Intro to Narrative: Authors and Texts By Demarcations Dec 16, 1775 Jane Austen born Aug 15, 1816 Austen completes Persuasion Jul 18, 1817 Jane Austen died Jul 10, 1871 Marcel Proust born. Jan 7, 1891 Zora Neale Hurston born. Apr 10, 1899 Vladimir Nabokov born Jan 15, 1915 Swann's Way published Nov 18, 1922 Marcel Proust dies Aug 2, 1924 James Baldwin born Jan 15, 1937 Hurston publishes Their Eyes Were Watching God Jan 15, 1947 Lydia Davis born Feb 3, 1947 Paul Auster born Jan 15, 1955 Nabokov publishes Lolita Jan 15, 1956 Baldwin publishes Giovanni's Room Jan 28, 1960 Zora Neale Hurston dies Jul 2, 1977 Vladimir Nabokov dies Nov 30, 1987 James Baldwin dies Jan 15, 1995 Davis publishes The End of the Story Jan 15, 1999 Auster publishes Timbuktu Jan 20, 2009 Our class meets