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1	The Life of Charlotte Bronte more books like this by Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Mrs. Gaskell's celebrated book was the first biography of Charlotte Bronte. The two women were close friends, and Bronte was not unlike the self-sacrificing heroines of Gaskell's own novels. Gaskell drew closely on her own knowledge of Bronte in this affectionate evaluation. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.10! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography more books like this by P D James British civil servant and acclaimed mystery writer P. D. James offers snippets of her life and musings in diary form. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Experience more books like this by Martin Amis Martin Amis's amusing, insightful, and occasionally heartbreaking memoir does not flinch from tackling the difficult subjects in his life, including his relationship with his famous father, his troubled first marriage, his media-celebrity friends, and--not least--his new and much-publicized teeth. (Among other things, he compares his teeth to ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.50! \| signed copies \| first editions
4	A writer's diary: being extracts from the diary of Virginia Woolf more books like this by Virginia Woolf A WRITER'S DIARY is Leonard Woolf's brilliant compilation of the parts of his wife's voluminous diary that address the life of the writer. Originally published before the five-volume complete diaries, A WRITER'S DIARY was instrumental in igniting interest in Virginia Woolf as a personality, rather than merely as a writer. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.66! \| first editions \| SVS
5	An autobiography more books like this by Anthony Trollope Trollope's version of his life story is notable for its candor and objectivity, and for its revelations of the details of a forbidden topic in proper Victorian society: money. He confesses that he earned, to date, a total of £58, 959. 17s. 5 d and gives a detailed accounting of his earnings for each book. (The other forbidden topic--sex--is, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.46! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Virginia Woolf: A Biography more books like this by Quentin Bell The widely-acclaimed biography, written by her nephew. This was the first important volume in the avalanche of interest in Virginia Woolf as a person rather than merely a writer, and began the craze for information on the Bloomsbury Group. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.30! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Dickens more books like this by Peter Ackroyd Peter Ackroyd's unorthodox biography alternates his own critical commentary on Dickens's life and work with semi-fictional encounters between himself and Dickens, and between Dickens and other writers. Ackroyd's mix of past and present, fact and fiction, sheds light not only on Dickens but on Ackroyd himself and his world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Don't Panic: Douglas Adams & the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy more books like this by Neil Gaiman Told in the same fanciful, irreverent style as the Hitchhiker trilogy, with scraps of scripts, letters and comments from Adams, Don't Panic is the perfect companion to one of the most successful series in publishing history. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.70! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Jane Austen's Letters more books like this by Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (Editor) As might be expected, Jane Austen was a sharp and witty letter-writer. Fortunately, she was also a prolific correspondent. This collection of her letters illuminates the brilliantly clever young woman who wrote some of the world's greatest novels. see all copies from $9.30! new only from $13.78! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Loitering with intent more books like this by Muriel Spark Fleur Talbot is writing a novel but she also works as secretary to Sir Quentin Oliver. Part of her job includes editing the memoirs of the 10 members of the Autobiographical Association. These two projects begin to overlap when Fleur notices that the members of the association closely resemble the characters in her novel. The dangerously ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11	Ways of Escape more books like this by Graham Greene The autobiography of the famous English novelist, in which he not only gives an account of his life and travels, but provides a detailed examination and self-evaluation of his writings. Originally published as two separate volumes. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions
12	Sort of Life more books like this by Graham Greene see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.05! \| signed copies \| first editions
13 view cover	The Letters of Virginia Woolf more books like this by Virginia Woolf Woolf's correspondence from age six to her marriage at the age of 30. Woolf's witty, beautifully written, and deeply revealing correspondence is among the most interesting we have, shedding light not only on Woolf herself but on the Bloomsbury milieu, the publishing world in England, and the society in which she lived and wrote. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.58! \| first editions
14 view cover	Jane Austen: A Life more books like this by Claire Tomalin A biography of Jane Austen that places her in the period in which she wrote, and emphasizes the evolution of her works. A "New York Times" Notable Book for 1998. see all copies from $4.99! new only from $9.37! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Charles Dickens: His Tragedy and Triumph more books like this by Edgar Johnson see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.49! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Patrick O'Brian: A Life Revealed more books like this by Dean King This biography of O'Brian not only explores the roots of his fiction--the justly celebrated Aubrey/Maturin series of maritime novels--but reveals the facts about his fabricated identity. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.75! \| first editions \| SVS
17	Joy of the Snow more books like this by Elizabeth Goudge see all copies from $4.99! first editions
18 view cover	Charles Dickens more books like this by Charles Dickens Dickens's one serious, un-comic novel, A TALE OF TWO CITIES, is set during the French Revolution and tells a story of unselfish devotion--one of Dickens's most beloved works despite its sober subject matter. It is also, with BARNABY RUDGE, one of his only two historical novels. GREAT EXPECTATIONS, Dickens's tale of the orphan, Pip, and his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.41! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Virginia Woolf more books like this by Hermione Lee A comprehensive and magisterial biography of Virginia Woolf that emphasizes the reality of her life: her personal characteristics; her relationships with parents, husband, and friends; and the contradictions in her character. Lee is especially good at sifting objectively through the myths to get at the truth--and if the facts are vague or ... see all copies from $9.50! new only from $13.17! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Girl from Leam Lane: The Life and Writing of Catherine Cookson more books like this by Piers Dudgeon Born to an impoverished young Englishwoman in 1906, illegitimate and unwanted, Catherine Cookson lived a life marked by cruelty and neglect. At 22, reeling from a broken love affair, she left home in search of a new life. After five years in a workhouse laundry, she was finally able to buy a house of her own. But her struggle had barely begun. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.49! \| first editions
21 view cover	Adventures in Two Worlds more books like this by A J Cronin see all copies from $1.99! new only from $21.92! \| first editions
22	Writer's Notebook more books like this by W Somerset Maugham see all copies from $5.50! new only from $207.69! \| signed copies \| first editions
23	Our Kate more books like this by Catherine Cookson see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.04! \| first editions \| SVS
24	Memoirs more books like this by Kingsley Amis Written in one of the few unmistakenly literary voices of our time, Amis' Memoirs have already created a furor in England. Amis writes without inhibition about Roald Dahl, Anthony Burgess, Francis Bacon, Malcolm Muggeridge, and many others. Amis' memiors are rich, hilarious, and wicked--written with tremendous verve about Oxford, the literary life ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.89! \| signed copies \| first editions
25 view cover	Moments of Being: Second Edition more books like this by Virginia Woolf, Jeanne Schulkind (Editor) Moments of Being contains Virginia Woolf's only autobiographical writing: " By far the most important book about Virginia Woolf...that has appeared since her death" [Angus Wilson, Observer (London)]. Edited and with an Introduction by Jeanne Schulkind; Index. see all copies from $6.99! new only from $10.33! \| first editions \| SVS

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