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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1836
- Died
- 1902
- Works
- 633
Top works
- Mark Twain's Library of Humor
- The Presidio of San Francisco
- Berkeley
- Mrs. Skagg's husbands
- On the frontier
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Film & TV
Writing · Albany, New York, USA
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1836
- Active to
- 1902
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 107
- Total plays
- 380
Francis Bret Harte (August 25, 1836 – May 6, 1902) was an American author and poet, best remembered for his accounts of pioneering life in California. He was born in Albany, New York on August 25, 1836. He was named Francis Brett Hart after his great-grandfather Francis Brett. When he was young his father, Henry, changed the spelling of the family name from Hart to Harte. Henry's father — Bret's grandfather — was Bernard Hart, an Orthodox Jewish immigrant who flourished as a merchant <a href="h
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Quotes
- “Well, no offense:Thar ain't no senseIn gittin' riled.”
- “Howbeit, though no scholar, I am not one of those who misuse the English speech, and, being foolishly led by the hasty custom of scriveners and printers to write the letters "T" and "H" joined together, which resembleth a "Y," do incontinently jump to the conclusion the THE is pronounced "Ye,"--the like of which I never heard in all England.”
- “Later, when we were forced to accept the fact that finding gold was really the primary object of a gold-mining company, we still remained there”
- “And then, for an old man like me, it's not exactly right,This kind o' playing soldier with no enemy in sight.”
- “And he says that the mountains are fairerFor once being held in your thought;”
- “Don't be too quickTo break bad habits: better stick,Like the Mission folk, to your arsenic.”
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Key facts
- Born
- Francis Brett Hart , ( 1836-08-25 ) August 25, 1836, Albany, New York , US
- Died
- May 5, 1902 (1902-05-05) (aged 65), Camberley , England
- Occupation
- Author
- Genre
- Fiction, poetry
- Spouse
- Anna Griswold (m. ca. 1862–1902; his death)
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Bret Harte by Napoleon Sarony.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bret Harte
- date of birth
- 1836-01-01
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- Bret Harte
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- Bret Harte
- start of work period
- 1857-00-00
- birth name
- Francis Brett Hart
- name in native language
- Francis Bret Harte
- date of death
- 1902-01-01
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Works in European collections
8 objects attributed to Bret Harte, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Article
Francis Brett Hart (August 25, 1836 – May 5, 1902), known as Bret Harte (/hɑːrt/ HART), was an American short story writer and poet best remembered for short fiction featuring miners, gamblers, and other romantic figures of the California Gold Rush. In a career spanning more than four decades, he also wrote poetry, plays, lectures, book reviews, editorials, and magazine sketches.
Harte moved from California to the eastern U.S. and later to Europe. He incorporated new subjects and characters into his stories, but his Gold Rush tales have been those most often reprinted, adapted, and admired.