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• To the Lighthouse

  Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941

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  Virginia Woolf is related to "Vanity Fair" author William Makepeace Thackery on her father's side.

• The Glass Menagerie

  Williams, Tennessee, 1911-1983

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  Tennessee Williams chocked to death at the age of 71 on a plastic bottle cap.

• Life on the Mississippi

  Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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  Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe were neighbors in Hartford, CT.

• The Tale of Peter Rabbit

  Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943

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  Beatrix Potter told a young Roald Dahl to "buzz off" when he met her.

• On the Road

  Kerouac, Jack, 1922-1969

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  Jack Kerouac typed "On the Road" on one 120-foot-long roll of paper.