Wilde the writer is known to us from his plays and prose fiction, but apparently it was in his conversation that his genius reached its summit. His talk is lost and his autobiography was never written, but his letters reveal him at his spontaneous, sparkling best. Wilde the writer is known to us from his plays and prose fiction, yet it was in his conversation that his genius reached its summit. His talk is lost, his autobiography was never written,...

This vintage book (first published in 1948) contains a short biography of Mark Twain, with a wonderful selection of humourous and often aphoristic quotations taken from his writings. This concise and easy-to-digest text is full of interesting and entertaining information concerning Mr. Twain, and is highly recommended for those with an interest in his life and mind. A profusely illustrated antiquarian volume, this book is not to be missed by the discerning...

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland and James Boswell's Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides recounts their tour of Scotland in 1773. While Johnson focuses on Scotland itself, Boswell is even keener on presenting his friend to the notables of his homeland. Together they form a complete account of a fascinating journey, two intriguing personalities,...

Una obra de divulgación de uno de los escritores más influyentes en lengua castellana del siglo XX En ella se recoge infinidad de datos acerca de la vida de Cortázar, desde Buenos Aires a París, a partir de un conocimiento completo de su obra. De carácter ameno, el lector descubrirá a la vez, de manera precisa y sorprendente, a la persona y al escritor. Cuenta, además, con un prólogo del escritor nicaragüense Sergio Ramírez, amigo personal...

A fantastic look of some of the greatest writers of the Victorian era, including Charlotte Bronte, Anthony Trollope, Thomas Carlyle and Charles Dickens. Written by eminent historian Frederic Harrison.

Published in 1913, this autobiography by James tells of his childhood and adolescence in a wealthy and accomplished family. He zeros in on highs such as meeting Thackery and Dickens, or lows of feeling too ashamed to join other children dancing. James focuses his novelist's eye on the painfully shy but precociously gifted boy he once was, and the result is a self-portrait of rare honesty and critical judgment.

This book contains a biography of the great Russian writer.

The Life of Charlotte Bronte, by Elizabeth Gaskell, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics: • New introductions commissioned from todays top writers and scholars • Biographies of the authors • Chronologies...

English playwright and poet Ben Jonson (1572—1637) is considered the second greatest playwright of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. This study of Jonson's life, "First (And Second) Period of Manhood" and "Old Age", and work, "Dramatic Style" and "Masterpieces", offers an insightful look at the author of the celebrated plays Volpone, The Alchemist, and Bartholomew Fair.

A personal insight in to the life of John Keats, his thoughts, his friends, where was his life going?... his poetry said it all. He was a hothead, short to temper, but so completely focused on becoming a poet, he had a vision, an image of himself. Fashion mattered, frilly cuffs mattered and he was prepared for fisticuffs on the streets or a brawl at the local theatre. His time in Devon was the summer in his life for the most part - though it rained...