Synopses & Reviews
and#149; GEOFFREY CHAUCER and#149; WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE and#149; JANE AUSTEN and#149; ROBERT BROWNING and ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING and#149; EDGAR ALLAN POE and#149; CHARLES DICKENS and#149; CHARLOTTE and EMILY BRONTand#203; and#149; EMILY DICKINSON and#149; MARK TWAIN and#149; GEORGE ELIOT and#149; THOMAS HARDY and#149; OSCAR WILDE and#149; SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE and#149; D. H. LAWRENCE and#149; F. SCOTT FITZGERALD and#149; ERNEST HEMINGWAY and#149; ROBERT FROST andlt;BRandgt; They are icons of the literary world whose soaring works have been discussed and analyzed in countless classrooms, homes, and pubs. Yet for most readers, the living, breathing human beings behind the classics have remained unknown...until now! In this utterly captivating book, Dr. Elliot Engel, a foremost authority on the lives of great authors, illuminates the fascinating and flawed men and women of literature's elite. In lieu of stuffy biographical sketches andlt;Iandgt;A Dab of Dickens and A Touch of Twainandlt;/Iandgt; reveals dozens of fascinating anecdotes: andlt;BRandgt; and#149; Why Sir Arthur Conan Doyle blamed his wife's death on Sherlock Holmes andlt;BRandgt; and#149; How Charles Dickens' pet launched Edgar Allan Poe on his way to literary immortality andlt;BRandgt; and#149; The strange connection between Jane Austen and Ernest Hemingway andlt;BRandgt; and#149; How Louisa May Alcott's attempt to get Mark Twain's andlt;Iandgt;Huckleberry Finnandlt;/Iandgt; banned backfired...and more! andlt;BRandgt; You'll never look at these literary giants the same way again.
Review
Cedric Charles Dickens Charles Dickens' great-grandson Brilliantly funny and full of fascinating information.
Synopsis
- GEOFFREY CHAUCER - WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - JANE AUSTEN - ROBERT BROWNING & ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING - EDGAR ALLAN POE - CHARLES DICKENS - CHARLOTTE & EMILY BRONTE - EMILY DICKINSON - MARK TWAIN - GEORGE ELIOT - THOMAS HARDY - OSCAR WILDE - SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE - D. H. LAWRENCE - F. SCOTT FITZGERALD - ERNEST HEMINGWAY - ROBERT FROST
They are icons of the literary world whose soaring works have been discussed and analyzed in countless classrooms, homes, and pubs. Yet for most readers, the living, breathing human beings behind the classics have remained unknown...until now In this utterly captivating book, Dr. Elliot Engel, a foremost authority on the lives of great authors, illuminates the fascinating and flawed men and women of literature's elite. In lieu of stuffy biographical sketches A Dab of Dickens & A Touch of Twain reveals dozens of fascinating anecdotes:
- Why Sir Arthur Conan Doyle blamed his wife's death on Sherlock Holmes
- How Charles Dickens' pet launched Edgar Allan Poe on his way to literary immortality
- The strange connection between Jane Austen and Ernest Hemingway
- How Louisa May Alcott's attempt to get Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn banned backfired...and more
You'll never look at these literary giants the same way again.
Synopsis
From Dickens to Dickenson, A Dab of Dickens and a Touch of Twain is an accessible and entertaining depiction of the greatest authors in the English language -- in a fun collection of brief biographies that include how Charles Dickens' pet raven launched Edgar Allan Poe's career and how Robert Frost helped John F. Kennedy get elected.
Table of Contents
andlt;Bandgt;Contentsandlt;/Bandgt;andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Introductionandlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Geoffrey Chaucer (1343-1400)andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;William Shakespeare (1564-1616) andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Jane Austen (1775-1817) andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Charlotte Brontand#235; (1816-1855) andamp;amp; Emily Brontand#235; (1818-1848) andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) andamp;amp; Robert Browning (1812-1889) andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Charles Dickens (1812-1870) andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;George Eliot (1819-1880) andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Mark Twain (1835-1910) andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Thomas Hardy (1840-1928) andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961) andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Robert Frost (1874-1963) andlt;BRandgt;andlt;BRandgt;Suggested Biographies for Future Reading