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• H. G. Wells is a British science fiction writer.
• His famous works:
- The Time Machine,
- The Invisible Man,
- The War of the Worlds,
- The Island of Dr. Moreau.

Source: Live MCQ lecture.

- An apparently self-contradictory statement that hides a rational meaning is called paradox.
- Some example of paradox:
• The world will be saved by failure.
• Cowards die many times before their deaths.
• There is no one so poor as a wealthy miser.
• Sweet are the uses of adversity.
• The world will be saved by failure.
• Ignorance is strength.
• I must be cruel only to be kind.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.

- Eric Hugh Blair is the real name of George Orwell.
- O' Henry was an American famous short story writer.
- His real name is William Sidney Porter.
- O' Henry is his Penname.
- He is famous for his story The Gift of the Magi.
- Samuel Langhorne Clemens is the real name of Mark Twain.
- Mary Ann Evans is the real name of George Eliot.

Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica.

• Pearl S. Buck is a famous American female novelist and writer.
• She awarded Nobel Prize in 1938 for her rich and truly epic description of peasant life in China (The Good Earth).
• She was the first American woman to win the Nobel Prize for literature.
• His famous works:
- The Good Earth,
- Pavilion of Women,
- Imperial Women,
- A House Divided.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture.

• James Joyce is famous for his Narrative Technique known as 'Stream of Consciousness'.
• His famous novels:
- Exiles,
- Ulysses,
- A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man,
- Chamber Music.

Source: Live MCQ lecture.

• Cavalier Poets of english literature:
- Richard Lovelace,
- Sir John Suckling,
- Robert Herrick,
- Thomas Carew.
• Metaphysical Poets of english literature:
- John Donne,
- George Herbert,
- Abraham Cowley,
- Henry Vaughan,
- Andrew Marvell,
- John Cleveland,
- Richard Crashaw
• University Wits of english literature:
- Christopher Marlowe,
- Robert Greene,
- Thomas Nashe,
- Thomas Lodge,
- George Peele,
- John Lyly,
- Thomas Kyd.

Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica.

- Francis Bacon is the Father of English Essay and Father of Modern Prose.
- His famous quotations:
- Revenge is a kind of wild justice.
- Wonder is the seed of knowledge.
- Opportunity makes a thief.
- It is impossible to love and be wise.
- History makes man wise.
- Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.
- Studies serve for delight, for ornament and for ability.
- Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested of studies.
- Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, written an exact man.
- The secret of success is the constancy of purpose.
- Unmarried men are best friends, best Masters, best servants but not always best subjects.
- Old wood best to burns, old wine to drink, old friends to trust and old author to read.

Source: Live MCQ Lecture and The Oxford Dictionary of Quotation.

- Christopher Marlowe is the Father of English Drama/Tragedy.
- He is a famous University wit.
- He is the founder of Blank Verse in English Literature.
- His famous works:
• Doctor Faustus,
• The Jew of Malta,
• Tambeurlaine the Great,
• Edward II,
• Didu, Queen of Carthage etc.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman.

• Lord Alfred Tennyson was a Victorian Poet.
• He is best known for his melodious language.
• He was represented of the Victorian Age.
• His notable works:
- Poems,
- In Memoriam,
- Maud and other Poems
• His famous poems:
- Oenone,
- Ulysses,
- Lotus Eaters,
- Locksley Hall,
- Tears Idle Tears,
- Tithonus,
- The Two Voices,
- The Lady of Shalott,
- Vision of Sin,
- Morte D'Arthur etc.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr M Mofizar Rahman and Encyclopedia of Britannica.

• Lord Alfred Tennyson was a famous Victorian Poet.
• He is best known for his melodious language.
• He was represented of the Victorian Age.
• His famous poems:
- Oenone,
- Ulysses,
- Lotus Eaters,
- Locksley Hall,
- Tears Idle Tears,
- Tithonus,
- The Two Voices,
- The Lady of Shalott,
- Vision of Sin,
- Morte D'Arthur etc.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr M Mofizar Rahman and Live MCQ lecture.

• Edmund Burke was an Irish statesman, economist, and philosopher.
• He was born in Dublin.
• He served as a member of parliament between 1766 and 1794 in the House of Commons of Great Britain with the Whig Party after moving to London in 1750.
• His famous quotations:
- Fear is the mother of safety.
- Power and authority are sometimes bought by kindness.
- The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
- Superstition is the religion to feeble minded persons.

• Man and Superman is a famous play which is written by G. B. Shaw.
• Important character of Man and Superman:
- John Tanner,
- Hector Malone,
- Ann Whitefield,
- Mendoza,
- Roebuck Ramsden,
- Octavius Robinson,
- Violet Robinson,
- Susan Ramsden etc.

Source: Man and Superman by G. B. Shaw.

• William Shakespeare is the greatest English dramatist.
• He was born on 23 April, 1564 AD and died on 23 April, 1616 AD.
• His Birth place is Stratford Avon.
• He is often called the bard of Avon.
• 'The Tempest' is a famous comedy of William Shakespeare.
• Important Character of The Tempest:
- Calliban,
- Ariel,
- Miranda,
- Ferdinand,
- Prosperno etc.

Source: Encyclopedia of Britannica and The Tempest.

• Pamela or Virtue Rewarded, the first English novel, is written by Samuel Richardson.
• Beowulf is the Earliest Epic in English literature.
• Gorboduc, the first English tragedy, is written by Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville.
• Volpone is a famous play which was written by Ben Jonson.

Source: An ABC of English Literature, Dr. M Mofizar Rahman and Live MCQ Lecture.