Baquet's Guide to the World's Classics: HCF

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Alexander Kielland, Norwegian Writer
(1849-1906)

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Name: Alexander Kielland
Birth: February 18, 1849, Stavanger, Norway
Death: April 6, 1906, Bergen, Norway
Language: Norwegian
Who he was: Norwegian writer of short stories, plays, essays, novels, including Skipper Worse;; with Ibsen, Lie, and Bjørnson, one of Norway's "Four Greats."
Included in lists (What's This?): HCF

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Björnstjerne Björnson, Norwegian Writer
(1832-1910)

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Name: Björnstjerne Björnson
Birth: December 8, 1832, Kvikne, Norway
Death: April 26, 1910, French Third Republic
Language: Norwegian
Who he was: Norwegian writer and Nobel winner (1903) known for his "peasant tales" such as A Happy Boy; with Ibsen, Lie, and Kielland, one of Norway's "Four Greats."
Included in lists (What's This?): HCF

Gottfried Keller, Swiss Author
(1819-1890)

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Name: Gottfried Keller
Birth: July 19, 1819, Zürich, Switzerland
Death: July 15, 1890, Zürich, Switzerland
Language: German
Who he was: Swiss poet and novelist who wrote (in German) Green Henry and The Banner of the Upright Seven
Included in lists (What's This?): HCF, Bloom

Juan Valera, Spanish Author
(1824-1905)

Just the Facts:

Name: Juan Valera y Alcalá-Galiano
Known as: Juan Valera
Birth: October 18, 1824, Cabra, Spain
Death: April 18, 1905, Madrid, Spain
Language: Spanish
Who he was: Spanish author known for Pepita Jimenez
Included in lists (What's This?): HCF

Theodor Fontane, German Novelist and Poet
(1819-1898)

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Name: Theodor Fontane
Birth: December 30, 1819, Neuruppin, Germany
Death: September 20, 1898, Berlin, Germany
Language: German
Who he was: German novelist and poet best remembered for his novels Trials and Tribulations, Frau Jenny Treibel, and Effi Briest
Included in lists (What's This?): HCF, Bloom

Alphonse Daudet, French Novelist
(1840-1897)

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Name: Alphonse Daudet
Birth: May 13, 1840, Nîmes, France
Death: December 16, 1897, Paris, France
Language: French
Who he was: French novelist, short story writer, playwright, and poet best known for short stories, including those in Letters From My Windmill; the boffo novel Fromont Junior and Risler Senior; and the Tarscon novels, including Tartarin of Tarascon
Included in lists (What's This?): HCF

Alfred de Musset, French Writer
(1810-1857)

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Name: Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay
Known as: Alfred de Musset
Birth: December 11, 1810, Paris, France
Death: May 2, 1857, Paris, France
Language: French
Who he was: French dramatist, poet, and novelist who wrote The Story of a White Blackbird and The Confession of a Child of the Century
Included in lists (What's This?): HCF, Bloom

Theodor Storm, German Writer
(1817-1888)

Just the Facts:

Name: Hans Theodor Woldsen Storm
Known as: Theodor Storm
Birth: September 14, 1817, Husum, Germany
Death: July 4, 1888, Hanerau-Hademarschen, Germany
Language: German
Who he was: German writer whose most popular novellas were Immensee, The Rider on the White Horse, and Paul the Puppeteer
Included in lists (What's This?): HCF

Guy de Maupassant, French Writer
(1850-1893)

Just the Facts:

Name: Henri René Albert Guy de Maupassant
Known as: Guy de Maupassant
Birth: August 5, 1850, Tourville-sur-Arques, France
Death: July 6, 1893, Passy, Paris, France
Language: French
Who he was: French short story writer, novelist, and poet; "Boule de Suif"; "The Necklace"; "The Piece of String"; "Two Friends"
Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 1); HCF; Bloom

Henry James, American-Born British Writer
(1843-1916)

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Name: Henry James
Birth: April 15, 1843, New York City, New York, USA
Death: February 28, 1916, Chelsea, London, England, UK
Language: English
Who he was: American-born British writer; The American; The Turn of the Screw; The Portrait of a Lady; What Maisie Knew; The Wings of the Dove; Daisy Miller; The Ambassadors; Washington Square; Pulitzer Prize for Biography (1931)
Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (1990); GGB (+PGR 3); LRP; HCF; Bloom

Edward Everett Hale, American Author
(1822-1909)

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Name: Edward Everett Hale
Birth: April 3, 1822, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Death: June 10, 1909, Roxbury, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Language: English
Who he was: American author and cleric; Illustrious Americans (co-author); "The Man without a Country"; Boys' Heroes
Included in lists (What's This?): HCF

Charles Dickens, English Writer
(1812-1870)

Just the Facts:

Name: Charles Dickens
Birth: February 7, 1812, Landport, Portsmouth, England, UK
Death: June 9, 1870, Higham, England, UK
Language: English
Who he was: English writer; The Pickwick Papers; Oliver Twist; A Christmas Carol; David Copperfield; Bleak House; Hard Times; Little Dorrit; A Tale of Two Cities; Great Expectations
Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW; GGB (+PGR 2); LRP; HC; HCF; Bloom; GC

William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist
(1811-1863)

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Name: William Makepeace Thackeray
Birth: July 18, 1811, Kolkata, India
Death: December 24, 1863, London, England, UK
Language: English
Who he was: English novelist; Catherine; The Luck of Barry Lyndon; Vanity Fair; Pendennis; The Newcomes; The History of Henry Esmond
Included in lists (What's This?): LRP; HC; HCF; Bloom

George Sand, French Novelist
(1804-1876)

Just the Facts:

Name: Amantine-Lucile-Aurore Dupin
Known as: George Sand
Birth: July 1, 1804, Paris, France
Death: June 8, 1876, Nohant-Vic, France
Language: French
Who she was: French novelist; La Mare au Diable; La Petite Fadette; A Winter in Majorca; Indiana; Mauprat; Consuelo
Included in lists (What's This?): HCF; Bloom

Victor Hugo, French Writer
(1802-1885)

Just the Facts:

Name: Victor Hugo
Birth: February 26, 1802, Besançon, France
Death: May 22, 1885, Paris, France
Language: French
Who he was: French writer; The Hunchback of Notre-Dame; Les Misérables
Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 1); HC; HCF; Bloom; GC

Nathaniel Hawthorne, American Writer
(1804-1864)

Just the Facts:

Name: Nathaniel Hathorne
Known as: Nathaniel Hawthorne
Birth: July 4, 1804, Salem, Massachusetts, USA
Death: May 19, 1864, Plymouth, New Hampshire, USA
Language: English
Who he was: American writer; The Scarlet Letter; The House of the Seven Gables; short stories ("The Minister's Black Veil"; "Young Goodman Brown"; "Rappaccini's Daughter"; "My Kinsman, Major Molineux"; etc.)
Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 1, 2); LRP; HCF; Bloom; GC

Honoré de Balzac, French Novelist and Playwright
(1799-1850)

Just the Facts:

Name: Honoré de Balzac
Birth: May 20, 1799, Tours, France
Death: August 18, 1850, Paris, France
Language: French
Who he was: French novelist and playwright; La Comédie humaine (The Human Comedy); Pere Goriot; Eugenie Grandet
Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW; GGB (+PGR 2); LRP; HCF; Bloom

Jane Austen, English Novelist
(1775-1817)

Just the Facts:

Name: Jane Austen
Birth: December 16, 1775, Steventon, England, UK
Death: July 18, 1817, Winchester, England, UK
Language: English
Who she was: English novelist; Sense and Sensibility; Pride and Prejudice; Mansfield Park; Emma; Northanger Abbey; Persuasion
Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); LRP; HCF; Bloom; GC

Washington Irving, American Writer
(1783-1859)

Just the Facts:

Name: Washington Irving
Birth: April 3, 1783, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
Death: November 28, 1859, Tarrytown, New York, USA
Language: English
Who he was: American short story writer, essayist, and historian; "Rip Van Winkle" and "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," both in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
Included in lists (What's This?): HCF; Bloom

Laurence Sterne, Irish Novelist
(1713-1768)

Just the Facts:

Name: Laurence Sterne
Birth: November 24, 1713, Clonmel, Republic of Ireland
Death: March 18, 1768, London, England, UK
Language: English
Who he was: Irish novelist and Anglican cleric; The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman; and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy
Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); LRP; HCF; Bloom

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