Harold Bell Wright was a best-selling American writer of fiction, essays, and nonfiction. Although mostly forgotten or ignored after the middle of the 20th century, he had a very successful career; he is said to have been the first American writer to sell a million copies of a novel and the first to make $1 million from writing fiction. Between 1902 and 1942 Wright wrote 19 books, several stage plays, and many magazine articles. More than 15 movies were made or claimed to be made from Wright's stories, including Gary Cooper's first major movie, The Winning of Barbara Worth (1926) and the John Wayne film The Shepherd of the Hills (1941).
Harold Brighouse was an English playwright and author whose best known play is Hobson's Choice. He was a prominent member, together with Allan Monkhouse and Stanley Houghton, of a group known as the Manchester School of dramatists.
Harold Edward Palmer, usually just Harold E. Palmer, was an English linguist, phonetician and pioneer in the field of teaching English as a second language. Especially he dedicated himself to Oral Method. He stayed in Japan for 14 years and reformed its English education. He contributed to the development of the applied linguistics of the 20th century.
Harold Frederic was an American journalist and novelist. His works include In the Valley (1890), The Damnation of Theron Ware (1896), and The Market Place (1899).
Harold Albert Lamb was an American writer, novelist, historian, and screenwriter. In both his fiction and nonfiction work, Lamb gravitated toward subjects related to Asia and Middle East.
Harold North Fowler was an American classicist. He was married to Mary Blackford Fowler. He was the original translator of a number of Plato's works for the Loeb Classical Library collection.
Harriet Beecher Stowe, née le 14 juin 1811 à Litchfield et morte le 1er juillet 1896 à Hartford, est une femme de lettres américaine, philanthrope, militante abolitionniste et féministe. Son roman d'inspiration chrétienne, humaniste et féministe, La Case de l'oncle Tom (1852), est vendu à des millions d'exemplaires et provoque un électrochoc dans la conscience publique américaine. Il dénonce le commerce et l'institution de l'esclavage au moment où les tensions légales et sociales entre esclavagistes du Sud et abolitionnistes du Nord deviennent de plus en plus vives. Elizabeth Harriet Beecher Stowe a écrit plus de vingt livres, dont des romans, trois mémoires de voyage et des collections d'articles et de lettres.
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, alkuperäiseltä nimeltään Harriet Elizabeth Beecher, oli yhdysvaltalainen kirjailija ja orjuuden vastustaja. Hänen kuuluisin teoksensa on orjien elämää kuvaava romaani Setä Tuomon tupa.
Harriet Elisabeth Beecher Stowe was an American author and abolitionist. She came from the religious Beecher family and became best known for her novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852), which depicts the harsh conditions experienced by enslaved African Americans. The book reached an audience of millions as a novel and play, and became influential in the United States and in Great Britain, energizing anti-slavery forces in the American North, while provoking widespread anger in the South. Stowe wrote 30 books, including novels, three travel memoirs, and collections of articles and letters. She was influential both for her writings as well as for her public stances and debates on social issues of the day.
Harriet Beecher Stowe war eine US-amerikanische Schriftstellerin und erklärte Gegnerin der Sklaverei. Sie schrieb zahlreiche Artikel und über 30 Bücher, wovon ihr bekanntestes Buch Onkel Toms Hütte aus dem Jahr 1852 ein Roman gegen die Sklaverei war. Zusammen mit dem gleichnamigen Theaterstück erreichte sie ein Millionenpublikum in der westlichen Welt und konnte die öffentliche Meinung gegen die unmenschliche Sklavenhaltung maßgeblich beeinflussen. Dieses Werk wurde in über 40 Sprachen übersetzt.
