1800-1899

An account of Mary Shelley's career, her childhood, her creation of Frankenstein, her marriage, and the second half of her life after her husband's death.

Portrays the life and times of Orne Jewett, a woman of exceptional achievement.

Spine title: Lincoln : speeches and writings, 1859-1865. On t.p.: Speeches, letters, and miscellaneous writings; presidential messages and proclamations.

A study of the author as man, as dramatist and as physician.

Includes notes, bibliography, and index. Text and over 400 illustrations describe the spread and impact of Impressionism on American art.

Contains author biographies, critical analyses, plot summaries, and bibliographies for English literature from the 1700s through 1945.

A biography of the American writer who, despite an untimely death at twenty-eight, secured a place in literary history for his originality, range, and complexity.

Details the four decades of courtship and marriage of Mark Twain and Olivia Langdon.

Presents Dickens and his novels in social and psychological context. Also discusses the autobiographical basis of his greatest works.