Here you can see the 10 most famous literary works of the best writers in history.
Images or words, this is eternal discussion. Some people enjoy the description a landscape more than viewing the landscape itself. The greatest writers are those who are able to make us vibrate by relating something that we can not see, feel or perceive, but that really reaches our deepest innerself. Although from the invention of photography, video and finally in the digital age reading a book seems more dispensable, from www.10famousworks.com we think that reading is essential for the cultural development of any human beings.
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10 Famous works of Mendelssohn (Hamburg, February 3, 1809-Leipzig, November 4, 1847) Born in Hamburg, Mendelssohn was a child prodigy from a very young age. During his childhood, he composed a number of operas and symphonies. Being only 9 years old, he made his public debut in Berlin. In 1819, Felix Mendelssohn entered the Singakademie music […]
10 famous works of Cervantes(Alcalá de Henares, 1547, Madrid, 1616) His biographers have established Alcalá de Henares as his birthplace and the day September 29, 1547. Of noble family but with little fortune, he had an itinerant childhood. That is why there is no certainty about where he recieves his elementary education. At the age […]
10 famous works of Tolstoy (Tula, 1828; Lipetsk, 1910) His long and hectic life is as memorable as his literary work. The count who lost his parents at an early age was born on August 28, 1828 and since then he began a search that led him to experience the horrors of war, carnal vices, isolation […]
Dostoyevsky (Moscow, 1821; St. Petersburg, 1881) Perhaps the secret of Dostoyevsky’s creative genius was his life on the edge. The most universal Russian writer in history was born on November 11, 1821, and his early years were decisive for the creation of his personality, his vocation and his obsessive desire to unravel the mystery of […]
(Portsmouth, 1812; Kent, 1870) The firstborn of Elizabeth and John Dickens was born on February 7. For as long as he could remember, he suffered the hardships caused by his father’s disordered life. His father, a professional shaman, could not provide him with a dignified education. But his gambling problems hit rock bottom when he […]
(Fráncfort del Meno, 1749; Weimar, 1832) He became the greatest figure in German literature, but his interests ranged from politics to science, from art to occultism. In life he was a respected intellectual who rubbed shoulders with the most illustrious names in his country’s culture and society. The preposition “von” of his surname was due […]
10 Best Works of Victor Hugo (Besanzón, 1802; París, 1885) On February 26, 1802, the year in which Napoleon Bonaparte proclaimed himself monarch of the First Empire, this beloved son of France is born. He had a long life, with ups and downs, but enjoyed recognition from a very young age. As a writer, he […]