A prominent American sociologist, novelist, short story writer, poet, and lecturer for social reform, Charlotte Perkins Gilman was a "e;utopian feminist.
EmileZola described the intention of his work with these words: "e;I want to portray, at the outset of a century of liberty and truth, a family that can not restrain itself in its rush to possess all the good things that progress is making available and is derailed by its own momentum, the fatal convulsions that accompany the birth of a new world.
Ce livre est une création de Manuel Garcia, une véritable mine de plaisirs interdits et de rencontres passionnées, spécialement conçue pour satisfaire les appétits érotiques les plus audacieux des lecteurs gays adultes.
Hugh Walpole's skill at scene-setting and vivid plots, as well as his high profile as a lecturer, brought him a large readership in the United Kingdom and North America.
George Ade's greatest recognition came with Fables in Slang (1899), a national best-seller that was followed by a weekly syndicated fable and by 11 other books of fables.
Alexei Maximovich Peshkov, better known as Maxim Gorky, was a Russian author considered the father of Soviet revolutionary literature and founder of the doctrine of socialist realism.