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Mary Shelly

frankenstein

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romantic

she had a lot of guilt

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Jonathan Swift

gulivers travels

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satire

romantic

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Shakespeare

othello

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Robert Browning

my last duchess

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson

the lotos-eaters and ulysses

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William blake

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satirist
crazy
genius 
intense
he was about making heaven out of this hell
learn by breaking the rules
learn limits by exceeding the limits
romantic
claimed to have seen an angel
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lord chesterfield

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very posh
important
his first job was to dress the king of England
patriotic
loyal
classical
gentlemen don't laugh, only smiles
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samuel johnson

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intense
satirist
wrote first dictionary took him 15 years
was struggling with money
stood up by chesterfield 
sends chesterfield a screw you letter which is an art in itself
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