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Derek Prouse

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Derek Prouse

Derek Prouse, along with Donald Watson, is the translator of Ionesco’s Bérenger Plays.

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The Bérenger Plays: The Killer, Rhinoceros, Exit the King, Strolling in the Air

By Eugène Ionesco

This collection brings together the four plays that feature Ionesco’s everyman protagonist Jean Bérenger. In ‘The Killer’, he comes across a “radiant city”, an ideal civilization which is being terrorized by a killer, whom he tries to help apprehend. In ‘Rhinoceros’, he is the only person in a provi…

Donald Watson

By william on February 12, 2018 in

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Donald Watson

Donald Watson, along with Derek Prouse, is the translator of Ionesco’s Bérenger Plays.

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The Bérenger Plays: The Killer, Rhinoceros, Exit the King, Strolling in the Air

By Eugène Ionesco

François Rabelais

By william on February 9, 2018 in

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François Rabelais

The monk and French Renaissance polymath François Rabelais (c.1494–1553), best known for his novels Pantagruel and Gargantua, is considered one of the greatest writers of early-modern European literature.

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Pantagruel and Gargantua

Edward Lear

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Edward Lear

Edward Lear (1812–88) was an English painter and writer known primarily for his nonsense verse and for popularizing the limerick. His poem ‘The Owl and the Pussycat’ remains one of the nation’s favourites. An intrepid traveller, Lear explored Syria, Egypt and India, among many other places. He published three volumes of bird and animal drawings, seven illustrated travel books and four books of nonsense.

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The Complete Nonsense Books

Geoffrey Chaucer

By william on February 9, 2018 in

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Geoffrey Chaucer

Considered the father of English literature, Geoffrey Chaucer (c.1340–1400) led a fascinating life that included being imprisoned and ransomed in France and embarking on a host of diplomatic missions that took him across Europe and exposed him to new literary influences. Best known for Troilus and Criseyde and The Canterbury Tales, Geoffrey Chaucer was the first poet to be buried in Westminster Abbey.

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The Canterbury Tales

Washington Irving

By william on February 9, 2018 in

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Washington Irving

Best known for his short stories ‘Rip Van Winkle’ and ‘The Legend of Sleepy Hollow’, the writer and diplomat Washington Irving (1783–1859) was the first American author to become an international best-selling author.

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Ghostly Tales

Horace Walpole

By william on February 9, 2018 in

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Horace Walpole

Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Oxford (1717–97), was a writer, antiquarian and Whig politician best known for his letter-writing and for The Castle of Otranto, the first Gothic novel.

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The Castle of Otranto

Alexandre Dumas

By william on February 9, 2018 in

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Alexandre Dumas

As well as being a playwright and journalist, the aristocrat Alexandre Dumas (1802–70) was a prolific and hugely popular writer of historical novels.

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The Thousand and One Ghosts

Hugh Lofting

By william on February 9, 2018 in

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Hugh Lofting

Best known for his Doctor Dolittle books, Hugh Lofting (1886–1947) first had the idea for his unusual country doctor while writing to his children from the front during the First World War. The twelve books that followed are loved by children across the globe.

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The Story of Dr Dolittle

Jean-Paul Sartre

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Jean-Paul Sartre

The father of Existentialism and one of the key figures of French twentieth-century philosophy, Jean-Paul Sartre (1905–80) was equally famous for his plays, novels and political writings.

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Politics and Literature

The Wall and Other Stories

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