Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956) was a playwright, an essayist, a novelist, and a short-story writer. He is best known as the creator of a series of children's books about a teddy bear named Winnie-the-Pooh. Milne was also a longtime contributor and assistant editor at the British humor magazine Punch.
Arthur Conan Doyle , né à E dimbourg en 1859, ayant fait le tour du monde comme mé decin de bord, publie en 1887 Une é tude en rouge , où apparaît le personnage de Sherlock Holmes. Le succè s est immé diat et les aventures se succè dent, du Chien des Baskerville aux Mémoires de Sherlock Holmes . Désireux de se consacrer au roman historique, il dé cide pourtant de tuer le gé nial détective dans Le Dernier Problè me (1893), à l'indignation de ses lecteurs : il devra le ressusciter en 1903 dans La Maison vide . Devenu ophtalmologue a Londres, fait chevalier par E douard VII, Conan Doyle ne se dé tourne pas de son œuvre patriotique ( La Grande Guerre des Bœrs ), s'engage en politique, mè ne des enquê tes indépendantes sur certaines affaires judiciaires et se passionne pour l'occultisme. Il meurt en 1930 dans sa maison du Sussex.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox (November 5, 1850 – October 30, 1919) was an American author and poet.
Ella was born in Johnstown, Wisconsin. The family later moved north of Madison, after losing its wealth, as the result of her father's failed business aspirations and speculation.
During her childhood, Wilcox amused herself by reading books and newspapers, which may have influenced her later writing (most notably William Shakespeare, The Arabian Nights, The Diverting History of John Gilpin and Gulliver's Travels, in addition to the few other pieces of literature that were to be had in her home).
Wheeler Wilcox also cared about alleviating animal suffering in her poems.
Howard Phillips Lovecraft, (1890 - 1937), was an American author who achieved posthumous fame through his influential works of horror fiction. Virtually unknown and only published in pulp magazines before he died in poverty, he is now regarded as one of the most significant 20th-century authors in his genre. Lovecraft was born in Providence, Rhode Island, where he spent most of his life.
Henry van Dyke was an American religious writer, lecturer, and clergyman. Educated at the Theological Seminary at Princeton University, van Dyke returned to the school after his graduation as a Professor of English Literature and became an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. In 1913 he was appointed by President Woodrow Wilson, his former classmate, as the ambassador to the Netherlands and Luxembourg, a job that he maintained throughout the First World War. His most famous short stories include "The Story of the Other Wise Man" and "The First Christmas Tree", which, like many of his other works, centered around moral and religious themes. After a lifetime of public service and religious leadership, Henry van Dyke died in 1933 at the age of 80.
Título : 50 Classic Christmas Stories Vol. 4 (Golden Deer Classics)
EAN : 9782291045977
Editorial : Oregan Publishing
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