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Famous Authors

Famous Authors

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This series offers historical documentaries featuring famous authors. Each episode offers a concise look at each author's life, their inspirations, and accomplishments. Narrated by renowned director Malcolm Hossick.

View of tan row of British homes. Text reads, “Jane Austen. 1775-1817.”
Famous Authors
Episode 1
35 minutes 11 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustration of a woman sitting in a chair under a tree with a little girl standing and leaning on her legs. Text reads, “Blake.”
Famous Authors
Episode 2
38 minutes 33 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Close up on a painting portrait of Nathaniel Hawthorne. Text reads, “Nathaniel Hawthorne.”
Famous Authors
Episode 3
36 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Painting of the three Bronte Sisters sitting together. Text reads, “The Bronte Sisters.”
Famous Authors
Episode 4
32 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white illustration shows an old shipping dock with wooden ships and boats in the water. Text reads, “Charles Dickens. Novelist for all.”
Famous Authors
Episode 5
37 minutes 2 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustration shows Edgar Allen Poe’s large white tombstone in the middle of downtown Baltimore. Text reads, “Edgar Allan Poe.”
Famous Authors
Episode 6
42 minutes 14 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Sepia-toned portrait of George Eliot in front of a black and white image of her home. Text reads, “George Eliot. Novelist. (Mary Anne Evans).”
Famous Authors
Episode 7
35 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white portrait of William Faulkner leaning against a brick wall. Behind the photo is a large white house with a path lined by trees leading up to it. Text reads, “William Faulkner. 1897-1962.”
Famous Authors
Episode 8
34 minutes 15 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white portrait of Scott Fitzgerald. Text reads, “Scott Fitzgerald. 1896-1940.”
Famous Authors
Episode 9
32 minutes 59 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white [portrait of Thomas Hardy with an old stone house behind it. Text reads, “Thomas Hardy.”
Famous Authors
Episode 10
35 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white photo of Ernest Hemingway leaning over his desk as he writes on a pad of paper. Text reads, “Ernest Hemingway. A gifted rebel.”
Famous Authors
Episode 11
29 minutes 36 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Portrait painting of Henry James with a colonial brick building behind it. Text reads, “Henry James.”
Famous Authors
Episode 12
36 minutes 49 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white photo of a large, old church and buildings around it. Text reads, “Ibsen’s birthplace.”
Famous Authors
Episode 13
38 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white photo of James Joyce standing with his hands in his pockets. Text reads, “James Joyce. 1882-1941.”
Famous Authors
Episode 14
36 minutes 53 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Illustration of John Keats’s profile. Text reads, “John Keats. Poet.”
Famous Authors
Episode 15
33 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Medieval portrait painting of Michel de Montaigne with a round stone building behind it. Text reads, “Michel de Montaigne. 1533-1592.”
Famous Authors
Episode 16
32 minutes 3 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white portrait of George Orwell. Text reads, “George Orwell. Novelist and Essayist. 1903-1950.”
Famous Authors
Episode 17
34 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Portrait painting of Sir Walter Scott with a large Scottish castle behind it. Text reads, “Sir Walter Scott. 1771-1832.”
Famous Authors
Episode 18
39 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Sculpture bust of William Shakespeare in a wooden case next to a stained glass window. Text reads, “William Shakespeare. Poet and Dramatist.”
Famous Authors
Episode 19
43 minutes 40 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
View of a large, old, white home. Text reads, “Percy Bysshe Shelley. Poet. 1792-1822.”
Famous Authors
Episode 20
36 minutes 55 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white portrait of John Steinbeck with rows of tilled soil behind it. Text reads, “John Steinbeck. 1902-1968.”
Famous Authors
Episode 21
39 minutes 13 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Statue bust of Jonathan Swift. Text reads, “Jonathan Swift. 1667-1745.”
Famous Authors
Episode 22
35 minutes 46 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white portrait of Mark Twain. Text reads, “Mark Twain. 1835-1910.”
Famous Authors
Episode 23
33 minutes 25 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white portrait of Walt Whitman looking at us with his head resting on his hand. Text reads, “Walt Whitman. 1819-1892.”
Famous Authors
Episode 24
29 minutes 48 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white photo of Victorian-era people of different ages standing from afar on a path in a park. Text reads, “Virginia Woolf. 1882-1941.”
Famous Authors
Episode 25
35 minutes 6 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white portrait of W.B. Yeats with a cross-shaped tombstone next to it. Text reads, “W.B. Yeats. Poet. 1865-1939.”
Famous Authors
Episode 26
33 minutes 50 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white Portrait of Emile Zola. Text reads, “Emile Zola, 1840-1902.”
Famous Authors
Episode 27
36 minutes 44 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
Black and white Illustration of Robert Louis Stevenson with a wooden ship behind him. Text reads, “Robert Louis Stevenson. 1850-1894.”
Famous Authors
Episode 28
33 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 10 - 12
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