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Colin Legerton

Fiona Macdonald

Roland Barthes

Born in France in 1915, Roland Barthes would go on to become one of the most revered critics of his generation. Growing up in a single parent home, Barthes learned a work ethic that would serve him well for the rest of his life. He attended the Sorbonne where he received degrees in classical literature and grammar and ....[more]

Simone de Beauvoir

A talented Frenchwoman known for her complex novels and strong feminist views. Simon de Beauvoir was born in 1908 in Paris. Beauvoir was educated at an all girl’s school and lived a fairly comfortable life until after World War I when her grandfather went bankrupt, throwing the family finances into disarray. Her father....[more]

Isabella Bird

Isabella Bird (October 15, 1831- October 7, 1904) Isabella Bird, was born at Boroughbridge Hall, Yorkshire, England in 1831. The eldest daughter of the clergyman, Ernest Bird, Isabella was educated at home by her mother, Dora (Lawson) Bird. Bird was a small woman and quite sickly during her childhood. Her father gifte....[more]

John Kenneth Galbraith

Christopher Isherwood

W. Somerset Maugham

Arthur Miller

Barbara W. Tuchman

Nature, Travel

There has never been any doubt about Poe's enormous literary significance, but, with regard to his ultimate artistic merit, there has been considerable disagreement. To some he is little more than a successful charlatan, whose literary performances are only a virtuoso's display of stunning, but finally shallow, effects....[more]