Authors and Famous Work Flashcards
Author from England and writer of “Pride and Prejudice,” and “Sense and Sensibility.”
Jane Austen (1775-1817)
Jane Austen wrote during what literary movement?
Romantic
Writer from England, wrote “The Invisible Man” and “War of the Worlds,”
H.G. Wells (1866-1946)
Who was the Irish author of “A Modest Proposal,” “Drapier’s Letters,” and “Gulliver’s Travels”?
Jonathan Smith (1667–1745)
A contemporary American writer of science fiction short stories and novels which deal with moral dilemmas, including “The Martian Chronicles” and “Fahrenheit 451.”
Ray Bradbury (1920-2012)
An American novelist and chronicler of the jazz age. His novel “THE GREAT GATSBY” is considered a masterpiece about a gangster’s pursuit of an unattainable rich girl.
F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940)
- American poet who wrote “The Road Not Taken.”
- highly regarded for his realistic depictions of rural life and his command of American colloquial speech
- won Pulitzer Prizes for Poetry four times
Robert Frost (1874-1963)
- American poet who wrote “To Kill A Mocking Bird” which deals with the racism she observed as a child in her hometown of Monroeville, Alabama.
Harper Lee (1926-)
English Writer and Christian apologist who wrote, “The Chronicles of Narnia,” “The Allegory of Love,” “Mere Christianity,” and “The Screwtape Letters.”
C.S. Lewis (1898-1963)
An American writer in the 1800s who drew on his experiences at sea and living on South Pacific islands for material and also wrote “Moby Dick”. In addition, he rejected the optimism of the transcendentalists and felt that man faced a tragic destiny.
Herman Melville (1819-1891)
- Author of “The Raven”
- Orphaned at young age. Was an American poet, short-story writer, editor and literary critic, and is considered part of the American Romantic Movement.
- Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre.
- Failing at suicide, began drinking. Died in Baltimore shortly after being found drunk in a gutter.
Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849)
American author of “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Fall of the House of Usher”
Edgar Allen Poe (1809-1849)
English author of “Frankenstein”
Mary Shelley (1797-1851)
- American Writer.
- Daughter of Chinese immigrants and writer of novels which explore the theme of adapting from one culture to another
- Known for “The Joy Luck Club” and “The Kitchen God’s Wife”
Amy Tan (1952-)
- English writer, poet, philologist, and university professor
- Known for: “The Hobbit,” “The Lord of the Rings,” and “The Silmarillion”
J.R.R. Tolkein (1892-1973)
- American author and humorist
- Known for: “The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin,” “Adventures of Tom Sawyer”
- Real name was Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Mark Twain (1835-1910)
- Contemporary American writer
- Focuses on the struggles of African-American women, against societies that are racist, sexist, and violent.
- Known for: ‘The Color Purple,’ and ‘Meridian’
Alice Walker (1944-)
- American poet and transcendentalist
- famous for his beliefs on nature, as demonstrated in his book, “Leaves of Grass.”
- Important part for the buildup of American literature and breaking the traditional rhyme method in writing poetry.
Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
American poet who wrote “Leaves of Grass” and “I Hear America Singing”
Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
American poet, novelist, and short-story writer. Known for, “The Bell Jar,” “Ariel,” “Winter Trees,” and “Crossing the Water.”
Sylvia Plath (1932-1963)
- English author whose work used such techniques as stream of consciousness and the interior monologue
- Known for: “Mrs. Dalloway,” “A Room of One’s Own,” “To the Lighthouse,” and “The Waves”
Virginia Woolf (1882-1941)
- English writer of the Victorian Period.
- Known for: “A Tale of Two Cities,” “Great Expectations,” “Oliver Twist,” “A Christmas Carol,” and “David Copperfield”
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
English author of “Great Expectations”
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
English author of “Oliver Twist”
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
English Author of “David Copperfield”
Charles Dickens (1812-1870)
English writer who wrote, “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland,” “Through the Looking-Glass,” “Jabberwocky,” “The Hunting of the Snark,” of “Sylvie and Bruno.”
Lewis Caroll (1832-1898)
Irish author who is best known for “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and the play, “The Importance of Being Earnest.” He was arrested\imprisoned for being gay.
Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
American author who wrote, “The Jungle,” “The Brass Check,” and “Dragon’s Teeth”
Upton Sinclair (1878-1968)
English writer who wrote the book, “Brave New World.”
Aldous Huxley (1894-1963)
This novel anticipates developments in reproductive technology, sleep-learning, psychological manipulation, and classical conditioning that combine profoundly to change society.
A. “The Grapes of Wrath,” by John Steinbeck
B. Richard Wright’s, “Native Son”
C. “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
D. Charles Dickens, “Great Expectations.”
“Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
This novel includes an orphan named Pip living on the Kent marshes with his abusive sister and her husband, Joe Gargery, the village blacksmith. While exploring in the churchyard near the tombstones of his parents, Pip is accosted by an escaped convict.
In telling Pip’s story, the author traces a boy’s path from a hardscrabble rural life to the teeming streets of 19th-century London, unfolding a gripping tale of crime and guilt, revenge and reward, and love and loss.
A. “The Grapes of Wrath,” by John Steinbeck
B. Richard Wright’s, “Native Son”
C. Harper Lee’s, “To Kill A Mockingbird”
D. Charles Dickens, “Great Expectations.”
Charles Dickens, “Great Expectations.”
Set during Depression in Alabama. Told through the eyes of Scout Finch, you learn about her father Atticus Finch, an attorney who hopelessly strives to prove the innocence of a black man unjustly accused of rape; and about Boo Radley, a mysterious neighbor who saves Scout and her brother Jem from being killed.
A. “The Grapes of Wrath,” by John Steinbeck
B. Richard Wright’s, “Native Son”
C. Harper Lee’s, “To Kill A Mockingbird”
D. Charles Dickens, “Great Expectations.”
Harper Lee’s, “To Kill A Mockingbird”
This novel is about Tom Joad and his family are forced from their farm in the Depression-era Oklahoma Dust Bowl and set out for California along with thousands of others in search of jobs, land, and hope for a brighter future. This is a story of human unity and love as well as the need for cooperative rather than individualistic ideals during hard times.
A. “The Grapes of Wrath,” by John Steinbeck
B. Richard Wright’s, “Native Son”
C. Harper Lee’s, “To Kill A Mockingbird”
D. Charles Dickens, “Great Expectations.”
“The Grapes of Wrath,” by John Steinbeck
American author who is famous for, “Of Mice and Men,” “The Grapes of Wrath,” and “East of Eden.”
John Steinbeck (1902-1968)
Novel about Bigger Thomas, a young black man from Chicago is a chauffer for a wealthy white family - drives wealthy daughter, Mary (drunk), home and panics when the blind mother comes in. Bigger accidentally suffocates Mary and hastily puts her corpse in the furnace - murders his girlfriend - rest of book tells of his attempt to avoid the police, his capture, and death sentence - writer portrays that Bigger had no choice but to kill Mary and his girlfriend.
Richard Wright’s, “Native Son”
American author who is famous for writing, “Black Boy,” “Native Son,” “Uncle Toms Children.”
Richard Wright (1908-1960)
Author of the poem, “The Long Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.”
T.S. Eliot
This noel follows several black women (Celie, Nettie, Shug Avery, Mary Agnes, and Sofia Butler through various trials) - won great praise, but also criticism due to it’s negative portrayal of all it’s black male characters
A. Mark Twain’s, “Huckleberry Finn”
B. “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker.
C. “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
D. “The Sound and the Fury” by William Faulkner
“The Color Purple” by Alice Walker.
This novel is set in Jefferson, Mississippi. The novel centers on the Compson family, former Southern aristocrats who are struggling to deal with the dissolution of their family and its reputation. Over the course of the 30 years or so related in the novel, the family falls into financial ruin, loses its religious faith and the respect of the town of Jefferson, and many of them die tragically.
A. Mark Twain’s, “Huckleberry Finn”
B. “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker.
C. “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
D. “The Sound and the Fury” by William Faulkner
“The Sound and the Fury” by William Faulkner
American writer and Nobel Prize laureate from Oxford, Mississippi. Famous for “The Sound and the Fury” and “As I Lay Dying.”
A. Mark Twain’s, “Huckleberry Finn”
B. “The Color Purple” by Alice Walker.
C. “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
D. “The Sound and the Fury” by William Faulkner
William Faulkner
The book is noted for its colorful description of people and places along the Mississippi River. Set in a Southern antebellum society that had ceased to exist about twenty years before the work was published.
A. Mark Twain’s, “Huckleberry Finn”
B. Herman Melville’s, “Moby Dick.”
C. “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
D. “The Sound and the Fury” by William Faulkner
Mark Twain’s, “Huckleberry Finn”
Novel about: Ishmael narrates the monomaniacal quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, a white whale which on a previous voyage destroyed Ahab’s ship and severed his leg at the knee.
A. Mark Twain’s, “Huckleberry Finn”
B. Herman Melville’s, “Moby Dick.”
C. “Brave New World” by Aldous Huxley
D. “The Sound and the Fury” by William Faulkner
Herman Melville’s, “Moby Dick.”
The poems of this collection are loosely connected and each represents the author’s celebration of his philosophy of life and humanity. praises nature and the individual human’s role in it.
Walt Whitman’s, “Leaves of Grass”
The title of this book refers to the protagonist’s desires for his future. In particular, as the novel progresses, Pip desires greater things for himself and his future. He has great expectations about leaving poverty and becoming a gentleman..
Charles Dickens, “Great Expectations.”
____________ is a 1954 dystopian novel by Nobel Prize-winning English author William Golding about a group of British boys stuck on an uninhabited island who try to govern themselves with disastrous results.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
This author was an English author known for writing “Lord of the Flies.”
William Golding
A novella published in 1937, it tells the story of George Milton and Lennie Small, two displaced migrant ranch workers, who move from place to place in search of new job opportunities during the Great Depression in California, United States.
John Steinbeck’s, “Of Mice and Men.”
______is the story of 19-year-old Esther Greenwood, the breakdown she experiences, and the beginnings of her recovery.
Sylvia Plath’s, “The Bell Jar.”
