A New Society - Famous Authors Flashcards
To differentiate between famous authors from the 1800s
1
Q
Brothers Grimm
A
- Famous fairy tales
- German
- Children tales
2
Q
Mary Shelley
A
- British writer
- Romanticism
- Wrote “Frankenstein”
3
Q
Edgar Allan Poe
A
- Writer
- Editor
- Literary critic
- Mystery Tales
- Invented detective Fiction
- Wrote “The Raven”
- Death was a mystery
4
Q
Charles Dickens
A
- British Writer
- Wrote about poor social conditions
- Wrote “Oliver Twist”
- Still read his stories today
5
Q
Karl Marx
A
- German political philosopher
- Created Marxism
6
Q
Charles Darwin
A
- English biologist
- Best known for evolution works
- Studied birds
7
Q
Herbert spencer
A
- English Philosopher
- Biologist
- sociologist
- “Survival of the Fittest”
8
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Mark Twain
A
- American writer
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Real name)
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
