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British Literature Crossword Struggle

Horizontales
The Duchess of _________ was known for her four-foot hairstyles and other curious habits. She was often jokingly called, Lady All-Top.
He wrote plays like "Salome" and "The Importance of Being Earnest", as well as a rather dark novella called "The Picture of Dorian Gray".
He, along with Coleridge, is credited to have kicked off the Romantic Movement with their publication of "Lyrical Ballads".
The last name of Mary W. Shelley's mother
The first name of Frankenstein
He wrote novels that usually did not end well because he wanted to represent life as it really was. One that we will look at in class is called "Tess of the D'urbervilles".
A modern feminist authoress who not only spoke out for the inclusion of female writers in the literary canon, she wrote such works as "To the Lighthouse", "Mrs. Dalloway", and "A Room of One's Own".
The real first names of Currer, Ellis, and Acton Bell were actually ________, ________, and _________ (in that same order), although they were later published under their real names.
This poem by Robert Burns is about a man who accidentally destroys the home of a mouse just as winter is coming.
Author of Frankenstein
Good friends with the Shelleys, he was the one credited with having come up with the idea of a scary story writing challenge that precipitated Mary Shelley's nightmare and the writing of "Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus".
This author of "Songs of Innocence" and "Songs of Experience" often spoke with angels in trees and once thought he saw God in his window.
He "married" the author of Frankenstein while at her mother's grave; it didn't seem to matter that he was still technically married to someone else.
This Scottish poet and playwright wrote almost all of her work in the Scottish vernacular of her home village, including her popular poem, "Woo'd and Married and A'"
This authoress began writing novels as a way to cope with the death of her only son. One of her greats was titled, "Mary Barton".
A collection of fifteen stories by Irish author, James Joyce, in which he sought to capture the true spirit of Ireland (both good and bad).
Verticales
The pseudonym of Victorian authoress, Mary Anne Evans.
He was considered way ahead of his time when he wrote "Gulliver's Travels". People are still amazed at his ability to understand scientific ideas that had not yet been studied during his time.
This period of British History and Literature is so named because it begins with the end of the British Commonwealth and the crowning of Charles II on the throne of England.
This poem, written by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, is about a woman who spends almost her entire life locked away in a tower near Camelot.
The _______ period began when Queen Victoria was crowned queen of the British Empire.
Although the definitions come across very biased and judgmental, this man is credited with writing the first English dictionary, thereby attempting to standardize word usage and the spelling of many words.
A prolific novelist, he published many novels that shed light on the struggles of the poor and working classes of Victorian England. His own father spent time in debtors' prison and he was well acquainted with how wide the gap was between classes during his time.
Author of "The Necessity of Atheism"
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus, is a novel written in such a way that it is often referred to as a ______ story (having a story within a story)
Pepys' non-fiction record of his personal account of the Plague and The Great Fire of London (it was never meant for the public to read).
This poem by Robert Burns is written from the point of view of a man speaking to a bug he sees in a lady's bonnet during church.
The writers of such works like "Agnes Grey", "Jane Eyre", "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall" and "Wuthering Heights", all shared this last name.
Not only did he write the memoir-like work called "Journal of the Plague Year", he is also credited with having written the first real novel...ever.