World’s Greatest Writers…

World’s Greatest Writers…

William Shakespeare…

• English poet and playwright.• Stratford-upon-Avon in England.• Lord Chamberlain’s Men in London.• 38 plays,154 sonnets and numerous

poems.• 1589 and 1613.

Works…• Plays published in The First Folio.• Comedies, romance, histories and

tragedies.• First play- Henry VI (Love’s labour

lost)• To name a few…

– Midsummer night’s dream– Romeo and Juliet– Macbeth

• Reputation heightened in the 19th century.

‘All the world’s a stage,And all the men and women merely players;They have their exits and their entrances,

And one man in his time plays many parts’

JANE AUSTEN

• Jane Austen (16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English novelist whose works of romantic fiction set among the gentry have earned her a place as one of the most widely read and most beloved writers in English literature.

• Amongst scholars and critics, Austen's realism and biting social commentary have cemented her historical importance as a writer.

EARLY WORKS

• In 1793, Austen began and then abandoned a short play, later entitled Sir Charles Grandison or the happy Man, a comedy in 6 acts, which she returned to and completed around 1800.

• This was a short parody of various school textbook abridgments of Austen's favourite contemporary novel, The History of Sir Charles Grandison (1753), by Samuel Richardson.[46] Honan speculates that at some point not long after writing Love and Freindship.

Mark Twain…

• Samuel Langhorne Clemens.• Genre: Fiction, travels, social

commentary, children’s literature.• American author and humourist.• Light, humourous verse .• Evolved into the noted satire and

hypocrisy.

Works…• Major

publications– The

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

– Tom Sawyer

– The Prince and the Pauper.

• Used different pen-names like ‘Josh’ and ‘Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass’

• Origin of the pen-name ‘Mark Twain’ :

• Mississippi riverboats

• ‘Fathom’ unit of depth

• Riverboat man's cry ‘Mark Twain’

J.K.Rowling

• Joanne ‘Jo’ Murray(31 JULY 1965)

• British novelist• ‘Harry Potter’ series

most successful fantasy of all times

• Delayed train journey from Manchester to London• “Harry just strolled into my head fully formed.”• Potter originally rejected by 12 publishing

companies• Finally published by Bloomsbury• 400 Million copies have been sold

• Rowling best known for her ‘rags-to-riches’ story

•Born in England, loved fantasy since childhood

•Wrote stories and read them to her sister

The Success Story…

• 1st person to become a U.S dollar billionaire by writing books

• 2nd richest female entertainer• Légion d’honneur by French

President Nicolas Sarkozy.• Charity work- One Parent Families

,Volant Charitable Trust,Multiple Sclerosis society etc.

• The most notable success story.

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

• Dan Brown (born June 22, 1964) is an American author of thriller fiction, best known for the 2003 bestselling novel, The Da Vinci Code. Brown's novels, which are treasure hunts set in a 24-hour time period.

• Dan Brown was born and raised in Exeter, New Hampshire, USA, the eldest of three children. Brown grew up on the campus of Phillips Exeter Academy.

Dan Brown

• American novelist.• Genres: Thriller fiction, ancient

mysteries and conspiracies.• Graduated from Phillips Exeter

University and spent a year abroad to study History in the University of Seville.

• Got inspired by Sidney Sheldon’s ‘The Doomsday Conspiracy’

FAMOUS NOVELS THE DA VINCI CODE: The Da Vinci Code is a 2003 mystery-detective fiction novel written

by American author Dan Brown. It follows symbologist Robert Langdon and Sophie Neveu as they investigate a murder in Paris's Louvre Museum and discover a battle between the Priory of Sion and Opus Dei over the possibility of Jesus Christ of Nazareth having been married to Mary Magdalene.

ANGELS AND DEMONS: Angels & Demons is a 2000 bestselling mystery-thriller novel written by American author Dan Brown and published by Pocket Books. It revolves around the quest of fictional Harvard University symbologist Robert Langdon to uncover the mysteries of a secret society called the Illuminati and to unravel a plot to annihilate Vatican City using destructive antimatter. The book uses the idea of a historical conflict between science and religion, particularly that between the Illuminati and the Roman Catholic Church.

Works…

• Novels featuring Robert Langdon as the lead character.

• Based on historical themes and Christianity.• 24-hour treasure-hunts involving on

cryptography,keys,symbols,codes,ancient societies etc.

• Translated into over 40 languages and sold 80 million copies world-wide.

• Other novels:Digital fortress , Deception point,The Lost Symbol

• Created controversies due to historical themes and Christianity as recurring motifs