2. jonathan swift (1667 ~ 1745) was born in a poor family in Dublin, Ireland, and was raised by his uncle. 1686, 1692 and 170 1 received a bachelor's degree from Trinity College Dublin, a master's degree from Oxford University and a doctorate in theology from Trinity College respectively. Here, he was Sir Temple's private secretary, a priest of the Church of England and a country priest. From 17 10 to 17 14, he was the editor-in-chief of the conservative party inspection team. After the Tories stepped down, he returned to Ireland and became the deputy bishop of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. Swift attacked the landlords and gentry and the British colonial policy with a large number of political comments and satirical poems, which was warmly welcomed by readers. His satirical novels have a deeper and wider influence, so Gorky called him "one of the great literary creators" in the world.
3. The Water Child is a classic fairy tale written by Kingsley specially for children, and it is also a British children's teaching and research book selected by Oxford University 1906. The story tells that in a big city in northern England, a chimney sweeper named Tom was abused by his master. Fortunately, the fairy saved him and turned him into a water boy. He met many aquatic animals and many aquatic children like him in the water. Later, under the guidance of the immortal, he helped the suffering master repent of his past evil deeds and grow into an upright and kind young man. In this fairy tale, the writer combines rich knowledge with strange fantasy. In his works, the description of nature is extremely true and vivid. In addition, the writer criticized the unreasonable education system at that time in his works.
4. Charles Kingsley (18 19 ~ 1875) was an English writer and poet in the 19th century. He spent most of his childhood in a fishing village on the west coast of England. 1843 graduated with honors from Cambridge University. After graduation, he became a priest, participated in the Christian socialist reform movement, and later served as a professor of modern history at Cambridge University. He wrote many novels, exposing the cruel exploitation of workers by small British workshops.
Alice in Wonderland is a story told by English mathematician Carol to her friend's daughter Alice. After writing, I gave her my own illustrations (this handwritten book was photocopied and published in Britain in recent years). Later, with the encouragement of friends, Carol revised, expanded and polished the manuscript, which was officially published in 1865. The story is about a little girl named Alice who chased a rabbit in her dream and fell into a rabbit hole. She started a long and thrilling journey until she finally clashed with the queen and king of poker and let out a loud cry. With magical fantasy, witty humor and lofty poetry, this fairy tale broke through the rigid formula of moral preaching in traditional children's literature in western Europe, and has since been translated into many languages and traveled all over the world.
Lewis carroll, whose real name is Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (1832 ~ 1898), is a mathematician. He has been a mathematics lecturer for a long time in the famous Christian College of Oxford University, and has published several mathematical works. Because of his severe stuttering, he is not good at making friends with people, but he has a wide range of interests, and he is quite accomplished in novels, poems and logic. He is also an excellent child photographer. Carol later wrote a companion piece called Alice in the Mirror, which was very popular because of Alice in Wonderland.