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Griswold, Hattie Tyng
1840
1909
Home Life of Great Authors
Goethe -- Robert Burns -- Madame de Staël -- William Wordsworth -- Thomas De Quincey -- Walter Scott -- Charles Lamb -- Christopher North -- Lord Byron -- Shelley -- Washington Irving -- William Cullen Bryant -- Ralph Waldo Emerson -- Thomas Carlyle -- Victor Hugo -- George Sand -- Thomas Babington Macaulay -- Edward Bulwer Lytton -- Alfred Tennyson -- Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Henry W. Longfellow -- John G. Whittier -- Oliver Wendell Holmes -- James Russell Lowell -- Robert and Elizabeth Browning -- Charlotte Bronté -- Margaret Fuller -- Edgar Allen Poe -- William Makepeace Thackeray -- Charles Dickens -- George Eliot -- Charles Kingsley -- John Ruskin.
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"Home Life of Great Authors" by Hattie Tyng Griswold is a collection of biographical sketches written in the late 19th century. The book explores the personal lives and home environments of several notable authors, focusing on aspects often overlooked in traditional biographies. Rather than providing in-depth critiques or comprehensive life histories, the work offers readers a glimpse into the domestic settings and unique circumstances that shaped the creative processes of these influential literary figures. The opening of the text presents a preface in which Griswold explains her intention to write these sketches for busy individuals who seek to connect with their favorite authors on a more personal level without delving into extensive literature. The beginning sections introduce Wolfgang Goethe's early life, detailing his upbringing in a gloomy house in Frankfort-on-the-Main, the influence of his parents, especially his supportive mother, and his initial manifestations of genius through early education and romantic interests. Thus, the initial chapters set the stage for a series of intimate portrayals that reveal how the inner lives of these authors were shaped by their home experiences. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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Reading ease score: 62.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.
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