George Eliot, a prolific Victorian-era novelist and poet, whose profound works like Middlemarch and Silas Marner continue to influence modern literature.
Thomas Hardy was an English novelist and poet whose works, set in rural England, explore the complexities of human nature and societal constraints.
Mikhail Lermontov was a Russian Romantic writer and poet, renowned for his influential works such as 'A Hero of Our Time' and his untimely death in a duel.