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JOSEPH CONRAD (1857-1924)
Born the only child of Polish parents in the Russian-controlled
Ukraine, his father was involved with the
national Polish movement. Arrested by the Russian authorities for
patriotic conspiracy, they were exiled to....
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KATHERINE MANSFIELD (1888-1923)
Born in Wellington, New Zealand, into
a middle-class colonial family, she moved to England to finish her
education and married a famous writer on....
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JOHN BUCHAN (1875-1940)
Born in Scotland in 1875, Buchan went to two universities, first Glasgow and then Oxford.
In 1914 during the first months of the war, he wrote The Thirty-Nine Steps
which is ranked as
one of his best works...
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MARY SHELLEY (1797-1851)
Mary
Shelley was born in London. Her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, died ten
days after giving birth to her. She was one of the first feminists...
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HENRY JAMES (1843-1916)
Henry
James was born in New York City into a wealthy family. His father, Henry
James Sr, was one of the best-known intellectuals...
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OSCAR WILDE (1854-1900)
Oscar Oscar
Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was born and grew up in Dublin. He was
the son of a surgeon, Sir William Wilde and the writer...
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AGATHA
CHRISTIE (1891-1976)
Agatha Christie was born in Torquay,
in the county of Devon, as the daughter of Frederick Alvah Miller,
an American with a moderate private income...
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