The Nether World - 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''.
Three Men in a BoatThree Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog! published 1889, is a humorous account by Jerome K. Jerome of a boating holiday on the Thames between Kingston and Oxford. The book was intended initially to be serious, with accounts of local history of plac - Jerome K. JeromeJerome Klapka Jerome ( May 2, 1859 June 14, 1927) was an English author, best known for the humorous travelogue Three Men in a Boat''. He was born in Walsall (now in the West Midlands, but then in Staffordshire), where there is now a museum in his honour,
Thus Spoke Zarathustra - Friedrich NietzscheFriedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ( October 15, 1844 August 25, 1900) was a highly influential German philosopher. His Life Nietzsche was born on October 15, 1844 in the small town of Rocken bei Lutzen, not too far from Leipzig, Saxony. He was born on the 49th
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July 5July 5 is the 186th day of the year (187th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 179 days remaining. Events 1610 John Guy sets sail from Bristol with 39 other colonists for Newfoundland. 1687 Isaac Newton's Philosophiae Naturalis Principia Mathem - Jean CocteauJean Maurice Eugene Clement Cocteau ( July 5, 1889 October 11, 1963) was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, and filmmaker. He was born at Maisons-Laffitte, France, a small town near Paris. His versatility, unconventionality, and enormous output, writer