Roald Dahl is one of the most famous children's book authors ever. Now in this Who Was ...? biography, children will learn of his real-life adventures. A flying ace for the British Air Force, he was married to an Academy Award-...
Novelists, English
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Auteur:Kelley, TrueSommaire: - Auteur:Strathern, PaulSommaire:
A concise, expert account of Virginia Woolf's life and ideas and explains their influence on literature and on man's struggle to understand his place in the world.
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Auteur:Austen, JaneSommaire:The Complete Works of Jane Austen includes all six novels, and Austen’s shorter works; Lady Susan, The Watsons, Sandition, and her complete Juvenilia. Jane Austen is famous for her six novels, Sense and Sensibility, Pride and prejudice...
- Auteur:COOKSON, CatherineSommaire:
Catherine Cookson's own story; of her mother and her harsh childhood growing up in a poor English family.
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Auteur:King, JamesSommaire:English novelist Guy Boyd's publisher forces him, against his inclination, to write a biography of the late Gabriel Brown, an eminent dealer in Old Masters. From the start, the project rattles the young Englishman, who has little...
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Auteur:SHIELDS, CarolSommaire:In Jane Austen, Shields follows this superb and beloved novelist from her early family life in Steventon to her later years in Bath, her broken engagement, and her intense relationship with her sister Cassandra. She reveals both the...
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Auteur:Margaret ForsterSommaire: - Auteur:Lodge, DavidSommaire:
As he lies dying in 1944 in Lodge's fictional account, H.G. Wells takes the opportunity to reflect on his many sexual conquests, but finds himself focusing on his memories of a handful of wives and mistresses. Recollecting his time with...
