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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1859. Before starting his writing career, Doyle attended medical school, where he met the professor who would later inspire his most famous creation, Sherlock Holmes. A Study in Scarlet was Doyle's first novel; he would go on to write more than sixty stories featuring Sherlock Holmes. He died in England in 1930.
Arthur Machen est né à Caerlon-on-Usk (Royaume-Uni) le 3 mars 1863. En 1885 un "Catalogue occultiste" puis devient journaliste et traducteur. Son oeuvre compte une trentaine d'ouvrages se rattachant principalement à la littérature fantastique. Parmi ses principaux récits, citons notamment "Le Grand Dieu Pan" (1894). Il est mort à Beaconsfield le 15 décembre 1947.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–49) reigned unrivaled in his mastery of mystery during his lifetime and is now widely held to be a central figure of Romanticism and gothic horror in American literature. Born in Boston, he was orphaned at age three, was expelled from West Point for gambling, and later became a well-regarded literary critic and editor. "The Raven," published in 1845, made Poe famous. He died in 1849 under what remain mysterious circumstances and is buried in Baltimore, Maryland.
Wilkie Collins (January 8, 1824-September 23, 1889) was the author of thirty novels, more than sixty short stories, fourteen plays (including an adaptation of The Moonstone), and more than one hundred nonfiction pieces. His best-known works are The Woman in White, The Moonstone, Armadale, and No Name.
Ambrose Bierce (1842-1913) est un écrivain américain. Combattant de la guerre de Sécession du côté de l’Union, il est blessé et quitte l’armée pour entreprendre une carrière de journaliste et d’écrivain. Brillant, cruel et imagé, il est l’un des maîtres de la nouvelle américaine.
Rudyard Kipling was born in Bombay (now known as Mumbai), India, but returned with his parents to England at the age of five. Among Kipling’s best-known works are The Jungle Book, Just So Stories, and the poems “Mandalay” and “Gunga Din.” Kipling was the first English-language writer to receive the Nobel Prize for literature (1907) and was among the youngest to have received the award.
Guy de Maupassant (1850-1893) a passé son enfance en Normandie. Il s'est imposé comme l'un des écrivains majeurs du XIXe siècle, au même titre que ses amis Zola et Flaubert, son maître spirituel. Auteur de contes, de romans et de nouvelles, son écriture le situe dans le mouvement réaliste et naturaliste.
Lord Dunsany (1878-1957)
Born in London of an Anglo-Irish family that could trace its roots back to the twelfth century, Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany, was a globetrotter, sportsman, hunter, poet, playwright and chessplayer. He wrote The Gods of Pegana in 1904, which became an unexpected succès d'estime and was followed by several collections which have been an inspiration for modern fantasy writers.
Titre : The Greatest Ghost and Horror Stories Ever Written: volume 7 (30 short stories)
EAN : 9789897784347
Éditeur : Pandora's Box
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