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Author
Publisher
Soho Press
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st U.S. pbk. ed.
Physical Desc
366 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Stephen Fry's astonishingly frank, funny, wise memoir is the book that his fans everywhere have been waiting for. Since his PBS television debut in the Blackadder series, the American profile of this multitalented writer, actor and comedian has grown steadily, especially in the wake of his title role in the film Wilde, which earned him a Golden Globe nomination, and his supporting role in A Civil Action. Fry has already given readers a taste of his...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Co
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
xxi, 277 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In Jane's Fame, Claire Harman gives us the complete biography--of both the author and her lasting cultural influence--making this essential reading for anyone interested in Austen's life, works, and remarkably potent fame.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 481 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A real-life detective story, investigating how Agatha Christie and colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction, writing books casting new light on unsolved murders whilst hiding clues to their authors' darkest secrets."--Publisher's description.
Author
Series
Publisher
Grosset & Dunlap
Pub. Date
2015, 2014
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
105 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
Highlights the life and accomplishments of the English novelist notable for such works as "Oliver Twist" and "A Christmas Carol," including his rise from boyhood poverty, his literary career, and his personal life.
Author
Series
Prison diary volume 2
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
310 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
RBA
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
Segunda edición.
Physical Desc
394 pages ; 22 cm
Language
Español
Description
Nora is a reclusive crime writer, content with the routine of life in her apartment in London. She hasn't seen her friend Clare in years - not since Nora walked out of school one day and never went back. So she's surprised to receive an invitation to Clare's hen do. Perhaps it's a chance to reconnect with her best friend. But something goes terribly wrong in the eerie glass house deep in the English countryside. Then Nora wakes up with her head bandaged...
Author
Series
Publisher
Picador
Pub. Date
2017.
Edition
First Picador modern classics edition.
Physical Desc
378 pages ; 15 cm.
Language
English
Description
An award-winning author and reviewer describes her tomboy childhood, challenging Catholic school education, broken family life, marriage, struggle with chronic illness which rendered her unable to have children, and literary career.
Author
Series
(Mary Margaret),Share of summer volume 3rd pt
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
xiii, 367 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., ports. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
107 pages ; cm.
Language
English
Description
"Step into the world of Georgian England and learn more about the genteel life of this beloved author. Although Jane Austen's works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal recognition, today they are rarely out of print and have inspired movies, television shows and mini-series, literary anthologies, and many other adaptations all around the world. Her writing--principally her five novels--is a critique of the British landed...
Author
Series
Good thief's guide volume 1
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2007
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
238 p. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A novelist who moonlights as a thief for hire, Charlie Howard is suspicious when an enigmatic American offers to pay him to steal two small monkey figurines, a suspicion that becomes all-too-real when his employer is nearly beaten to death.
Author
Publisher
Viking Adult
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
234 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"The beloved and bestselling author takes an intimate look back at a life of reading and writing. "The memory that we live with is the moth-eaten version of our own past that each of us carries around, depends on. It is our ID; this is how we know who we are and where we have been." Memory and history have been Penelope Lively's terrain in fiction over a career that has spanned five decades. But she has only rarely given readers a glimpse into her...
95) Golden afternoon
Author
Series
(Mary Margaret),Share of summer volume 2nd pt
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st U.S. ed.
Physical Desc
xii, 417 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First United States edition.
Physical Desc
462 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A groundbreaking biography that places an obsessive, unrequited love at the heart of the writer's life story, transforming her from the tragic figure we have previously known into a smoldering Jane Eyre. Famed for her beloved novels, Charlotte Brontë has been known as well for her insular, tragic family life. The genius of this biography is that it delves behind this image to reveal a life in which loss and heartache existed alongside rebellion...
Author
Publisher
Hardie Grant Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
An illustrated guide to Jane Austen's England -- from the settings in her novels and the scenes in the television and film adaptations, to her homes and other important locations throughout her own life
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