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Russel Crouse
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Charles Gordone
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Rolf Hochhuth
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Howard Lindsay
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Rachel Field
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Mary Coyle Chase
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Maurice Druon
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Joaquín Álvarez Quintero
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Serafín Álvarez Quintero
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Farkas Bolyai
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Mary Hayley Bell
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Jason Miller
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
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Samuel Johnson
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Pamela having divided her clothes into three bundles..., etching and engraving by Guillaume Philippe Benoist, 1745. Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded (1740) by Samuel Richardson.
Literary Terms (Part One) Quiz
Irish author Oscar Wilde, photograph (albumen silver print)by Napoleon Sarony, 1882.
English and Irish Playwrights (Part One) Quiz
William Shakespeare and Lord Chamberlain's Men performing "Love's Labour's Lost" for Queen Elizabeth I, from the Works of William Shakespeare; etching, dated c. mid-19th century.
English and Irish Playwrights (Part Two) Quiz
Row of colorful books on a bookshelf. Stack of books, pile of books, literature, reading. Homepage 2010, arts and entertainment, history and society
The Literary World