Great English Writers of the Last Century

Did you know that there were a lot of great writers in the last century?

Gilbert Keith Chesterton

G.K. Chesterton was an essayist with an opinion on any subject one cared to mention. He was witty, energetic, and conservative. He wrote excellent biographies of Charles Dickens, Robert Browning, and other English authors. Today, he is best known for his Father Brown mystery novels.

Herbert George Wells

H.G. Wells first discovered the rewards of reading when, as a boy, he was laid up with a broken leg. He pursued a career as a science teacher, but tuberculosis forced him to turn to writing. Wells is best known today for such science fiction novels such as The Time Machine and The War of the Worlds.

Beatrix Potter

Of all the writers of children's literature, perhaps none is better known and loved than Beatrix Potter. Miss Potter was the creator of peter Rabbit, Squirrel Nutkin, Benjamin Bunny, and other woodland characters in the twenty-five books written and illustrated by herself. Miss potter's first, and most famous, story was The Tale of Peter Rabbit.

Peter Rabbit


Sir Winston Churchill

Sir Winston Churchill is perhaps best remembered for his inspiring political leadership during the battle of Britain in 1940. Sir Winston Churchill was also a prolific writer of history and biography. Among his best works are The Second World War in six volumes and a History of the English-Speaking Peoples. In 1953 Churchill received the Nobel Prize for Literature and was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.

Dame Agatha Christie

Dame Agatha Christie was the leading writer of detective novels in the twentieth century. She wrote more than seventy-five successful novels. Her fist highly successful novel was The Murderer of Roger Ackroyd. She received the order of Dame of the British Empire in 1971.

Clive Staples Lewis

C. S. Lewis was a rare Christian author who found wide acceptance among both Christians and non-Christians. He was also a witty and persuasive spokesman for the values of Jesus Christ and the Bible. His best-known work is The Screwtape Letters. Another of his great works are The Chronicles of Narnia.

These great writers are only a few of many other great writers in the history of literature.

I learned this from my English subject.

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