -
Facts About George Eliot
In 1836, George Eliot's mother died and George returned home where she worked as a housekeeper. -
Facts About Dostoevsky
After Dostoevsky's mother died on September 27th of 1837, Fyodor and his brother were sent to St. Petersburg where they attended the Nikolayev Military Engineering Institute. While Fyodor did not like the school, it ended up giving him his first job. -
Facts About Dostoevksy
In 1844, Dostoevksy began to write his first novel, 'Poor Folk', in hopes of obtaining leadership and extra finances. -
Publication Dates
Dostoevsky's first novel, Poor Folk, was published in the almanac St Petersburg Collection and was an enormous commercial success. -
Facts About Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky and other members of the Petrashevsky Circle were convicted of being conspirators and brought to jail in the well-defended Peter and Paul Fortress. -
Realism Facts
Literary realism began around the middle of the ninteenth century and stretched to the beginning of the nintenth century inw hich authours wrote about depictions of everyday life and society from a realistic point of view. -
Realism Facts
Realism Was used by authors to show that people were neither evil or angelic in a sense, but somewhere in the middle of the two. -
Realism Facts
Literary Realism was created in response to literary romanticism and its flowery, untruthful presentation of life. -
Facts About Dostoevsky
Immediately after being released from prison, Dostoevsky began to write a novel aout his experiences as a russian prisoner called 'The House of the Dead.' -
Facts About George Eliot
At age 40, George Eliot had completed her first novel, 'Adam Bede' which was an instant success. -
Publicaton Dates
Fyodor Dostoevsky's, 'The Hosue of the Dead' about his imprisonment experiences was published. -
Facts About Dostoevsky
Dostoevsky married his second wife, Anna Dostoyevskaya, whom stayed with him until his death. -
Facts About Mark Twain
In 1870, Mark Twain married Olivia Langdon Clemens and later had four children with her. -
Facts About Dostoevsky
After returning to Russia in 1871, Dostoevsky continued writing novels and stories all of the way up until his death. -
Publicaton Dates
Fyodor dostoevsky's, "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man' was published. -
Facts About Henry James
In 1877, Hnery James wrote one of his most notable works, 'The American.' -
Facts About George Eliot
On May 16th of 1880 George Eliot married John Cross who was twenty years younger than her. Sadly, John died less than a year later. -
Publication Dates
One of Fyodor Dostoevsky's most popular novels, 'The Brothers Karamazov' was published. -
Facts About Dostoevsky
On February (th of 1881, Fyodor Dostoevsky died. -
Facts About Mark Twain
One of America's most commonly known novels, 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin' was published in the United States. -
Facts About Henry James
Henry Jsmes earned and honorary degree from Harvard University. -
Facts About Henry James
Henry James recieved and honorary degree from Oxford University. -
Facts About Henry James
After the outbreak of World War I, Henry James became a British citizen.