Autor: Lord Tennyson

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 April 21, 1910), known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. His novels include The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), the latter often called „The Great American Novel”. Sir Thomas Malory (c. 1415 14 March 1471) was an English writer, the author or compiler of Le Morte d”Arthur (originally titled The Whole Book of King Arthur and His Noble Knights of the Round Table). Since the late 19th century, he has generally been identified as Sir Thomas Malory of Newbold Revel in Warwickshire. Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 6 October 1892) was a British poet. He was the Poet Laureate of Great Britain and Ireland during much of Queen Victoria”s reign and remains one of the most popular British poets. In 1829, Tennyson was awarded the Chancellor”s Gold Medal at Cambridge for one of his first pieces, „Timbuktu”. He published his first solo collection of poems, Poems Chiefly Lyrical in 1830. „Claribel” and „Mariana”, which remain some of Tennyson”s most celebrated poems, were included in this volume.