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| Louisa May Alcott was born November 29, 1832 in Germantown, Pennsylvania. She was the second of four daughters born to Amos Bronson Alcott, a well-known transcendentalist philosopher and educator, and Abigail May Alcott. In 1834, the Alcott family moved to Massachusetts, where they became acquainted with writers and ....[more] |
| 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] |
| William Beckford (1760-1844) is most commonly known for his works in literature, but he was also a politician and collector and patron of the arts. Beckford, who was raised in London, inherited a large fortune at the age of ten which included several sugar plantations in Jamaica and land at Fonthill in Wiltshire. He wo....[more] |
| Samuel Butler, English writer, artist, and satirist, was born on December 4th, 1835 in Nottinghamshire, England. The eldest of four children, Butler had a rather hostile relationship with his parents. Though his education started at home, he referred to his parents as “stupid” and soon began to reject his strict Angl....[more] |
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