This document provides summaries of several famous English authors and their notable works. It describes William Shakespeare as one of the greatest English writers and playwrights, known for plays like Hamlet, King Lear, Macbeth and Othello. Daniel Defoe is noted as one of the first novelists and helped popularize the genre with his novel Robinson Crusoe. Robert Burns was a Scottish poet who wrote hundreds of songs and poems about country life, love and national pride.

1. Манаков Кирило Гурток “Enjoy English” (кер. Бєльська С. М.)

2. William
Shakespeare
(1564-1616)
- an English poet and playwright,
often considered the greatest
English-language writer and one of
the best playwrights in the world.
He is often called England's
national poet. His most famous
works are “Hamlet”, “King Lear”,
“Macbeth” and “Othello”.

3. Daniel Defoe
(1660-1731 )
- an English writer and
publicist. He is most famous
for his novel “Robinson
Crusoe”. Defoe is considered
one of the first supporters of
the novel as a genre. He
helped popularize the genre
in the UK, and some consider
him one of the founders of
the English novel.

4. Robert Burns
(1759-1796)
- a Scottish poet who wrote
hundred of songs and poems,
mainly on country life, love
and national pride. His
famous poems are “A Red,
Red Rose” and “My Heart's
In The Highlands”.

5. Walter Scott
( 1771-1832 )
- a Scottish writer and a poet,
especially famous for his
stories of Scottish life,
several of them are based on
historical characters, such as
“Ivanhoe” and “The Heart of
Midlothian”.

6. Charles Dickens
-an English writer, novelist and
essayist. He became the most
popular English-language writer
during his lifetime. A classic of
world literature, one of the
largest prose writers of the 19th
century. He wrote such classic
novels as ”Oliver Twist”, ”A
Christmas Carol”, ”David
Copperfield”, ”A Tale of Two
Cities” and ”Great
Expectations”.
(1812-1870)

7. Lewis Carroll
(1832-1898)
-an English writer,
mathematician, logician,
philosopher. His most famous
books include “Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland” and
“ Through the Looking-Glass”.

8. Oscar Wilde
(1854-1900)
- an Irish poet and playwright.
He was a popular literary figure
in late Victorian England. His
most famous works are “The
Picture of Dorian Gray” and
“The Importance of Being
Earnest”.