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Charlotte Bronte(Paperback)
The British Library Publishing Division
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01/10/1997
This is a biography of Charlotte Bronte, whose novels "Jane Eyre", "Shirley", "Villette" and "The Professor" won her great fame. It provides an objective and compassionate account of her life, from ...
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Jane Austen(Paperback)
The British Library Publishing Division
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01/09/1998
This biography, with illustrations from British Library manuscripts, introduces an account of the main events of Jane Austen's life, emphasizing the importance of her family connections in developin...
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William Shakespeare(Paperback)
The British Library Publishing Division
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01/11/1998
Almost 400 years after his death, interest in Shakespeare still persists. As shown in this account, by viewing the playwright in the Elizabethan context and the theatre, we know more of his existenc...
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Joseph Conrad(Paperback)
The British Library Publishing Division
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01/10/1998
After years of sailing the seas, Joseph Conrad emerged to become one of the world's greatest writers. This biography explores how Conrad's experiences of exile and his choice of career at sea shaped...
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William Wordsworth(Paperback)
The British Library Publishing Division
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15/11/1999
Deploying illustrations from manuscripts in Wordsworth's hand in The British Library, and at the Wordsworth Trust at Dove Cottage in Grasmere, and in other collections, Stephen Hebron discusses the ...
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning(Paperback)
The British Library Publishing Division
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01/05/2001
The romance between the ethereal invalid Elizabeth Barrett and urbane Robert Browning has been the subject of numerous books and films. Yet the reality was rather different. Martin Garrett looks at ...
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John Keats(Paperback)
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15/10/2001
Stephen Hebron traces Keats'' life and development as a poet, assessing his work in the context of the contemporary social and literary scene. Keats died at an early age, leaving what have become so...
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Mary Shelley(Paperback)
The British Library Publishing Division
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01/11/2002
Mary Shelley's authorship of the novel "Frankenstein" guaranteed her renown, but her turbulent life and other literary works are equally fascinating. This biography - illustrated with original lette...
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Samuel Taylor Coleridge(Paperback)
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01/10/2003
Illustrated throughout with contemporary images, this biography follows Coleridge - poet, critic, philosopher, political commentator and psychologist - from childhood in Devon and schooldays in Lond...
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