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Author
Publisher
Knopf
Pub. Date
1997
Language
English
Description
Biography of the English author whose novels were a reflection of the social life and conventions of her time.
Here, firmly rooted in her own social setting for the first time, is the real Jane Austen - the shy woman willing to challenge convention, the woman of no pretensions who nevertheless called herself "formidable," a woman who could be frivolous and yet suffer from black depressions, who showed unfailing loyalty and, in the conduct of her...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Chronicles the life of the nineteenth-century literary master from the challenges he faced as the imprisoned son of a profligate father, his rise to one of England's foremost novelists, and the personal demons that challenged his relationships.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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The acclaimed literary biographer looks at the early life of influential writer and public figure H.G. Wells, from his school days and his emergence as writer of extraordinary depth to the publication of The Time Machine.
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