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Mary Anne Evans, better known as George Eliot, was born on November 22nd of 1819 in Warwickshire, England.
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On November 11th, 1821, Fyodor Dostoevsky was born to Maria Nechayeva and Mikhail Dostoevsky.
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Mark Twain, whos real name is Samuel Langhorne Clemens was born on November 30th of 1835.
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In 1836, George Eliot's mother died and George returned home where she worked as a housekeeper.
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After Dostoevsky's mother died on September 27th of 1837, Fyodor and his brother were sent to St. Petersburg where they attended the Nikolayev Military Engineering Institute. While Fyodor did not like the school, it ended up giving him his first job.
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In 1844, Dostoevksy began to write his first novel, 'Poor Folk', in hopes of obtaining leadership and extra finances.
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Dostoevsky's first novel, Poor Folk, was published in the almanac St Petersburg Collection and was an enormous commercial success.
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Dostoevsky and other members of the Petrashevsky Circle were convicted of being conspirators and brought to jail in the well-defended Peter and Paul Fortress.
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Literary realism began around the middle of the ninteenth century and stretched to the beginning of the nintenth century inw hich authours wrote about depictions of everyday life and society from a realistic point of view.
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Realism Was used by authors to show that people were neither evil or angelic in a sense, but somewhere in the middle of the two.
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Literary Realism was created in response to literary romanticism and its flowery, untruthful presentation of life.
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Immediately after being released from prison, Dostoevsky began to write a novel aout his experiences as a russian prisoner called 'The House of the Dead.'
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At age 40, George Eliot had completed her first novel, 'Adam Bede' which was an instant success.
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Fyodor Dostoevsky's, 'The Hosue of the Dead' about his imprisonment experiences was published.
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Dostoevsky married his second wife, Anna Dostoyevskaya, whom stayed with him until his death.
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In 1870, Mark Twain married Olivia Langdon Clemens and later had four children with her.
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After returning to Russia in 1871, Dostoevsky continued writing novels and stories all of the way up until his death.
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Fyodor dostoevsky's, "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man' was published.
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In 1877, Hnery James wrote one of his most notable works, 'The American.'
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On May 16th of 1880 George Eliot married John Cross who was twenty years younger than her. Sadly, John died less than a year later.
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One of Fyodor Dostoevsky's most popular novels, 'The Brothers Karamazov' was published.
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On February (th of 1881, Fyodor Dostoevsky died.
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One of America's most commonly known novels, 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin' was published in the United States.
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Henry Jsmes earned and honorary degree from Harvard University.
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Henry James recieved and honorary degree from Oxford University.
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After the outbreak of World War I, Henry James became a British citizen.