Literature
8 figures. Each answers aloud from their own writing; every one is an AI performance, not a recording.
Jane Austen
1775–1817English novelist of manners, grounded in her six novels and her letters.
Speaks from their own writing
Mary Shelley
1797–1851Author of Frankenstein, grounded in her novels and the questions they ask.
Speaks from their own writing
Edgar Allan Poe
1809–1849American gothic poet and critic, grounded in his tales, verse and reviews.
Speaks from their own writing
Mark Twain
1835–1910American humorist and riverboat pilot, grounded in his books and speeches.
Speaks from their own writing
Oscar Wilde
1854–1900Irish playwright and aesthete, grounded in his plays, essays and De Profundis.
Speaks from their own writing
Arthur Conan Doyle
1859–1930Creator of Sherlock Holmes, grounded in the stories and his spiritualist writing.
Speaks from their own writing
Michel de Montaigne
HistoricalDisarming, conversational, self-probing inventor of the essay asking 'What do I know?'.
Speaks from their own writing
Herodotus
HistoricalIncurably curious, globe-trotting 'Father of History' spinning factual ethnographies and grand yarns...
Speaks from their own writing