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Questing was Sherlock Holmes's business. He famously adopted the latest forensic techniques, channelled the Victorian passion for enquiry, kept abreast of the key scientific ...
An exploration of the influence of Italy and Italians on Chaucer's life and writing.
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With an introduction by Adam Phillips
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A collection of letters from John le Carre, one of the greatest British novelists of our time, and a fabulous letter writer, spanning decades from ...
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Born in Greece and abandoned as a child, Lafcadio Hearn lived the life of an exile. He travelled the world and became a famous writer ...
Cosmopolitan, richly intelligent, beautiful, questing - Shirley Hazzard's writing reflects her life. The acclaim it attracts is immeasurable.
Brigitta Olubas tells the story of a ...
Many writers fashion a career out of their writing. Some fashion brilliant careers. Very few, however, commit to their art in a manner that inflects ...
hooks's unflinching dedication to her work carved deep grooves for the feminist and anti-racist movements. In this collection of 7 interviews, stretching from early ...
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF THE YEAR
The writer who changed America's literary landscape.
One of the great novelists of the 20th century, Ernest Hemingway's spare, precise prose captivated critics ...
The long-awaited memoir of the late Bryce Courtenay - Australia's bestselling author - as told by his wife, Christine Courtenay.
Bryce Courtenay was a born storyteller ...
Over seventy years since his premature death, George Orwell (1903-50) has become one of the most significant figures in western literature. His two dystopian masterpieces ...
Mysterious, esoteric, and baffling, John Ashbery is notorious for the seeming difficulty of his work. But Ashbery is also entertaining, humorous, even charming, and ever ...
Born in Kentucky, Elizabeth Hardwick left for New York City on a Greyhound bus in 1939 and quickly made a name for herself as a ...
