So many educated writers, essayists, great thinkers, and poets were born and contributed their great works in America. Those thinkers and writers wrote about the movements and took a great change in the country.

Here are some popular and greatest names of American essayists:

1. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

He was a popular essayist. He influenced the generation of America. He was born in Boston in 1803. He was very popular among Americans. He felt that there is no place for free will. He also claimed that the world will be known due to the senses and not through intuition and thought. Emerson was an independent literary person. His top-most essays are Gifts, The Poet, and Self-Reliance.

2. Edgar Alan Poe:

He was an American essayist, writer, and poet as well. He contributed a lot to American literature. He was one of the most influential American essayists. He was born in 1809. His best book on various essays was The Philosophy of Furniture.

3. James Baldwin:

He was the greatest essayist of the 20th century. He was also a popular literary voice in civil rights action and development. In his writings, he explored so many issues and problems like sexuality, race, and humanity. He was born in 1924. He wrote a book of various essays. The name of the book was Notes of a Native Son. There was another popular book of essays. The name of this book was Nobody Knows My Name.

4. Margaret Fuller:

She was an American essayist, translator, editor, and critic as well. She was associated with the movement of transcendentalists. She was the first female war journalist at that time. Her famous book on essays was Papers on Literature and Art.

5. Oliver Holmes Senior:

He was a multi-talented person. He was a physician, essayist, and poet as well. He was recognized as one of the best writers in his group. Breakfast Table Series was one of his best works. This series was started with The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table. He contributed a lot to the history of medicine and literature. So, as you can see, he was a knowledgeable person at that time.

6. Jonathan Edwards:

He was a famous preacher and philosopher. He was a famous essayist of colonial times. He was popular as one of the popular and reputed American Philosophical Theologians. He contributed his thoughts to many famous sermons. The popular and classic sermon of Jonathan Edwards was Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. he was so popular in Christian literature and history.

7. Benjamin Franklin:

He was one of the important figures of the democratic period of America. He was an essayist and apart from this, he was a popular diplomat. He contributed so many essays to American literature. The name of his famous essays is The way of wealth and The Temple of Learning. He was very active in public issues and affairs. Till now, Franklin is one of the most celebrated figures in American history.

These are the top-most and greatest essayists in American history. They all tried to lift the status of American literature. Apart from these popular essayists, there are so many reputed names like Thomas Paine, James Cooper, Mark Twain, William Faulkner, and all. They all are reputed essayists in American history. You cannot deny their contribution to American literature. They all have polished writing skills. Their famous writings are still now popular. They all expressed their thoughts and feelings in a tricky but meaningful and straightforward way. They all tried to experiment with their writing techniques. But they gave us a lot.

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Anna Fox, suffering from a severe form of agoraphobia (a fear of open spaces, including a fear of going outside), sees a murder committed from the window of her house (sees the bloodied victim, but unfortunately does not see the killer) and tries to get justice, but it turns out not so easy. The woman, who has not left her house for almost a year, who is being treated by a psychotherapist, who mixes pills for a mental disorder with alcohol, is clearly an unreliable witness. No one believes her. Of course not: judging by the descriptions given, if anyone in the book needs help, it is the heroine herself, who spends her days and evenings peeping at her neighbors from the windows of her house, watching endless movies and a glass of wine….

Every once in a while, she changes her sphere of influence and interests and becomes – who do you think? – A psychotherapist!…This moment in the novel, of course, surprised me the most and even alarmed me. A person who can not help himself, there is something to advise other people on the Internet, and other people listen to this advice and act on it. There is obvious unprofessionalism. It’s the same as a fitness trainer with an overweight and flabby body or a hairdresser with untidy hair. And, by the way, these guesses actually came true, not the way I thought they would, but still… One of the main threads to unravel the mystery of this terrible crime was this – Anna is clearly not a professional child psychologist, she can not distinguish the clear reasons for people’s behavior, their motives, their future actions, in hell, she does not understand people!..Of course, I pity the people she “consults” over the Internet – they could probably find a better specialist, more competent. But the worst thing here is something else: it is her professional mistake will create a threat to her life … Curiosity and compassion, she calls the main tools in her business, but forgets about the observation, a mistake will cost a lot …

An incredibly suspenseful horror detective, with a dynamic plot and some cool and rather unexpected plot twists. Read carefully: the book can cause paranoia if you’re overly impressionable (everyone is watching each other all the time here). Always close your curtains tightly (you never know what kind of perverts are walking around outside or in the house next door), do not trust your first impression of strangers (it can be deceptive, which the author convincingly, even too convincingly shows us) and on no account mix alcohol with antidepressants.

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In numerous sub-cycles, which are conventionally called “Wizards”, “Witches”, “Death”, “City Services” and others, Pratchett has examined in detail the phenomena of such phenomena as, for example, heavy music (“Fatal Music”), Hollywood (“Moving Pictures”), soccer (“Invisible Academics”), the press (“True”) and many others.

But the true gem among the Flatland stories is the sub-cycle about the Guardian, in which the author has comprehensively explored the nature of Power and Order. Together with Samuel Wymes, we trace the evolution of the City Guard from a bunch of pathetic misfits to a powerful organization of law enforcement officers. We see how a low-life drunkard, who had long given up on everything, finds faith in his cause and his family, thanks to the arrival of a Companion and an encounter with a Companion for Life. And it turns out that Commander Vimes has a sharp mind, an unyielding will and a developed sense of duty, which allows him to solve the most complicated crimes and maintain order in the city, which he feels with the soles of his shoes. The other guards also leave an unforgettable impression: the dwarf-raised Morcoe Ironstonesson (that perfect Companion who believes in society and the rule of law), the “born sergeant” Colon, the werewolf Angwa (rebelling against family tradition), the colorful Corporal Schnobby Schnobbs (who is easier to imagine not in the ranks of the guards, but among their wards), and the mighty troll Detrit (slow-witted but faithful comrade). The lives and deeds of these characters are described with such humor, such language, that the process of reading is a real pleasure.

But most importantly, with the help of humor and satire in novels about the Guardian, the author makes you think about such questions: what is a “good” ruler? What is his power based on? Who is better: a murderous king, a cunning patrician who has turned the city into a self-governing corporation of guilds, or perhaps a real bloodthirsty dragon who will keep everyone in fear? What is the social contract and what is the role and responsibility of the opposition? How to achieve order and law-abidance? How can interracial and interfaith peace be preserved? Thinking about all this is no less fascinating than following the adventures of beloved characters or detective intricacies.

Pratchett’s books about the Guardian can be reread endlessly, it is a monument to the Wizard of the Word who left us.

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Most likely, many people have collections of Arthur Conan Doyle and Agatha Christie still gathering dust in their bookcases. Personally, I can’t imagine my childhood without my mother reading these authors and the movies based on their works, which my parents watched.

If the works of Conan Doyle I have almost all read, then to the detectives of Agatha Christie I got only now, and it happened spontaneously.

I have long ago switched from paper books to electronic books, it is more convenient for me, and it is easier to read in the dark when everyone is asleep. In the application accumulated a decent amount of books, but less and less time to read them. But I still decided to give myself, even if a little time to do my favorite thing – reading.

Going through the books, I came across a detective novel by Agatha Christie, “Death on the Nile. The volume of pages it was small, in a couple of evenings just to get through it. It seemed that it was time to get acquainted with the work of this acclaimed author.

The plot of this detective novel is as old as the world: a murder for love and money, or love of money, whichever you prefer.

The investigation in this novel is taken by the unsurpassed detective Hercule Poirot, and he is helped by his old friend Colonel Reis, who is not in Egypt for the holidays.

“Death on the Nile” 52 works of Agatha Christie, where the main character is Hercule Poirot. A total of 72 books are devoted to him, read and not reread, as they say.

The character of Hercule Poirot was described as I had imagined him to be, looking at the screen image created by British actor David Souché. But as a person he turned out to be much more pleasant and kind than his screen image.

Communicating as a psychologist, Poirot tries to understand the motives of certain characters and as a kind uncle he helps with advice and guidance.

At first the plot seemed to me boring, and the introduction to the characters of the novel a little protracted. But when the author introduced us to all the characters, the most interesting thing began, here I could not and did not want to tear myself away from the book.

Until the last part I had no idea who the perpetrators were. I caught myself thinking that now I would understand for sure, and then it turned out that the thread was leading to the wrong place.

Finally, when the culprit was found and the novel came to its end, I felt sad to say goodbye to the character of Hercule Poirot and I decided to read other books where this genius detective takes up new investigations.

As I expected, I read this book in three evenings. A fascinating plot, easy presentation of the author, I think the translation also plays no small role in conveying the mood. This detective novel easy to read on the road, taking with you or just to pass the time in the evening. It is read in the same breath.

I recommend the detective novel “Death on the Nile” to all fans of detectives and the works of writer Agatha Christie in general. I am not at all disappointed that I finally got to know this work.

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