Selected literary authors in English-speaking countries

  • Hamlet by William Shakespeare

    Hamlet by William Shakespeare
    In this year the Globe, the theatre were Shakespeare debuted most of his plays burned down
  • Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

    Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
    The Napoleonic Wars took place during Jane Austen's lifetime and in her novel 'Pride and Prejudice' officers are a big part in the plot.
  • Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

    Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
    In this year Britain and the United States set the boundaries between American Missouri and British North America (Canada)
  • Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

    Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
    In this year the United States was immersed in the Civil War and Britain decided to remain neutral.
  • Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll

    Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
    Abraham Lincoln was assassinated this year.
  • Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

    Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
    The novel is set during the American Civil War, which finished in 1865.
  • Dubliners by James Joyce

    Dubliners by James Joyce
    In 1914 the First World War broke out.
  • Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier

    Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier
    This novel was published a year before the start of the Second World War, and in 1938 the situation in Germany and Europe was already in crisis.
  • Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell

    Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
    In this year Germany split into two different nations
  • Once We Were Warriors by Alan Duff

    Once We Were Warriors by Alan Duff
    The UK reaches an agreement with Spain to reopen its border with Gibraltar
  • The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi

    The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi
    All of the former communist regimes of Eastern Europe were replaced by democratically elected governments. I