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We should live and learn; but by the time we've learned, it's too late to live.
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Birth: | 18th June, 1862 |
Death: | 26th March, 1942 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Novelist, Poet |
Carolyn Wells was born in Rahway, New Jersey. She was an American novelist and poet. After finishing school she worked as a librarian for the Rahway Library Association. Her first book, At the Sign of the Sphinx, was a collection of charades. Her next publications were The Jingle Book and The Story of Betty, followed by a book of verse entitled Idle Idyls. After 1900, Wells wrote numerous novels and collections of poetry. She wrote a total of more than 170 books. During the first ten years of her career, she concentrated on poetry, humor and children's books.
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