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"A ... biography that places an obsessive, unrequited love at the heart of the writer's life story, transforming her from the tragic figure we have previously known into a smoldering Jane Eyre. Famed for her beloved novels, Charlotte Bront? has been known as well for her insular, tragic family life... This biography ... delves behind this image to reveal a life in which loss and heartache existed alongside rebellion and fierce ambition"--Provided by publisher.

Covers Bleak House, David Copperfield, Great Expectations, Hard Times, Oliver Twist and A tale of two cities.

With photography and illustrations, At Home with Jane Austen explores Austen's world, her physical surroundings, and the journeys the popular author took during her lifetime.

Presents a collection of the journals of English novelist John Fowles, author of the "The Magus" and "The French Lieutenant's Woman".

An encyclopedia of information related to nineteenth-century writer Joseph Conrad's life and works.

Looks at Charles Dickens in his domestic context, examining the places he lived in London and throughout England, his attention to the details of domestic arrangements, and the links between his homes and the settings of his novels.