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Jane Austen
1813
Famous for: Simpering fools, a spunky heroine, perhaps the greatest love story of all time.
William Shakespeare
1597
Famous for: Feuding families, a potion that mimics death, the lovers’ double-suicide.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
1884
Famous for: Larger-than-life characters, a searing message about slavery, and language that may make you uncomfortable (so check out Recap 5).
J. D. Salinger
1951
Famous for: Extreme teen angst, “phoniness,” Holden’s red hunting cap.
Arthur Miller
1953
Famous for: Midnight dancing in a Puritan forest, hysteria, super-twisted religion.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1925
Famous for: Wild parties, loads of cocktails, the green light at the end of the dock, a hit-and-run that ends it all.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
1850
Famous for: The scarlet letter A, a tormented minister who punishes himself in secret, a devilish husband determined to expose his wife’s darkest secret.
Henry James
1898
Famous for: AMBIGUITY. And some pretty creepy encounters with some pretty creepy ghosts.
