Great Names in Literature
Great Names in Literature

Great Names in Literature

You will have to recognize and identify major authors from all over the world.
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Photo credit: Wikipedia - John Taylor (Shakespeare)
Game creation: 2020-07-03
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64%
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106
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 Literature 
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 People 
Writer Panoramix  Category Literature   Series Great Names Keywords People 
Game creation: 2020-07-03 | Photo credit: Wikipedia - John Taylor (Shakespeare) | Photo credit (thumbnail): Wikipedia - John Taylor (Shakespeare)
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Literature is a vast universe populated by creators whose works have marked history and the collective imagination. From playwrights like Shakespeare to novelists like Cervantes and Victor Hugo, and poets like Baudelaire, these great names have explored the depths of the human soul, the complexities of society, and the wonders of the world through words that still resonate today.

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  • This Danish writer known for his fairy tales is the author of "The Snow Queen" and "The Little Mermaid".

    Charles Perrault | Joseph Jacobs | Jacob Grimm | Hans Christian Andersen
  • In 1667, this poet was blind when he published "Paradise Lost", an epic poem and puritanical open interpretation of the Bible

    John Milton | Richard Lovelace | Francis Bacon | Lord Byron
  • This 19th-century French author was known as the patron saint of science fiction by putting science at the heart of his work.

    Jules Verne | Aldous Huxley | H. G. Wells | Georges Méliès
  • This Icon of the Age of Enlightenment and advocate for freedom of expression is also a precursor of the French Revolution.

    Molière | Voltaire | Lamartine | Stendhal
  • In 1938, she published "Rebecca" which tells the story of a young woman's impetous marriage to a rich and mysterious widower

    Georgette Heyer | Harper Lee | Daphne du Maurier | Virginia Woolf

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1500 Claire
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1356 Titan
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