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Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller; 15
September 1890 – 12 January 1976) was an English writer known for her
sixty-six detective novels and fourteen short story collections, particularly
those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss
Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play The
Mousetrap, performed in the West End since 1952, as well as six
Agatha Christie romances under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott.
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Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (27 January 1832 – 14 January 1898), better
known by his pen name Lewis Carroll, was an English writer of children's
fiction, notably Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and its sequel Through
the Looking-Glass. He was noted for his facility at word play, logic, and
fantasy. The poems Jabberwocky and The Hunting of the Snark are
classified in the genre of literary nonsense. He was also
a mathematician, photographer, and Anglican deacon.
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James Fenimore Cooper (September 15, 1789 – September 14, 1851) was
an American writer of the first half of the 19th century. His historical
romances depicting frontier and Native American life from the 17th to
the 19th centuries created a unique form of American literature. He lived
much of his boyhood and the last fifteen years of life in Cooperstown,
New York, which was founded by his father William on property that he
owned. Among his most famous works is the Romantic novel The Last of
James Fenimore Cooper the Mohicans, often regarded as his masterpiece.
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Pearl Zane Grey (January 31, 1872 – October 23, 1939) was an American
author and dentist best known for his popular adventure novels and
stories associated with the Western genre in literature and the arts; he
idealized the American frontier. Riders of the Purple Sage (1912) was his
best-selling book.
In addition, this books have had second lives and continuing influence
having been adapted into 112 films, two television episodes, and a
television series.
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