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John Dryden


Born
in Aldwincle, Thrapston, Northamptonshire, England
August 19, 1631

Died
May 12, 1700

Website

Genre
Poetry, Literature & Fiction

Influences
George Mackenzie ...more


Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name. See this thread for more information.

John Dryden was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who was made Poet Laureate in 1668. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Walter Scott called him "Glorious John." ...more

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Average rating: 3.92 · 18,199 ratings · 1,069 reviews · 1,119 distinct works • Similar authors
All for Love
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3.39 avg rating — 1,222 ratings — published 1678 — 278 editions
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Absalom and Achitophel
3.19 avg rating — 517 ratings — published 1681 — 65 editions
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Mac Flecknoe
3.44 avg rating — 301 ratings — published 1682 — 15 editions
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Marriage a la Mode
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3.39 avg rating — 223 ratings — published 1673 — 31 editions
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The Major Works
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3.60 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 1956
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Selected Poems
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3.46 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1973 — 14 editions
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Mac Flecknoe And Other Poems
3.39 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1970 — 4 editions
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An Essay of Dramatic Poesy ...
3.18 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1668 — 2 editions
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An Essay of Dramatic Poesy
3.09 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 1889 — 84 editions
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The Works of John Dryden
3.31 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 1956 — 63 editions
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Quotes by John Dryden  (?)
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“Beware the fury of a patient man.”
― John Dryden
tags: revenge, warning
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“Bold knaves thrive without one grain of sense,
But good men starve for want of impudence.”
― John Dryden, The Poetical Works of John Dryden
tags: boldness, impudence, knaves
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“We first make our habits, then our habits make us.”
― John Dryden
tags: adaptation, change, habit, self-improvement
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