Literary lives

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Shakespeare

1956
An illustrated biography of the renowned playwright and poet with a discussion of his plays.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Examines the facts of Fitzgerald's short life and offers insights into the way actual events were transformed and woven into his novels.

Thomas Hardy

a literary life
1996
A biography of nineteenth-century English novelist and poet Thomas Hardy, focusing on the literary side of his life and the influences on his writing.

W.B. Yeats

1986
An illustrated biography of the Irish poet, dramatist, and essayist generally considered to be the most important poet in English of his time.

F. Scott Fitzgerald

Examines the facts of Fitzgerald's short life and offers insights into the way actual events were transformed and woven into his novels.

James Joyce

with 124 illustrations
1986
A biography of the Irish genius relating details of his life to the substance of his books.
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