Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a magazine editor, a poet, a short story writer, a critic, and a lecturer. Biography and Career : Edgar Allan Poe introduced the British horror story, or the Gothic genre, to American literature, along with the detective story, science fiction, and literary criticism. Poe became a key figure in the...

Elizabeth Gaskell

Elizabeth Gaskell (full name Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell) was born on September 29, 1810 in London, England. She was an English novelist and short story writer during the Victorian era best known for her biography of Charlotte Bronte. Biography and Career : Her mother's name was Eliza Holland and she passed away when Elizabeth was a child. Her father, William Stevenson, was a Unitarian...