2. The aim of my project is to
prove that Dan Brown is one of
the most successful and
talented writers and that his
books are popular among great
number of people...
3. Contents
1. Early years and education
2. Musical career
3. Writer career
4. Sentiment analysis
5. Dan Brown’s books
1. Digital Fortress
2. Deception Point
3. The Bald book
4. Robert Langdon
5. Angels & Demons
6. The Da Vinci Code
7. The Lost Symbol
6. Quotes about Dan Brown
7. Conclusion
8. Links
4. Early life and education
Dan Brown was born June 22, 1964 and raised in Exeter, New
Hampshire, USA, the eldest of three children.
Sophie Neveu and Cryptex
Brown's interest in secrets and puzzles stems from their presence in his household as a child, where
codes and ciphers were the linchpin tying together the mathematics, music and languages in which
his parents worked. The young Brown spent hours working out anagrams and crossword
puzzles, and he and his siblings participated in elaborate treasure hunts devised by their father on
birthdays and holidays.
5. Amherst College
Alan Lelchuk
•After graduating from Phillips Exeter, Brown attended Amherst
College, where he was a member of Psi Upsilon fraternity. He played
squash, sang in the Amherst Glee Club, and was a writing student of
visiting novelist Alan Lelchuk.
•Brown spent the 1985 school year abroad in Seville, Spain, where he
was enrolled in an art history course at the University of Seville.Brown
graduated from Amherst in 1986
University of Seville
6. Musical Career
After graduating from Amherst, Brown dabbled with a musical career, creating effects
with a synthesizer, and self-producing a children's cassette entitled
SynthAnimals, which included a collection of tracks such as "Happy Frogs" and
"Suzuki Elephants"; it sold a few hundred copies.
•In 1990 self-published a CD entitled Perspective
•In 1991 he moved to Hollywood to pursue a career as singer-songwriter and pianist.
7. •In 1993, Brown released the self-titled CD Dan Brown, which included songs such as "976-Love" and "If You
Believe in Love."
•In 1994, Brown released a CD titled Angels & Demons. Its artwork was the same ambigram by artist John
Langdon, which he later used for the novel Angels & Demons. The CD included songs such as "Here in These
Fields" and the religious ballad "All I Believe.”
8. Writer Career
In 1993, Brown read Sidney Sheldon's novel The Doomsday Conspiracy, and was inspired to
become a writer of thrillers. He started work on Digital Fortress, setting much of it in
Seville, Spain, where he had studied in 1985.
His pseudonym was "Danielle Brown." The book's author profile reads, "Danielle Brown currently lives in
New England: teaching school, writing books, and avoiding men."
9. Sentiment analysis for dan brown
(twitter)
Nowadays Dan Brown is one of the most popular authors in our world.
People love him, respect and read his books with great pleasure.
10. Novels
•Digital Fortress, 1998
•The Bald Book, 1998, co-
written with his wife Blythe
Brown.
•Angels & Demons, 2000
•Deception Point, 2001
•The Da Vinci Code, 2003
•The Lost Symbol, 2009
11. Digital Fortress
Digital Fortress is a techno-thriller novel written by Dan
Brown and published in 1998 by St. Martin's Press. The
book explores the theme of government surveillance of
electronically stored information on the private lives of
citizens, and the possible civil liberties and ethical
implications using such technology.
“Reread Digital Fortress by
Dan Brown over the recent
mount. Yeap, still a great
book.”
12. Deception Point
Deception Point is a 2001 techno-thriller
novel by Dan Brown. The plot concerns a
meteorite found within the Arctic Circle
that may provide proof of extraterrestrial
life, and attempts by dark forces to
prevent this finding from becoming public.
“Just finished reading Dan
Brown's Deception Point. Top
class writer, top class #fiction!!!
#books #top_fiction”
“Dan Brown's Deception Point holds such
an amazing potential to become a stellar
sci-fi political blockbuster film
adaptation..”
13. A few months later, Brown and his wife released The Bald Book, another humor
book. It was officially credited to his wife, though a representative of the
publisher said that it was primarily written by Brown.
14. Robert Langdon
He is a fictional Harvard University professor of religious iconology and symbology
(a fictional field related to the study of historic symbols, which is not
methodologically connected to the actual discipline of Semiotics). The character
was created by author Dan Brown for the novels and later movies, Angels &
Demons (2000), The Da Vinci Code (2003) and The Lost Symbol (2009).
Tom Hanks portrayed Robert Langdon in the 2006 film adaptation of The Da Vinci
Code, reprised the role in the 2009 film adaptation of Angels & Demons, and will
play the role again in the 2012 film adaptation of The Lost Symbol.
15. Angels & Demons
Angels & Demons is a 2000 bestselling
mystery-thriller novel .The novel
introduces the character Robert
Langdon, who is also the protagonist of
Brown's subsequent 2003 novel, The Da
Vinci Code, and 2009 novel, The Lost
Symbol. It also shares many stylistic
literary elements with its sequel, such as
conspiracies of secret societies, a single-
day time frame, and the Catholic Church.
Ancient history, architecture, and
symbolism are also heavily referenced
throughout the book. A film adaptation was
released on May 15, 2009.
16. The Da Vinci Code
It became a bestseller, going to the top
of the New York Times Best Seller list
during its first week of release in 2003.
It is now credited with being one of the
most popular books of all time, with 81
million copies sold worldwide as of
2009.Its success has helped push
sales of Brown's earlier books. In
2004, all four of his novels were on the
New York Times list in the same
week, and in 2005, he made Time
magazine's list of the 100 most
influential people of the year. Forbes
magazine placed Brown at No. 12 on
their 2005 "Celebrity 100" list, and
estimated his annual income at
US$76.5 million. The Times estimated
his income from Da Vinci Code sales
as $250 million.
“5 of 5 stars to The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown”
17. Brown's third novel featuring
Robert Langdon, The Lost
Symbol, was released on
September 15, 2009.According to
the publisher, on its first day the
book sold over one million in
hardcover and e-book versions in
the U.S., the U.K. and
Canada, prompting the printing of
600,000 hardcover copies in
addition to the five million first
printing. The story takes place in
Washington D.C. over a period of
12 hours, and features the
Freemasons. Brown's promotional
website states that puzzles hidden
in the book jacket of The Da Vinci
Code, including two references to
the Kryptos sculpture at CIA
Headquarters in
Langley, Virginia, give hints about
the sequel. This repeats a theme
from some of Brown's earlier work “Dan Brown
- The lost
Symbol! Its a
must!!”
18. Quotes about Dan Brown
•Dan Brown has to be one of the best, smartest, and most accomplished writers in the country. The Da Vinci
Code is many notches above the intelligent thriller; this is pure genius.
Nelson DeMille in a promotional blurb at Doubleday
•Critics have found in the narrative a veneer of erudition that cloaks nothing more than a James Bond-style
romp, albeit a highly addictive one. His publisher has described it as 'a thriller for people who don't like
thrillers'. One newspaper put it thus: 'It is terribly written, its characters are cardboard cutouts, the dialogue
is excruciating in places and, a bit like a computer manual, everything is overstated and repeated — but it is
impossible to put the bloody thing down.
David Smith in "Veni vidi da Vinci" in The Observer (12 December 2004)
19. Dan Brown is one of the best writers of the 21 century. In spite of
some critics, people like his books, because they are full of
adventures, mysteries, secrets which take us far from our daily
routine. Sometimes it’s very difficult to put his books down, because
they are very compelling. I hope that my project work has helped you
to find out something interesting about this writer. Even if you haven’t
read his books before, I hope that now you will be glad to start
reading them.
