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45) Charles Dickens
Author
Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
1993
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Follows the life and writing career of the popular nineteenth-century English novelist.
46) Virginia Woolf
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
c1997
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 893 p. [8] p. of plates : geneal. table, photos., ports. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Free Press hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 573 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In 1953, William Golding was a provincial schoolteacher, rejected by every major publisher--until an editor pulled Lord of the Flies off the rejection pile. He went on to become one of the most popular and influential British authors since World War II--disheveled and darkly humorous, sometimes more disturbing than he is palatable, and above all fascinating. Yet despite the fame and acclaim, the renowned author saw himself as a monster--a reclusive...
48) Jane Austen
Author
Series
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
185 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
xiv, 346 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
An authorized biography of the late author of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" and its sequels, written by his editor and close friend, offers a portrait of Douglas Adams based on material from his family.
Author
Series
Jane Austen mystery volume 1
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
1996
Physical Desc
289 p. ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
373 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Perfect for fans of Jane Austen, this engrossing debut novel offers an unusual twist on the legacy of one of the world's most celebrated and beloved authors: two researchers from the future are sent back in time to meet Jane and recover a suspected unpublished novel"--
55) The lineup: the world's greatest crime writers tell the inside story of their greatest detectives
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 406 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Shares the stories behind the creations of many of the mystery genre's most popular characters, revealing the inspirations for such examples as Michael Connelly's Harry Bosch and Alexander McCall Smith's Precious Ramotswe.
Author
Series
(Mary Margaret),Share of summer volume 1st pt
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c1990
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
454 p., [25] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Born to British parents from families with a tradition of service in India and China, Kaye's "conversation" is rich with recollections of a carefree childhood in British-governed India (The Raj) and of a more restricted adolescence in school at "home"--in drab England so far from her real home and from her beloved father and social butterfly of a mother. This rag-bag of exotic and mundane scraps (a metaphor that Kaye establishes in the foreword) spills...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Physical Desc
x, 655 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
This authorized biography, written by a BBC producer and director who knew Dahl and worked with the cooperation of the author's adult children and both wives--one of whom was film star Patricia Neal--covers the man and his reputation.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Physical Desc
387 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
""Jane Austen at Home offers a fascinating look at Jane Austen's world through the lens of the homes in which she lived and worked throughout her life. The result is a refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity, and domesticity." - Amanda Foreman, bestselling author of Georgianna, Duchess of Devonshire. On the eve of the two hundredth anniversary of Jane Austen's death, take a...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
[2021].
Physical Desc
xii, 254 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
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.
How did the first forty years of H. G. Wells's life shape the father of science fiction? From his impoverished childhood in a working-class English family and determination to educate himself at any cost to his complicated marriages,...
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