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The first work of Germanic literature.
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They come from earlier sources from Norway, Britain and Burgundy. They took shape in Iceland. Eddas: The Old Norse name given to two important collections of early Icelandic writing.
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William Langland writes an epic poem that shows ,in an everday language, the state of English society in the timespan following the black death.
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Geoffrey Chaucer, the writer of the Canterbury Tales (which were truly popular in Mediaeval England), only finished 24 by the time of his death.
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Thomas Malory, in his work, Le Morte D'Arthur (Arthur's Death), retells the experiences of the Kings of the Round table.
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William Tyndale was a British Scholar who believed that everyone should read the bible in their own language.
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Written in the 16th century by Edmund Spenser, is a poem following the adventures of a knight in 12 books.
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Most commonly shortened to Hamlet, is a play by William Shakespeare set in Denmark and it is one of Shakespeare's most famous tragedies.
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John Smith publishes an account of his exploration of the region.
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John Locke publishes his essay arguing that people learn based on experience
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Deemed as a huge scholar achievement, Samuel Johnson's dictionary took over eight years to compile. He thought that the English language needed order.
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The oldest English-language that began to appear in Edinburgh (Scotland). It was published by a society of Gentlemen in Scotland
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Published from 1837 to 1839 by Charles Dickens, was a work that through the journey of Oliver Twist (main character), depicted the poverty in London at the time.
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Thanks to his 20 years of research, Charles Darwin puts forward the theory of evolution in his work: On the origin of the species.
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At first, he told the story to Henry Liddell's three daughters and until 1863, he wrote the whole story out. It was originally entitled ''Alice's adventures Under Ground''
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Robert Louis Stevenson published his work aiming to split two personalities of a character.
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle publishes his first novel featuring Sherlock Holmes in 1887. He wrote the story in six weeks
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Published by Beatrix Potter
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Written by George Orwell, is a novel about a totalitarian state.
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Written by C.S. Lewis. It is the first Narnia book.
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First book featuring James Bond. Written by Ian Fleming
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J.K. Rowling's first book about Harry Potter: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's stone is published.