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Presents a biography of writer and religious philosopher C. S. Lewis, providing information on his childhood in Ireland, his literary influences, and his achievements in philosophy, theology, and fiction.

Presents evidence that the writings attributed to William Shakespeare were in fact written by Elizabethan court playwright Edward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, and chronicles the life and writing career of de Vere.

Alphabetically arranged entries provide information on the lives and works of more than seventy-five seventeenth-century British and American writers.

Presents the third volume in the biography of twentieth-century English novelist Graham Greene, covering the years from 1955 to 1991 during which he worked as an agent for the British government, and reached the height of his literary fame.

Chronicles the life of Edward Bulwer, discussing how he gained fame throughout mid-nineteenth-century Europe but after the First World War his reputation became tarnished, causing his works to become less widely read.

Chronicles the life of writer George Orwell, exploring the influence his childhood and Eton education, his experience as a policeman in Burma, and his plunge into poverty after the Spanish Civil War had on his writing.

Presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations in Norway and an English boarding school.

"Provides a brief biography of Zadie Smith and in-depth analysis of the novels, short stories, and other works she has written"--Provided by publisher.