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1. Charles Dickens: A Life
by Claire Tomalin
From Claire Tomalin, bestselling author of "Samuel Pepys", comes "Charles Dickens", the definitive biography of our greatest novelist who brought us ... More
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2. The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens
by Claire Tomalin
This is the story of someone who - almost - wasn't there; who vanished into thin air. Her names, dates, family and experiences very nearly ... More
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3. Thomas Hardy
by Claire Tomalin
In this seminal biography of the enigmatic novelist and poet Thomas Hardy ("Tess of the d'Urbervilles"), Whitbread Award winner Tomalin skillfully ... More
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4. Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self
by Claire Tomalin
Samuel Pepys achieved fame as a naval administrator, a friend and colleague of the powerful and learned, a figure of substance. But for nearly ten ... More
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5. Jane Austen: A Life
by Claire Tomalin
The novels of Jane Austen depict a world of civility, reassuring stability and continuity, which generations of readers have supposed was the world ... More
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7. Mrs. Jordan's Profession: The Story of a Great Actress and a Future King
by Claire Tomalin
Acclaimed as the greatest comic actress of her day, Dora Jordan played a quite different role off-stage as lover to the future king, William IV, ... More
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8. The Invisible Woman: Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens
by Claire Tomalin
From 1857 until his death in 1870, Charles Dickens had a close relationship with the actress Ellen Ternan. The story isn't yet fully known, since ... More
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9. Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man
by Claire Tomalin
Thomas Hardy is one of the sacred figures in English writing, a great poet and a novelist with a world reputation. His life was also extraordinary: ... More
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10. Mrs. Jordan's Profession: The Actress and the Prince
by Claire Tomalin
In a brilliant piece of detective work, Tomalin--whose book about Nelly Ternan, Charles Dickens's secret mistress, won prizes as the best biography ... More
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13. Young Bysshe
by Claire Tomalin
List of all editionsClaire Tomalin writes biographies that are as compulsive to read as they are insightful, and her narrative virtuosity was rewarded in 2002 when her ... More
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14. Shelley and His World
by Claire Tomalin
List of all editions"Shelley and His World" was universally acclaimed on publication as an ideal introduction to the poet's life and work. This much-requested reissue is ... More
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15. Several Strangers: Writing from Three Decades
by Claire Tomalin
List of all editions"Several Strangers" collects together the best of Claire Tomalin's literary pieces over a period of thirty years and - through three long, splendidly ... More
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16. Katherine Mansfield: A Secret Life
by Claire Tomalin
List of all editionsPursuing art and adventure across Europe, Katherine Mansfield lived and wrote with the Furies on her heels; but when she died aged only thirty-four ... More
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18. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft
by Claire Tomalin
List of all editionsWitty, courageous and unconventional, Mary Wollstonecraft was one of the most controversial figures of her day. She published "A Vindication of the ... More
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24. The Poems of Thomas Hardy
by Thomas Hardy, Claire Tomalin (Editor)
List of all editionsThis work is a new selection of Hardy's love poems. Thomas Hardy is one of the sacred figures in English writing, a novelist with a world reputation, ... More
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25. Maurice, or the Fisher's Cot: A Tale
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Claire Tomalin (Introduction by)
List of all editionsA charming moral tale originally written for a child, "Maurice" is a long-lost manuscript by Mary Shelley being published for the first time 178 ... More







