What Was Shakespeare Really Like? by Stanley Wells
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Category: Literary Biographies
Sir Stanley Wells is one of the world's greatest authorities on William Shakespeare. Here he brings a lifetime of learning and reflection to bear on some of the most tantalising questions about the poet and dramatist that there are. How did he think, feel, and work? What were his relationships like? Wha ...Show more
The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham by Selina Hastings
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Category: Literary Biographies
For nearly sixty years Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) was one of the most famous writers in the world. An enormously successful playwright and the author of over a hundred short stories and twenty-one novels - several of which are now established classics - Maugham expertly concealed a private life. Predo ...Show more
The Rebellion of a Dutiful Daughter - The Conflicted Life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning by Emer O'Sullivan
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Category: Literary Biographies
Born in 1806, Elizabeth Barrett Browning may be best known today for love sonnets such as 'How Do I Love Thee? Let me Count the Ways' and her romance with Robert Browning. But in her lifetime she was one of Britain's most revered poets - for her poems on social injustice, not love - and was far more cel ...Show more
Orwell: The New Life by D.J. Taylor
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Category: Literary Biographies
Over seventy years since his premature death, George Orwell (1903-50) has become one of the most significant figures in western literature. His two dystopian masterpieces, Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen Eighty-Four (1949) have together sold over 40 million copies. Even now, he continues to exert a deci ...Show more
Dickens and Prince: A Particular Kind of Genius by Nick Hornby
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Category: Literary Biographies
From the bestselling author of Just Like You, High Fidelity, and Fever Pitch, a short, warm, and entertaining book about art, creativity, and the unlikely similarities between Victorian novelist Charles Dickens and modern American rock star Prince Every so often, a pairing comes along that seems complet ...Show more
A Strange Life: Selected Essays of Louisa May Alcott by Louisa May Alcott; Liz Rosenberg (Editor); Jane Smiley (Preface by)
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Category: Literary Biographies
Collected together for the very first time, witty and wide-ranging essays from the celebrated author of Little Women.Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) is, of course, best known as the author of Little Women (1868). But she was also a noted essayist who wrote on a wide range of subjects, including her father ...Show more
Life and Loves of E. Nesbit by ELEANOR FITZSIMONS
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Category: Literary Biographies
A Sunday Times Book of the Year and winner of the International Rubery Prize for Non-fiction that casts new light on the remarkable life story of a literary legend. E. Nesbit's brilliant children's books have enchanted millions and influenced bestselling authors C.S. Lewis, P. L. Travers, Jacqueline Wil ...Show more
Friedrich Nietzsche by Ritchie Robertson
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Category: Literary Biographies | Series: Critical Lives Ser.
An accessible and informative study of the life and work of this vaunted German philosopher. In this concise yet comprehensive critical biography, Ritchie Robertson examines the work of Friedrich Nietzsche within the context of his life. The book traces Nietzsche's development from outstanding classical ...Show more
An Uncommon Reader - A Life of Edward Garnett, Mentor and Editor of Literary Genius by Helen Smith
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Category: Literary Biographies
One ofThe Sunday Times' (U.K.) Books of the Year "Garnett's life will not need to be written again." --Andrew Morton,Times Literary Supplement A penetrating biography of the most important English-language editor of the early twentieth century During the course of a career spanning half a century, Ed ...Show more
The Mystery of Charles Dickens by A. N. Wilson
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Category: Literary Biographies
Winner of the Plutarch Award for Best Biography A lively and insightful biographical celebration of the imaginative genius of Charles Dickens, published in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of his death. Charles Dickens was a superb public performer, a great orator and one of the most famous of ...Show more
Bryce Courtenay: Storyteller (HB) by Christine Courtenay
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Category: Literary Biographies
The long-awaited memoir of the late Bryce Courtenay - Australia's bestselling author - as told by his wife, Christine Courtenay. When Christine Courtenay began penning her own life story in lockdown last year, she found herself increasingly drawn into the story of her late husband and bestselling author ...Show more
Queen Victoria: Daughter, Wife, Mother, Widow by Lucy Worsley
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Category: Literary Biographies
The story of the queen who defied convention and defined an era A passionate princess, an astute and clever queen, and a cunning widow, Victoria played many roles throughout her life. In Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life, Lucy Worsley introduces her as a woman leading a truly extra ...Show more