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Copyright © 2015 by Jim Bernhard All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner without the express written consent of the publisher, except in the case of brief excerpts in critical reviews or articles. All inquiries should be addressed to Skyhorse Publishing, 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10018. Skyhorse Publishing books may be purchased in bulk at special discounts for sales promotion, corporate gifts, fund-raising, or educational purposes. Special editions can also be created to specifications. For details, contact the Special Sales Department, Skyhorse Publishing, 307 West 36th Street, 11th Floor, New York, NY 10018 or [email protected]. Skyhorse® and Skyhorse Publishing® are registered trademarks of Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.®, a Delaware corporation. Visit our website at www.skyhorsepublishing.com. 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available on file. Cover design by Tom Lau Cover photo credit: Thinkstock Print ISBN: 978-1-63450-241-2 Ebook ISBN: 978-1-51070061-1 Printed in the United States of America For Ginger Contents Last Words First: An Introduction The Classical Age AESCHYLUS (525–456 BC) SOPHOCLES (497–406/5 BC) EURIPIDES (485/480–406 BC) SOCRATES (469–399 BC) PLATO (428–347 BC) ARISTOTLE (384–322 BC) VIRGIL (70–19 BC) HORACE (65–8 BC) OVID (43 BC–17 AD) MARCUS AURELIUS (121–180 AD) The Middle Ages AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO (354–430) THOMAS AQUINAS (1225–1274) DANTE ALIGHIERI (1265–1321) GEOFFREY CHAUCER (1343–1400) The Renaissance MIGUEL DE CERVANTES (1547–1616) WALTER RALEIGH (1552–1618) FRANCIS BACON (1561–1626) CHRISTOPHER MARLOWE (1564–1593) WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (1564–1616) JOHN DONNE (1572–1631) BEN JONSON (1572–1637) JOHN MILTON (1608–1674) MOLIÈRE (1622–1673) BLAISE PASCAL (1623–1662) The Enlightenment JONATHAN SWIFT (1667–1745) ALEXANDER POPE (1688–1744) VOLTAIRE (1694–1778) BENJAMIN FRANKLIN (1706–1790) SAMUEL JOHNSON (1709–1784) THOMAS PAINE (1737–1809) JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE (1749–1832) The Romantic Era WILLIAM WORDSWORTH (1770–1850) SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE (1772–1834) JANE AUSTEN (1775–1817) LORD BYRON (1788–1824) PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY (1792–1822) JOHN KEATS (1795–1821) MARY SHELLEY (1797–1851) The Victorian Era JOHN HENRY NEWMAN (1801–1890) RALPH WALDO EMERSON (1803–1882) NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE (1804–1864) ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING (1806–1861) HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW (1807–1882) EDGAR ALLAN POE (1809–1849) ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON (1809–1892) MARGARET FULLER (1810–1850) CHARLES DICKENS (1812–1870) ROBERT BROWNING (1812–1889) CHARLOTTE BRONTË (1816–1855) HENRY DAVID THOREAU (1817–1862) WALT WHITMAN (1819–1892) HERMAN MELVILLE (1819–1891) GEORGE ELIOT (1819–1880) FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY (1821–1881) LEO TOLSTOY (1828–1910) EMILY DICKINSON (1830–1886) LOUISA MAY ALCOTT (1832–1888) MARK TWAIN (1835–1910) THOMAS HARDY (1840–1928) ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON (1850–1894) OSCAR WILDE (1854–1900) The Modern Era GEORGE BERNARD SHAW (1856–1950) ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE (1859–1930) ANTON CHEKHOV (1860–1904) RUDYARD KIPLING (1865–1936) ROBERT FROST (1874–1963) JACK LONDON (1876–1916) SHERWOOD ANDERSON (1876–1941) CARL SANDBURG (1878–1967) VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882–1941) JAMES JOYCE (1882–1941) FRANZ KAFKA (1883–1924) EZRA POUND (1885–1972) T. S. ELIOT (1888–1965) EUGENE O’NEILL (1888–1953) ROBERT BENCHLEY (1889–1945) AGATHA CHRISTIE (1890–1976) DOROTHY L. SAYERS (1893–1957) DOROTHY PARKER (1893–1967) JAMES THURBER (1894–1961) OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN II (1895–1960) F. SCOTT FITZGERALD (1896–1940) WILLIAM FAULKNER (1897–1962) FEDERICO GARCIA LORCA (1898–1936) ERNEST HEMINGWAY (1899–1961) HART CRANE (1899–1932) NOËL COWARD (1899–1973) EVELYN WAUGH (1903–1966) GRAHAM GREENE (1904–1991) SAMUEL BECKETT (1906–1989) W. H. AUDEN (1907–1973) TENNESSEE WILLIAMS (1911–1983) DYLAN THOMAS (1914–1953) THOMAS MERTON (1915–1968) ARTHUR MILLER (1915–2005) ROALD DAHL (1916–1990) HAROLD PINTER (1930–2008) JOHN UPDIKE (1932–2009) SYLVIA PLATH (1932–1963) JOE ORTON (1933–1967) SUSAN SONTAG (1933–2004) NORA EPHRON (1941–2012) ROGER EBERT (1942–2013) Image Credits

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“Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case.” –William Saroyan, Pulitzer Prize–winning authorFamous authors, like everybody else, know that one day they will die. Final Chapters tells the fascinating stories of more than one hundred writers’ enc
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