How many plays did Shakespeare write?
William Shakespeare wrote about 37 to 39 plays, depending on how collaborations are counted, along with 154 sonnets.
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- Did Dickens's pet raven inspire Poe?
“Charles Dickens's pet raven, Grip, is believed to have inspired Edgar Allan Poe's poem "The Raven," and the stuffed bird is now at the Free Library of Philadelphia.”
Reference: Free Library of Philadelphia
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What job did Charles Dickens have as a child?
At age 12, Charles Dickens worked in a factory pasting labels on pots of shoe polish while his father was in debtors' prison.
Who invented the detective story?
Edgar Allan Poe is considered the father of the detective story, starting with "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" in 1841.