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A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction. Virginia Woolf A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.Writers and WritingQuotations by Virginia Woolf
James Joyce (1882) Joyce was an Irish novelist—perhaps the most influential and significant novelist of the 20th century. After publishing his story collection, The Dubliners, and the autobiographical novel Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, he spent seven years writing Ulysses, which is now widely regarded by many as the greatest English-language novel of the 20th century. It embodies a highly ...
We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print. Virginia Woolf We are nauseated by the sight of trivial personalities decomposing in the eternity of print.Writers and WritingQuotations by Virginia Woolf
Stendhal (1783) Stendhal was the pen name of Marie-Henri Beyle, a prominent 19th-century French writer. His work, though unappreciated by the Romantic writers who dominated literature during his lifetime, has gained widespread acclaim in the last century for its irony and psychological complexity. His major novels include The Red and the Black and The Charterhouse of Parma, and his early work, On ...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882) FDR's policies in the 1930s and 40s shaped the economic and political character of the US for the remainder of the century. Elected to an unprecedented four presidential terms, his inspirational leadership guided the nation through the Great Depression and to victory in World War II. He was an advocate for the underprivileged of his time, and he supported the ...