Who wrote the drama “Faust”?
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
He worked on it for almost his whole life.
💡 Did you know? Faust makes a pact with the devil Mephisto.
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Who wrote the tragedy “Romeo and Juliet”?
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William Shakespeare
He is seen as the greatest dramatist in literature.
💡 Did you know? “Hamlet” and “Macbeth” are his too.
Who wrote the novel “War and Peace”?
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Leo Tolstoy
The novel is set during the Napoleonic Wars.
💡 Did you know? It is one of the longest novels ever written.
Who wrote “Crime and Punishment”?
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Fyodor Dostoevsky
The student Raskolnikov commits a murder.
💡 Did you know? The novel explores guilt and conscience.
Who wrote “The Metamorphosis”, in which a man turns into an insect?
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Franz Kafka
“Kafkaesque” means oppressively absurd.
💡 Did you know? He was barely known in his lifetime.
Who wrote “The Little Prince”?
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Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
“One sees clearly only with the heart.”
💡 Did you know? The author was himself a pilot.
Who wrote the dystopian novel “1984”?
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George Orwell
“Big Brother is watching you.”
💡 Did you know? “Orwellian” means a surveillance state.
Who wrote “Pride and Prejudice”?
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Jane Austen
It centres on Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy.
💡 Did you know? Her novels are set in England around 1800.
Who wrote “Don Quixote”, the tale of the knight who fights windmills?
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Miguel de Cervantes
It is seen as the first modern novel.
💡 Did you know? His servant is Sancho Panza.
Who wrote “The Tin Drum” and won the Nobel Prize in Literature?
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Günter Grass
His hero Oskar stops growing at three.
💡 Did you know? The novel is a landmark of the post-war era.
Who wrote the “Harry Potter” novels?
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J. K. Rowling
The series runs to seven volumes.
💡 Did you know? It became one of the best-selling book series ever.
Who wrote “The Lord of the Rings”?
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J. R. R. Tolkien
He even invented whole languages for his world.
💡 Did you know? He is seen as the father of modern fantasy.
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