Download or read book British Literary Anecdotes written by Robert Hendrickson and published by . This book was released on with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book British Literary Anecdotes written by Robert Hendrickson and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The New Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes written by John Gross and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The New Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes, master anthologist John Gross brings together a delectable smorgasbord of literary tales, offering striking new insight into some of the most important writers in history. Many of the anecdotes here are funny, others are touching, outrageous, sinister, inspiring, or downright weird. They show writers from Chaucer to Bob Dylan acting both unpredictably and deeply in character. The range is wide--this is a book which finds room for Milton and Shakespeare, Mark Twain and Walt Whitman, Kurt Vonnegut and P. G. Wodehouse, Chinua Achebe and Salman Rushdie, James Baldwin and Tom Wolfe. It is also a book in which you can find out which great historian's face was once mistaken for a baby's bottom, which film star experienced a haunting encounter with Virginia Woolf not long before her death, and what Agatha Christie really thought of her popular character Hercule Poirot. It is in short an unrivalled collection of literary gossip offering intimate glimpses into the lives of authors ranging from Shakespeare to Philip Roth--a book not just for lovers of literature, but for anyone with a taste for the curiosities of human nature.
Download or read book The Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes written by James Sutherland and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book World Literary Anecdotes written by Robert Hendrickson and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gathers brief stories about poets, novelists, dramatists, critics, editors and publishers from around the world and from classical times to the twentieth century
Download or read book STORIES OF AUTHORS written by EDWIN WATTS CHUBB and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes written by James Runcieman Sutherland and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1987 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of nearly 500 stories covering 1300 years. Includes tall tales, portraits, and anecdotes about the men and women of English letters.
Download or read book World Literary Anecdotes written by Robert Hendrickson and published by . This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century written by John Nichols and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Story of Britain From the Romans to the Present A Narrative History written by Rebecca Fraser and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2006-11-17 with total page 848 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A beautifully written story, a box of delights, a treasure trove: final proof of truth’s superiority over fiction.”—Andrew Roberts A sparkling anecdotal account with the pace of an epic, about the men and women who created turning points in history. Rebecca Fraser's dramatic portrayal of the scientists, statesmen, explorers, soldiers, traders, and artists who forged Britain's national institutions is the perfect introduction to British history. Just as much as kings and queens, battles and empire, Britain's great themes have been the liberty of the individual, the rule of law, and the parliamentary democracy invented to protect them. Ever since Caractacus and Boudicca surprised the Romans with the bravery of their resistance, Britain has stood out as the home of freedom. From Thomas More to William Wilberforce, from Gladstone to Churchill, Britain's history is studded with heroic figures who have resisted tyranny in all its guises, whether it be the Stuart kings' belief in divine right, the institution of slavery, or the ambitions of Napoleon and Hitler.
Download or read book Literary Anecdotes Of The Eighteenth Century Comprizing Biographical Memoirs Of William Bowyer And Many Of His Learned Friends written by John Nichols and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 742 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Britain by the Book written by Oliver Tearle and published by John Murray. This book was released on 2019-01-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What caused Dickens to leap out of bed one night and walk 30 miles from London to Kent? How did a small town on the Welsh borders become the second-hand bookshop capital of the world? Why did a jellyfish persuade Evelyn Waugh to abandon his suicide attempt in North Wales? A multitude of curious questions are answered in Britain by the Book, a fascinating travelogue with a literary theme, taking in unusual writers' haunts and the surprising places that inspired some of our favourite fictional locations. We'll learn why Thomas Hardy was buried twice, how a librarian in Manchester invented the thesaurus as a means of coping with depression, and why Agatha Christie was investigated by MI5 during the Second World War. The map of Britain that emerges is one dotted with interesting literary stories and bookish curiosities.
Download or read book Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century written by John Nichols and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-08-28 with total page 751 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This nine-volume work, published 1812-15, provides biographical notes on publishers, writers and artists of the eighteenth century.
Download or read book Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century Comprising Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer written by John Nichols (F.S.A., Printer.) and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century Comprizing Biographical Memoirs of William Bowyer an Incidental View of the Progress and Advancement of Literature in this Kingdom During Thelast Century and Biographical Anecdotes of a Considerable Number of Eminent Writers and Ingenious Artist with a Very Copious Index By John Nichols In Six Volumes Volume 1 9 written by and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Anecdotes of the manners and customs of London from the Roman invasion to the year 1700 written by James Peller Malcolm and published by . This book was released on 1811 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Literary Anecdotes of the Eighteenth Century pt 1 Index to vols 1 6 pt 2 Index to vols 8 9 written by John Nichols and published by . This book was released on 1813 with total page 762 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
