Download or read book LIVING BIOGRAPHIES OF FAMOUS NOVELISTS written by HENRY THOMAS, DANA LEE THOMAS and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Secret Lives of Great Authors written by Robert Schnakenberg and published by Quirk Books. This book was released on 2014-03-18 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The strange-but-true tales of the rumors, idiosyncrasies, and feuds of literary legends—including Agatha Christie, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Shakespeare, and more This fascinating—and shocking!—tour through the lives of classic literature icons is the perfect stocking stuffer for book lovers and fans of little-known history. With outrageous and uncensored profiles of everyone from William Shakespeare to Thomas Pynchon, Secret Lives of Great Authors tackles all the tough questions your high school teachers were afraid to ask: What’s the deal with Lewis Carroll and little girls? Is it true that J. D. Salinger drank his own urine? How many women—and men—did Lord Byron actually sleep with? And why was Ayn Rand such a big fan of Charlie’s Angels? Classic literature was never this much fun in school! Authors included: William Shakespeare Lord Byron Honoré de Balzac Edgar Allan Poe Charles Dickens The Brontë Sisters Henry David Thoreau Walt Whitman Leo Tolstoy Emily Dickinson Lewis Carroll Louisa May Alcott Mark Twain Oscar Wilde Arthur Conan Doyle W.B. Yeats H.G. Wells Gertrude Stein Jack London Virginia Woolf James Joyce Franz Kafka T.S. Eliot Agatha Christie J.R.R. Tolkien F. Scott Fitzgerald William Faulkner Ernest Hemingway Ayn Rand Jean-Paul Sartre Richard Wright William Burroughs Carson McCullers J.D. Salinger Jack Kerouac Kurt Vonnegut Toni Morrison Sylvia Plath Thomas Pynchon
Download or read book Living Biographies of Famous Novelists written by Henry Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Included: Boccaccio, Rabelais, Cervantes, Defoe, Swift, Sterne, Scott, Balzac, Dumas, Hugo, Flaubert Hawthorne, Thackeray, Dickens, Dostoyevsky, Tolstoy, Maupassant, Zola, Mark Twain, Hardy.
Download or read book Lives of the Novelists written by John Sutherland and published by Profile Books. This book was released on 2011-10-27 with total page 832 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged in chronological order, the novelist's lives are opinionated, informative, frequently funny and often shocking. Professor Sutherland's authors come from all over the world; their writings illustrate every kind of fiction from gothic, penny dreadfuls and pornography to fantasy, romance and high literature. The book shows the changing forms of the genre, and how the aspirations of authors to divert and sometimes to educate their readers, has in some respects radically changed over the centuries, and in others - such as their interest in sex and relationships - remained remarkably constant.
Download or read book Living Biographies of Great Poets written by Henry Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1959 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Born to Write written by Charis Cotter and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the lives and careers of six famous children's authors, including C.S. Lewis and E.B. White, and reflects on how their childhoods influenced their writings as adults.
Download or read book Living Biographies of Famous Novelists written by Thomas Henry and published by . This book was released on 1982-03-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Living Biographies of Famous Americans written by Henry Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1946 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, John Paul Jones, Paul Revere, Robert Fulton, John Jacob Astor, Daniel Boone, Sam Houston, Stephen C. Foster, Robert E. Lee, Edwin Booth, Buffalo Bill, John D. Rockefeller, Thomas A. Edison, The Wright Brothers, William Jennings Bryan, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Will Rogers, George M. Cohan, Henry Ford.
Download or read book Biographical Encyclopedia of Philosophy written by Henry Thomas and published by Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday. This book was released on 1965 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sketches of the careers and beliefs of over 400 of the outstanding men and women of all time whose philosophies have influenced the world.
Download or read book Writers written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the fascinating lives and loves of the greatest novelists, poets, and playwrights. From William Shakespeare and Jane Austen to Gabriel García Márquez and Toni Morrison, Writers explores more than 100 biographies of the world’s greatest writers. Each featured novelist, playwright, or poet is introduced by a stunning portrait, followed by photography and illustrations of locations and artifacts important in their lives – along with pages from original manuscripts, first editions, and their correspondence. Trace the friendships, loves, and rivalries that inspired each individual and affected their writing, revealing insights into the larger-than-life characters, plots, and evocative settings that they created. You will also uncover details each writer’s most famous pieces and understand the times and cultures they lived in – see how the world influenced them and how their works influenced the world. Writers introduces key ideas, themes, and literary techniques of each figure, revealing the imaginations and personalities behind some of the world's greatest novels, short stories, poems, and plays. A diverse variety of authors are covered, from the Middle Ages to present day, providing a compelling glimpse into the lives of the people behind the page.
Download or read book Agatha Christie written by Hourly History and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discover the remarkable life of Agatha Christie...Agatha Christie, born in upper-middle-class British society during the late Victorian era, turned into one of the most prolific and popular mystery writers of all time. Her novels have been translated into forty-four languages and have sold over two billion copies worldwide. Her mysteries continue to sell as new generations of readers discover the delights of her main characters, Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. In addition, Christie's plays have been a tremendous success, with The Mousetrap running in London for the past 70 years. This is the story of the best-selling fiction writer of all time-Dame Agatha Christie. Discover a plethora of topics such as An Enchanted Childhood Agatha Meets Archie Christie The Loss of Her Mother and Husband Christie's Mysterious Disappearance Murder Most Foul: Enter Miss Marple Final Years and Death And much more! So if you want a concise and informative book on Agatha Christie, simply scroll up and click the "Buy now" button for instant access!
Download or read book Harry Emerson Fosdick written by Robert Moats Miller and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1985-02-21 with total page 637 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major figure in American religious and cultural history, Fosdick was famous as a preacher, a pacifist and a champion of civil rights. He was also the author of forty-seven books.
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Download or read book Understanding the Great Philosophers written by Henry Thomas and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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