Born in May 22, 1844 - June 14, 1929, Mary Cassatt was an American painter and printmaker she lived much of her adult life in France where she befriended Edgar Degas. Mary would paint images of the relationships between mother and their children. Cassatt was born in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, which is apart of Pittsburgh. Her father Robert Simpson Castt (later Cassatt) was a successful stockbroker and her mother Katherine Kelso Johnston, came from a banking family. The name Cassatt came from the cousin of the artists Robert Henri.
Horace begins the biography with a stroke of prose about the life of Dr. Lacey Kirk Williams. His parents, Levi and Elizabeth Williams were both slaves; because of the Emancipation Proclamation, they were granted their freedom. They had seven children; Lacey Kirk Williams was the second son born on July 11, 1811. The writer provides the reader with a wealth of information pertaining to the family migration from the backwoods of Alabama to the southwest region of Texas. In like manner, the author notates at the that she does her best to always have the voice of an interviewer, but being filled with the spirit of her faith, her talent for writing prose seeped into the story to paint a portrait vividly for the reader, ultimately always wanting to provide an honest and thorough visual depiction of the subject’s
Frost drifted through a string of occupations after leaving school, working as a teacher, cobbler, and editor of the Lawrence Sentinel. In 1895, Frost married Elinor Miriam White, whom he’d shared valedictorian honors with in high school and who was a major inspiration for his poetry until her death in 1938. The couple moved to England in 1912, after they tried and failed at farming in New Hampshire. Moreover, who is generally regarded as one of the twentieth-century prominent American poets; he is a symbolist poet on the grounds that he uses natural imagery allusive of particular daily situations and experiences; he uses certain images so that, in addition to their meanings, they allude to abstract thoughts which appear to be more important and resonant. It was abroad that Frost met and
Introduction Amy Tan, who was born in California, Oakland, USA in 1952 and became an outstanding American Chinese writer. She began to write novels at the age of thirty-three. Based on the experiences of her grandmother and mother, a full-length novel called The Joy Luck Club was published and her reputation in the literary world has been established. The Joy Luck Club vividly depicted the delicate feelings between mothers and daughters, not only won the National Book Award this year, but also adapted into a film and set up a high box office record. Since the novel was published, it has given rise to quiet a few controversial points that the effects to literary circles are drastic.
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen is one of the greatest novelists of English Literature. She was born in 1775 at Steventon in Hampshire, in the south of England. Her father was Reverend George Austen, who was a well-educated clergyman and who encouraged Austen both in her reading and her writing. She started writing when she was fourteen, and by her early twenties she was already working on the first versions of some of her novels. She did not write about great events, like the French Revolution or the Napoleonic Wars, both of which happened during her lifetime.
Amy Tan: Background and Success Amy Tan is a very famous author and is known for successful moving stories of Chinese-American mothers and daughters. Currently, Amy Tan has written over 80 books/novels with many reaching New York Times as bestseller. Amy Tan’s passion for writing was strong ever since as a child. When she was eight years old, she won a essay contest, which ignited her passion for writing. Afterwards, Amy Tan dreamed of writing novels and short stories, which later became a reality.
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is a famous Indian American author whose works mainly focus on the experiences of the South-Asian immigrants, and their related problems of adoption and adaption. She writes for adults as well as children and her fiction covers a wide spectrum of different genres like fantasy, realistic fiction, magical realism, and historical fiction. Divakaruni’s first notable attempt in the field of literature was a collection of stories Arranged Marriage (1995), which won an American Book award and many other prestigious awards. This collection of stories established Divakaruni’s literary reputation. Her major novels include The Mistress of Spices (1997), Sister of My Heart (1999), Queen of Dreams (2004), The Palace of Illusions (2008), and Oleander Girl (2013).
BOOK REVIEW OF THE AUTHOR/WRITER Sophie Kinsella is a pseudonym of a bestselling British author, Madeleine Wickham. She was born on December 12, 1969 in London, England, the United Kingdom. She studied at New College, Oxford and worked as a financial journalist before turning to fiction. She lives in London, the United Kingdom, with her husband and family. She is best known for writing a popular series of chick-lit novels.
Pride and Prejudice Jane Austen is one of the greatest novelists of English Literature. She was born in 1775 at Steventon in Hampshire, in the south of England. Her father was Reverend George Austen, who was a well-educated clergyman and who encouraged Austen both in her reading and her writing. She started writing when she was fourteen, and by her early twenties she was already working on the first versions of some of her novels. She did not write about great events, like the French Revolution or the Napoleonic Wars, both of which happened during her lifetime.
Gothic Novel The sisters of Bronte certainly played a great part in the English literature. The sisters wrote in a style that is called Gothic novels or at times known as Gothic Horror; the style is an extension of the Romantic Association. The family of Bronte had six kids, Emily was the fifth child, and Charlotte was the third kid in the Bronte family. Their novels were acknowledged as extraordinary, and currently, they range as the literature of English classicism part. 'Jane Eyre ' is the one of the famous novels by Charlotte Bronte and also known as the most prominent novels in the Great Britain.