This Week's Birthdays

Charlotte Bronte -- April 21, 1816
English writer and one of the Bronte sisters, best known for her novel Jane Eyre.
In Bronte's words, "Let your performance do the thinking."

Henry Fielding -- April 22, 1707
British playwright and writer, famous for his novel Tom Jones.
In Fielding's words, "I describe not men, but manners; not an individual, but a species."

Vladimir Nabokov -- April 23, 1899
Russian-born critic and novelist, best known for the controversial Lolita.
In Nabokov's words, "A writer should have the precision of a poet and the imagination of a scientist."