George orwell (real name eric blair) was born on the 25th of june 1903 in india in a anglo-indian family, his father was a civil servant. in 1922, he joined the imperial indian police but he resigned in 1927. at this time, he went to europe and there he started to write. in his books (like down and out in london and paris ) he describes the misery

Wuthering heights wuthering heights,the book of emily bront ë is her only published novel printed in 1847,under the pseudonym ellis bell. summary: mr earnshow ,the owner of the manor wuthering heights,has two children:hindley and catherine. one day,coming back from a journey,he brings back an orphan:heathcliff. hindley finds himself robbed of his

Oscar wilde (1854-1900) oscar wilde was born in dublin on 1854. during his childhood, he was influenced by the literary talents of his mother, in particular, in poetry. furthermore, he frequented the medical background due to the profession of his father. between 1871 and 1874, in trinity school, he discovered literature and law. also, he integrate

Mccarthyism is an episode of the american history also known under the name of " red scare " and qualified frequently as witch hunt. it extends from 1950, with the appearance of senator joseph mccarthy on the front of the american political scene, to 1954, the vote of censure agaisnt mccarthy. during two years (1953/1954), the committee, chaired by

Richard brinsley sheridan (1751-1816) he was born in 1751 on the 30th of october, in dublin. he is the third son of thomas and frances sheridan. he was a very popular child at school and he left harrow school at the age of seventeen. he was placed under the care of a tutor. he was given in his childhood lessons of elocution, fencing and riding. wit

Lénine, staline and trotski firstly, all three are soviet and lived during the twentieth century. in addition, they strove for communism against occidentalism. in order to treat the question chronologically, i will start with lénine. vladimir ilitch oulianov, commonly called lénine, born in simbirsk (russia) on 22nd april 1879 and died in gorki-

English literature john ernst steinbeck john ernst steinbeck,was born in salinas (california) on 27th february 1902 and died in new york on 20th december 1968, was an american committed writer. he woefully performed his studies. after numerous failures, cup of gold in 1929 and the red pony in 1933, he started to make a reputation by writing of mice

William blake was born at 28 broad street, golden square, soho, where his father had a hosiery business. in 1767 he began to study at henry pars’ drawing class in the strand, and in 1771 was apprenticed to james basire of great queen street, lincoln’s inn fields, who was engraver to the society of antiquaries of london. in 1779 he was admitted

Bram stoker: bram stoker was born on 8 november 1847 in dublin, ireland. his parents were abraham stoker, from dublin, and charlotte mathilda blake thornley. stoker was the third of seven children. abraham and charlotte were members of the church of ireland parish of clontarf and attended the parish church with their children, who were baptised the

Pride and prejudice summary : pride and prejudice was written two hundred years ago by jane austen and it describes a year in the life of a small group of young people who live in the country near london in a period of change ( xviii and xix century). in the middle of this society we are able to find some special and funny people: the bennet, who l