Project Gutenberg 2011-08-14 Public domain in the USA. 151 Adams, Oscar Fay 1855 1919 09031314 A Brief Handbook of English Authors Reading ease score: 71.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Matthew Wheaton and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "A Brief Handbook of English Authors" by Oscar Fay Adams is a reference work written in the late 19th century. This handbook aims to provide concise information about notable English authors, their works, and their contributions to literature. It serves as an accessible resource for readers and students who may need quick references rather than delving into more extensive biographical texts. The opening of the book sets the stage for its purpose and structure, emphasizing its usability for everyday reference. Adams acknowledges the prominence of "conventional immortality" in the literary sphere, suggesting that many authors included are recognized more for circumstance than literary merit. It also hints at the vast and sometimes random nature of literary legacy, where many names survive in collective memory without a clear distinction of their merits. Overall, this introductory portion underscores the importance of both recognition and the varying degrees of literary influence that authors can have over time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/37072/37072-h/images/titlepage.jpg en English literature -- Bio-bibliography Great Britain -- Bio-bibliography Z Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Literature 343609 343555 2024-11-15T15:40:33.571575 2023-09-16T07:48:17.532015 text/html text/html 349691 2021-01-08T00:42:45 text/html; charset=us-ascii 123177 2021-01-08T00:42:45 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 136487 2024-11-15T15:40:39.772515 application/epub+zip 139829 2024-11-15T15:40:34.473530 application/epub+zip 139829 2024-11-15T15:40:33.999536 application/epub+zip 279343 2024-11-15T15:40:43.827527 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 220115 2024-11-15T15:40:39.268519 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 220294 2022-09-17T04:55:50.443548 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 275355 275229 2024-11-15T15:40:32.061575 2023-09-16T07:48:16.115028 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 275053 2021-01-08T00:42:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 101747 2021-01-08T00:42:45 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 275086 2021-01-08T00:42:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 101642 2021-01-08T00:42:45 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21817 2024-11-15T15:40:43.980649 application/rdf+xml 6937 2024-11-15T15:40:34.102538 image/jpeg 1451 2024-11-15T15:40:34.051554 image/jpeg 124495 2024-11-15T15:40:33.598580 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia