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- 4. — Often regarded as Scotland's national poet, this eighteenth-century writer celebrated love, nature, friendship, and Scottish identity. His poetry and songs remain an important part of Scottish cultural tradition.
- 7. — This British author wrote powerful political allegories criticizing totalitarianism and authoritarian government. His best-known works include Animal Farm and a dystopian novel featuring Big Brother and the concept of thoughtcrime.
- 8. — A central figure of modernist literature, this author experimented with stream-of-consciousness narration and explored identity, time, gender, and the inner lives of her characters in works such as Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse.
- 10. — This Scottish author and physician created one of literature's most famous detectives, a brilliant investigator who solves mysteries using observation, logic, and deduction alongside his friend Dr. Watson.
- 11. — This Regency-era novelist became famous for her sharp observations of marriage, money, class, and social expectations. Her novels include Pride and Prejudice, Emma, and Sense and Sensibility.
- 15. — This British novelist imagined a disturbing future society in which people are genetically engineered, conditioned from birth, and kept happy through technology and artificial pleasure. His famous dystopian novel is Brave New World.
- 16. — This Scottish author created two famous works of adventure and Gothic fiction: one involving buried treasure and pirates, and another involving a scientist whose experiment divides his personality into two very different identities.
- 18. — A professor of English and expert in medieval languages, this author created an enormous fantasy mythology featuring hobbits, elves, dwarves, wizards, and a powerful ring. His most famous works include The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.
- 19. — One of Victorian England's most celebrated novelists, this author created memorable characters such as Oliver Twist, Ebenezer Scrooge, and Pip while drawing attention to poverty and social inequality.
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- 1. — This seventeenth-century English poet wrote an epic poem about humanity's fall from grace, featuring God, Satan, Adam, and Eve. His work became one of the most important poems in the English literary tradition.
- 2. — This mathematician and author created a surreal children's classic about a young girl who falls down a rabbit hole and encounters a bizarre world filled with talking animals, riddles, and characters such as the Mad Hatter and Queen of Hearts.
- 3. — This contemporary British author created one of the world's most recognizable fictional characters: a young wizard who discovers his magical abilities and attends Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
- 5. — Born Mary Ann Evans, this Victorian novelist adopted a male pen name and wrote about morality, relationships, society, and the complicated lives of ordinary people. Her major works include Middlemarch and Silas Marner.
- 6. — This British novelist wrote a famous allegorical novel in which a group of schoolboys become stranded on an island without adults. Their attempt to govern themselves gradually reveals darker aspects of human nature.
- 9. — This Victorian novelist and poet frequently set his stories in the fictional region of Wessex. His works often explore fate, social expectations, love, and the struggles of individuals against forces beyond their control.
- 12. — Often considered the most influential writer in the English language, this playwright and poet created famous tragedies, comedies, and histories featuring characters such as Hamlet, Macbeth, Romeo, Juliet, and Lady Macbeth.
- 13. — Known for his wit, humor, and flamboyant personality, this Irish-born British writer created a novel about a beautiful young man whose portrait ages while he remains young. He also wrote the comedy The Importance of Being Earnest.
- 14. — This author wrote one of the most famous Gothic romances in English literature, telling the story of an independent young woman whose relationship with the mysterious Mr. Rochester is complicated by secrets at Thornfield Hall.
- 16. — At just eighteen, this author conceived one of the most famous stories in Gothic and science-fiction literature: the tale of a scientist who creates life and then must face the consequences of his experiment.
- 17. — This British author and scholar transported readers into a magical world reached through a wardrobe. His beloved fantasy series features characters such as Aslan, Lucy, Edmund, and the White Witch.