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Count Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy, usually referred to in English as Leo Tolstoy, was a Russian writer.
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W.B. Yeats (William Butler Yeats) was a pivotal figure in 20th-century literature and a famous Irish poet and dramatist.
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Rabindranath Tagore translated it himself, but W.B. Yeats wrote the famous introduction to the English Gitanjali (Song Offerings) and helped in its editing/promotion. The question likely refers to Yeats' involvement.
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William Hazlitt was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher.
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James Joyce is a modernist writer (20th century), whereas Charles Dickens is the quintessential Victorian novelist.
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A Machiavellian character refers to someone who is scheming, cunning, and selfish, often employing unscrupulous methods to achieve their goals.
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Fantasy is a genre of speculative fiction set in a fictional universe, often inspired by real world myth and folklore (an imaginary story).
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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle created the character Sherlock Holmes and wrote the stories featuring the detective.
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A ballad is a poem or song narrating a story in short stanzas, often passed down orally (a kind of short narrative poem).
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A canto is a principal division of a long poem, especially an epic poem (like chapters in a novel).