Biography: writers

Collected Essays contains nearly eighty essays, reviews and occasional pieces composed between novels, plays and travel books over four prolific decades.

Written during the First World War and first published in 1922, "e;Far Off Things"e; is the first volume of Arthur Machan's autobiography.

This is volume II of Francis A.

First published between 1860-1861, "e;The Uncommercial Traveller"e; is a collection of literary sketches and reminiscences written by Charles Dickens.

This early work by Henry James was originally published in 1914 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

Revealing the rich inner life of a literary genius, this large collection of Austen's correspondence offers a unique and intimate glimpse into her daily life, relationships, and creative process.

"e;The Secret of Charlotte Bronte"e; is a 1914 biographical study of famous English literary figure Charlotte Bronte by Frederika Macdonald.

First published in 1916, this volume contains the second volume of Frank Harris's biography "e;Oscar Wilde - His Life and Confessions"e;.

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First published in 1814, "e;The Excursion"e; is the second and only completed part of Wordsworth's three-part work "e;The Recluse"e;.

Hermann Hesse, winner of the 1946 Nobel Prize for Literature, is now acknowledged internationally as one of the major writers of this century.

Born in 1836 near Strabane, Co.

The nonfiction debut from the author of the international bestseller Sacred Games about the surprising overlap between writing and computer codingVikram Chandra has been a computer programmer for almost as long as he has been a novelist.

The curious story of the unlikely relationship between a champion boxer and a celebrated man of letters.

Written from the authors own personal experiences of her journey from Polotsk, Russia to Boston, USA in 1894 at the age of 11.

This is volume I of Francis A.

"e;The Man, Shakespeare - And his Tragic Life Story"e; is a 1909 work by Frank Harris that explores the character of Shakespeare by analysing that of his most notable characters.

"e;Charlotte Bronte and Her Circle"e; is a 1896 treatise on the Bronte sisters by Clement King Shorter.

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive.

This antiquarian book contains Edward Thomas's biography of George Borrow, "e;George Borrow - The Man and His Books"e;.

The first ever memoir from the Number One global bestselling adventure authorWilbur Smith has lived an incredible life of adventure, and now he shares the extraordinary true stories that have inspired his fiction.

First published in 1916, this vintage book contains both volumes of Frank Harris's biography "e;Oscar Wilde - His Life and Confessions"e;.

A great novelist on his twin obsessions: writing and coding.

From prize-winning historical novelist Louise Allen, this book presents nine walks through both the London Jane Austen knew and the London of her novels!

This early biography is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition.

In the foreword to Li-Young Lee's first book, Rose (BOA Editions, 1986), Gerald Stern wrote, ';What characterizes Li-Young Lee's poetry is a certain kind of humility, a kind of cunning, a love of plain speech, a search for wisdom and understanding.

"e;Fighting France: From Dunkerque to Belfort"e; is a 1918 collection of articles written by American writer Edith Wharton.

An incisive demonstration of how Orwell's body of work was defined by the four major conflicts that punctuated his life: World War I, the Spanish Civil War, World War II, and the Cold War.

When, in 2000, the National Theatre published its poll of the hundred best plays of the 20th century, David Hare had written five of them.