Charles Dickens A Critical Study George Gissing Nonsuch 2008 Paperback
Written by fellow novelist Gissing and first published in 1898, this study remains one of the most important critical appreciations of Dickens. Plus aWritten by fellow novelist Gissing and first published in 1898, this study remains one of the most important critical appreciations of Dickens. Plus an essay, 'Dickens-Land' by JA Nicklin and a dictionary of Dickens's characters. ...more
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CS Lewis HarperOne 2008 Hardback
'I have had to postulate some sort of God as the least objectionable theory', wrote CS Lewis to a friend in 1920. The author of the much-loved Chronic'I have had to postulate some sort of God as the least objectionable theory', wrote CS Lewis to a friend in 1920. The author of the much-loved Chronicles of Narnia went on to become one of the foremost Christian thinkers of his day. This chronological selection from the many letters he wrote to friends - signed with the informal name by which they knew him - traces the evolution of his religious beliefs and offers spiritual advice with his customary warmth, wisdom and humour. Felt-tip mark on lower trimmed edge. ...more
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Young Romantics The Tangled Lives of English Poetry's Greatest Generation Daisy Hay Farrar, Straus & Giroux 2010 Hardback
Daisy Hay's lively group biography describes the radical politics and unconventional lives of the young writers - among them Byron, Keats, Hazlitt andDaisy Hay's lively group biography describes the radical politics and unconventional lives of the young writers - among them Byron, Keats, Hazlitt and Peacock - who clustered around Shelley in the early 19th century. ...more
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The Life of Irene Nemirovsky 1903-1942 Olivier Philipponnat; Patrick Lienhardt Knopf 2010 Hardback Illustrated
The discovery and publication of Suite Francaise in 2004 created a sensation, and revived interest in its author, a celebrated novelist of the 1930s wThe discovery and publication of Suite Francaise in 2004 created a sensation, and revived interest in its author, a celebrated novelist of the 1930s whose work had fallen into neglect since her death in Auschwitz. Drawing on interviews, untapped archives, and Nemirovsky's diaries, this authoritative biography tells a story as gripping and tragic as any of her novels, from her childhood in Kiev and emigration to France after the Revolution, to the heights of literary fame and her deportation by the Nazis. American-cut pages. ...more
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The Last Attachment The Story of Byron and Teresa Guiccioli Iris Origo Books & Co 2000 Paperback
In 1819, the exiled Lord Byron met a 19-year-old married Italian woman called Teresa Guiccioli. For once, the jaded and cynical poet found himself helIn 1819, the exiled Lord Byron met a 19-year-old married Italian woman called Teresa Guiccioli. For once, the jaded and cynical poet found himself helplessly in love. First published in 1949, Origo's classic work draws on a rich trove of letters and family documents to give a compelling account of Byron's last love affair, the dangerous machinations of Teresa's sinister husband, and the revolutionary intrigues that would lead Byron to Greece and his death. ...more
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Samuel Johnson A Life David Nokes Faber 2009 Hardback
Dr Johnson is one of the most admired - and quoted - figures in English literature. Yet, as this sympathetic and revealing biography makes clear, his Dr Johnson is one of the most admired - and quoted - figures in English literature. Yet, as this sympathetic and revealing biography makes clear, his ascent to eminence was far from easy. Against the exuberant backdrop of Georgian London, it chronicles the struggles of the half-blind young man from Lichfield, his rise to fame, the creation of his Dictionary, his love for Mrs Thrale, and his friendship with his Jamaican servant Francis Barber, the principal beneficiary of his will. ...more
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The Talented Miss Highsmith The Secret Life and Serious Art of Patricia Highsmith Joan Schenkar St. Martin's 2009 Hardback Illustrated
Known for dazzling, dangerous novels such as The Talented Mr Ripley, Patricia Highsmith was the doyenne of American crime writers. Drawing on unprecedKnown for dazzling, dangerous novels such as The Talented Mr Ripley, Patricia Highsmith was the doyenne of American crime writers. Drawing on unprecedented access to her archives, journals, letters and friends, this dramatic and strikingly original biography reveals the many sides of this complex and mysterious woman, including her secret career as a writer for comics, her predatory bisexuality and her alcoholism, and demonstrates how Highsmith's disturbing fiction drew on the darker aspects of her own life. ...more
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John Milton A Hero for Our Time David Hawkes Counterpoint 2011 Paperback
David Hawkes's study provides a new insight into Milton's prophetic stance on politics and the social order, examining the poet's iconoclastic views aDavid Hawkes's study provides a new insight into Milton's prophetic stance on politics and the social order, examining the poet's iconoclastic views and his approach to topics still relevant today - market capitalism, political violence and religious terrorism. ...more
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Stet An Editor's Life Diana Athill Granta 2001 Paperback
For half a century, Diana Athill edited, coaxed, nursed and, at times, coerced a succession of novelists from Jean Rhys to Timothy Mo into producing tFor half a century, Diana Athill edited, coaxed, nursed and, at times, coerced a succession of novelists from Jean Rhys to Timothy Mo into producing their finest work. Elegant, clear-sighted and self- deprecating, her memoirs offer a wise and often very funny account of a life in publishing; a life in which the parade of literary luminaries takes second place to Athill's sheer love of language and literature. ...more
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The Magician's Book A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia Laura Miller Little, Brown 2009 Hardback
As a child, Laura Miller read and loved CS Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, but as a more sceptical teenager she felt tricked and betrayed by their ChrisAs a child, Laura Miller read and loved CS Lewis's Chronicles of Narnia, but as a more sceptical teenager she felt tricked and betrayed by their Christian themes. In this book she explains how she has revisited the stories as an adult and learned to look beyond their author's deep prejudices and their categorization as 'children's' or 'Christian' literature, to appreciate them as an erudite literary creation which fired the imaginations of such writers as Neil Gaiman and Philip Pullman. American-cut pages. ...more
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Camus, A Romance
Elizabeth Hawes Grove 2009 Hardback
By the time of his death in a car crash at the age of 46, the author of The Stranger was one of the world's most acclaimed philosophers. As a student,By the time of his death in a car crash at the age of 46, the author of The Stranger was one of the world's most acclaimed philosophers. As a student, Elizabeth Hawes fell in love with this charismatic figure from afar. After 40 years reading his works, travelling in his footsteps and meeting those who knew him, she has produced this remarkable book, combining biography and memoir to shed light on Camus' life and ideas, and their meaning for readers. ...more
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Patrick O'Brian The Making of a Novelist Nikolai Tolstoy Century 2004 Hardback Illustrated
The 20 gripping naval adventures of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series have won legions of fans worldwide, among them many eminent literary figurThe 20 gripping naval adventures of Patrick O'Brian's Aubrey-Maturin series have won legions of fans worldwide, among them many eminent literary figures. But who was their creator? This biography by his son-in-law, who knew him for 45 years and inherited his private notebooks, sheds fascinating light on the secretive author, probing his oppressive upbringing, troubled first marriage and passion for sailing to reveal the wellsprings of his fertile imagination. ...more
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Priestley's Wars
Neil Hanson; Tom Priestley (Edited by) Great Northern 2008 Hardback Illustrated
The author of An Inspector Calls, JB Priestley was one of Britain's most popular writers - and one of the most trenchant critics of its social order. The author of An Inspector Calls, JB Priestley was one of Britain's most popular writers - and one of the most trenchant critics of its social order. This anthology ranges from his letters from the battlefields of the First World War to his articles on CND, of which he was a founder. It also includes his celebrated 'Postscript' broadcasts, which rallied the nation during the Blitz until they were taken off air after Priestley's insistent demands for a 'land fit for heroes' angered Churchill. ...more
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Robert Louis Stevenson The Travelling Mind Eileen Dunlop NMS 2008 Paperback
More than a century after his death, the creator of Kidnapped, Treasure Island and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde remains one of the best loved of storytellersMore than a century after his death, the creator of Kidnapped, Treasure Island and Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde remains one of the best loved of storytellers. From a Calvinist childhood in Edinburgh to his self-imposed exile in the South Pacific, this concise biography probes the wellsprings of Stevenson's imagination; examines the conflicting drives of his Scottish patriotism and wanderlust; and explores his relationships with family, friends and the Samoan neighbours of his last years. ...more
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