This site focuses on Virgil and his epic poem The Aeneid including links to the full text of the poem and a short biography of Virgil.

This site focuses on the author Jules Verne. It includes a link to his biography and links to the full text of eleven novels: 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Around the World in 80 Days, Eight Hundred Leagues on the Amazon, Five Weeks in a...

This site provides a detailed biography of Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956 CE), and includes information on his publications including "Winnie-the-Pooh," and "The House at Pooh Corner."

This site focuses on Edgar Allan Poe's life and his short stories. It includes a link to a Poe biography and links to the full text of 53 of his short stories including the following: "The Black Cat," "The Tale Tell Heart," "The Fall of...

This site focuses on Beatrix Potter including a link to her biography and a link to the full text of her book The Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter, a collection of her children's tales.

This page contains a listing of authors from the Arabic world. Authors are listed in alphabetical order according to their last name. To find an author, click on the name and you'll be taken to that writer's page where it contains a...

This site has biographical information on the life and works of Guy de Maupassant. Also included is French text from some of his stories. Listed here are his stories written in French.

A biography on Maryse Conde which discusses her literary career. Also provides an extensive biography of her work.

Biographical information on the German poet and novelist Herman Hesse (1877-1962).

A biography on the life of Paul Claudel, a prominent figure in the whole French Catholic Renaissance of the early part of the twentieth century. Also provides a complete list of all of his works.

A biography on the life of Miguel de Unamuno, accompanied by a bibliography of his works.

A detailed biography on the works of African American writer and 1993 Nobel Prize for Literature winner, Toni Morrison. Contains information on the themes and subject matters of her most famous books while also giving some information on...

This page provides you with biographical information on the life of Hans Christian Andersen.

A biography on the life of Heinrich Boll discusses many of his famous writings. Boll's works portrayed Germany after World War II with a deep moral vision and attacked the materialistic values of the post-war society. Also contains a...

PBS web page featuring quotes and biographical information on this Native American author & professor. Includes a jolly photograph!

Novel Guide offers a biography on author Graham Greene including an analysis of his book, "The Power and the Glory."

The biography on this Italian poet is thorough and contains a selected bibliography.

A very thorough biography on German playwright Bertolt Brecht. Discusses his upbringing, his career as a playwright, and his overall controversial life.

This site has a picture, biographical information, and links on Theodore Dreiser. A good place to find links to full-texts of his work.

Canadian poets can be heard reading their own works on this site. Each author has a short biography and a link to any individual website.

This site from Fordham University provides Thomas Carlyle's (1795-1881 CE) comments on Walter Scott (1771-1832 CE). This site includes biographical information.

A biography of Gordimer which focuses on her writing. Includes a bibliography of her works.

Read about Mary Ann Cross -- better known as George Eliot -- who was the author of "Middlemarch" and "Silas Marner." This page includes biographical information as well as insight into individual literary works by Eliot.

This Bibliomania website features a biographical sketch of the Victorian era author Anthony Trollope. Links are provided to full-text selections from Trollope's works.