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Shakespeare, William

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was an English playwright, poet, and actor, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's preeminent dramatist, whose works include comedies, tragedies, and histories.

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Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was an English novelist who wrote the Gothic masterpiece *Frankenstein* at the age of twenty. The daughter of political philosopher William Godwin and feminist Mary Wollstonecraft, she crafted a seminal work of science fiction that explores the perils of unchecked ambition and the necessity of empathy.

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Smollett, T. (Tobias)

Tobias Smollett (1721-1771) was a Scottish novelist, poet, and historian renowned for his picaresque novels that satirized 18th-century British society. A former naval surgeon whose experiences at sea profoundly shaped his writing, he produced works that combined sharp social commentary with episodic adventure narratives, establishing him as a major figure in the development of the English novel.

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Stevenson, Robert Louis

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) was a Scottish novelist, poet, and essayist best known for adventure classics like Treasure Island and the Gothic novella The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which explores themes of duality and moral transgression in Victorian society.

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