Moths - OuidaOuida ( 1839- 1908) was the pen name of the English novelist Marie Louise de la Ramee . De la Ramee was born in Bury St Edmunds, England on January 7, 1839. She derived her pen name from her own baby-talk nickname for "Louise. During her career, she wrote
Second thoughts - Rhoda BroughtonRhoda Broughton ( November 29, 1840 June 5, 1920) was a novelist. Rhoda Broughton was born in Denbigh in north Wales. From an educated and well-to-do family, as a young girl she developed a taste for literature, especially poetry, and was encouraged by he
A Tramp Abroad - Mark TwainSamuel Langhorne Clemens ( November 30, 1835- April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain was a famous and popular American humorist, writer and lecturer. Mark Twain was also a steamboat pilot, gold prospector, and journalist. At his peak, he
Workers in the Dawn - George GissingGeorge Gissing ( November 22, 1857 December 28, 1903) was a British novelist. Although Victorian in chronological terms, his work marked a trend towards the cynicism of the 20th century novel. His best known work is the masterpiece New Grub Street''.