Harte, Francis Bret

Harte, Francis Bret
(1839-1902)
   American humorist, b. in Albany, N.Y., but when still a boy went to California. He had a somewhat varied career as a teacher, miner, and journalist, and it is as a realistic chronicler of the gold-field and an original humorist that his chief literary triumphs were achieved. Among his best known writings are Condensed Novels, in which he showed great skill as a parodist, The Luck of Roaring Camp, The Idyll of Red Gulch, and The Heathen Chinee. In 1880 he came to Glasgow as U.S. Consul, and from 1885 he lived in London. His writings often show the tenderness and fine feeling that are allied to the higher forms of humour, and he may be said to have created a special form of short story in his Californian tales and prose idylls.

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  • Bret Harte — Francis Bret Harte (* 25. August 1836 in Albany, New York; † 5. Mai 1902 in Camberley, Großbritannien) war ein amerikanischer Schriftsteller. Inhalts …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • Harte — (spr. hārt), Francis Bret, amerikan. Schriftsteller, geb. 25. Nov. 1839 in Albany (New York), gest. 5. Mai 1902 in London, ging 1854 nach Kalifornien, wo er als Landmesser, Lehrer, Setzer, Journalist und Angestellter des Münzamts tätig war, bis… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Harte — (spr. hahrt), Francis Bret, amerik. Novellist, geb. 25. Aug. 1839 zu Albany (Neuyork), lebte 1854 71 in Kalifornien, dann in Neuyork, 1877 Konsul in Krefeld, 1881 in Glasgow, seit 1885 in London, gest. 6. Mai 1902 in Camberley bei Aldershot; am… …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Härte — Rauheit; Herzlosigkeit; Kälte; Gefühllosigkeit; Taubheit; Gleichgültigkeit; Beständigkeit; Persistenz; Festigkeit * * * Här|te [ hɛrtə], die; , n: 1. h …   Universal-Lexikon

  • Harte — /hahrt/, n. (Francis) Bret /bret/, 1839 1902, U.S. author, esp. of short stories. * * * …   Universalium

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