Biography: writers

Eine Jugend in Deutschland von Ernst Toller ist nicht nur eine Autobiographie, sondern ein lebendiges Zeugnis einer turbulenten Epoche.

A Lover's Complaint William Shakespeare - A Lover's Complaint is a narrative poem published as an appendix to the original edition of Shakespeare's sonnets.

Ein Meister der Sprache, ein politischer Kopf, ein gesellschaftlicher Seismograf: Martin Walser ist der letzte deutsche Großschriftsteller.

Das Buch schildert die Erlebnisse und Erfahrungen eines irakischen Staatsbürgers iranischer Abstammung, der zur Zeit der Diktatur im Irak als Student in die BRD kam, dort studierte, arbeitete und sich in die westliche Welt integrierte.

The story of Frederick Douglass is passionate, harrowing, and inspiring.

Zweig versucht in seinen drei Essays zu Balzac, Dickens und Dostojewski einen Typus des Romanciers herauszuarbeiten, wobei die Unterschiede der Autoren im Vergleich ebenso deutlich hervortreten.

A highly personal memoir of exile and homeland by bestselling author Isabel AllendeIn My Invented Country Isabel Allende evokes the magnificent landscapes of her country, a charming, idiosyncratic Chilean people with a violent history and indomitable spirit, and the politics, religion, myth and magic of her homeland that she carries with her even today.

George Robert Gissing was born on November 22nd, 1857 in Wakefield, Yorkshire.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was born on 26th May 1689 to, the soon to be titled, Earl of Kingston and Mary (Fielding) Pierrepoint.

Mary Robinson was born in Bristol, England on 27th November 1757.

George Robert Gissing was born on November 22nd, 1857 in Wakefield, Yorkshire.

Lady Mary Wortley Montagu was born on 26th May 1689 to, the soon to be titled, Earl of Kingston and Mary (Fielding) Pierrepoint.

Mary Robinson was born in Bristol, England on 27th November 1757.

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Just after 'Bring Up the Bodies' author Hilary Mantel won the Man Booker for 'Wolf Hall', she fell gravely ill.

'A meditation on race, and class, and grief .

A biographic book I hope my children will never read.

O escritor de Maine, como muitos o chamam, estava predestinado a ser o melhor escritor de terror da história.

Elizabeth Gaskell is equally well known as Mrs Gaskell.

Concierto Barroco es una novela deliciosa, propositiva, liberadora.

Muy joven, a los diecisiete años, el autor decide poner en una pequeña valija unas mudas de ropas, un cuaderno, un lápiz, y cargar en su yo interior sus vergüenzas.

Gemeinsam mit ihren beiden Tochtern im Teenageralter zieht die Autorin 1989 an ihren Sehnsuchtsort, die Antilleninsel Guadeloupe.

Elizabeth Gaskell is equally well known as Mrs Gaskell.

Traduccion de Vicente Corbi.