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Austen, Jane - 1775-1817

"English writer who first gave the novel its distinctly modern character through her treament of ordinary people in everyday life." Encyclopaedia Britannica

Austin, Mary - 1868-1934

"A novelist and essayist who wrote on American Indian culture and social problems." Encyclopaedia Britannica

Bierce, Ambrose - 1842-1914?

"American newspaperman, wit, satirist, and author of sardonic short stories based on themes of death and horror, whose life ended in an unsolved mystery." Encyclopaedia Britannica

Conrad, Joseph - 1857-1924

Polish-born English novelist and short-story writer.

Crane, Stephen - 1871-1900

"American novelist, poet, and short-story writer, best known for his novels Maggie: A Girl of the Streets (1893) and The Red Badge of Courage (1895) and the short stories 'The Open Boat,' 'The Bride Comes to Yellow Sky,' and 'The Blue Hotel.' Encyclopaedia Britannica

Douglass, Frederick - 1817-1895

"One of the most eminent human-rights leaders of the 19th century. His oratorical and literary brilliance thrust him into the forefront of the U.S. Abolition movement, and he became the first black citizen to hold high rank in the U.S. government."Encyclopaedia Britannica

Goldman, Emma - 1869-1940

A major figure in the history of American radicalism and feminism.

Sinclair, Upton - 1878-1968

"American novelist and polemicist for socialism and other causes; his The Jungle is a landmark among naturalistic, proletarian novels." Encyclopaedia Britannica

Stevenson, Robert Louis

Thoreau, Henry David - 1817-1862

"American essayist, poet, and practical philosopher, renowned for having lived the doctrines of Transcendentalism as recorded in his masterwork, Walden (1854), and for having been a vigorous advocate of civil liberties, as evidenced in the essay 'Civil Disobedience' (1849)." - Encyclopaedia Britannica

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