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1	Jane Austen's Letters more books like this by Jane Austen, Deirdre Le Faye (Editor) add to wishlist 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 $3.16! new only from $12.44! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Jane Austen: A Life more books like this by Claire Tomalin add to wishlist 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 $2.08! new only from $7.35! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Girl from Leam Lane: The Life and Writing of Catherine Cookson more books like this by Piers Dudgeon add to wishlist This newly revised biography pieces together the uncensored details of Catherine Cookson's troubled and tempestuous life through a unique combination of previously unreleased material and Catherine's own, personal account. In addition to the original conversations between Catherine and Piers Dudgeon, it includes information contributed by some of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.77! \| first editions
4	Walking in the Shade: Volume Two of My Autobiography--1949-1962 more books like this by Doris May Lessing add to wishlist The second volume of novelist Doris Lessing's autobiography. Born in Iran of English parents, Lessing lived in England as a small child but was eventually taken to Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) with her family and raised there. Volume 2 describes her life after she moved back to England following the publication of her first novel in 1949. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep more books like this by Rumer Godden add to wishlist Godden's memoir of her days in India. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $34.65! \| first editions
6	Time to Be in Earnest: A Fragment of Autobiography more books like this by P D James add to wishlist 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 $5.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Bronte Myth more books like this by Lucasta Miller add to wishlist Lucasta Miller traces the history of attitudes toward the Brontë sisters, from Mrs. Gaskell's moralizing biography of Charlotte in 1857 to the hordes of fans who buy Brontë tea towels and perfume at the famous parsonage in Yorkshire today. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.56! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	House with Four Rooms more books like this by Rumer Godden add to wishlist This is the second volume of Rumer Godden's autobiography, spanning the years 1945-77. The sequel to "A Time to Dance, No Time to Weep", this book looks at her life between the ages of 40 and 70. She is the author of "The Greengage Summer", "Black Narcissus", "The River" and "Thursday's Children". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $73.44! \| first editions
9	Nancy Mitford more books like this by Hastings add to wishlist Nancy Mitford was witty, intelligent, often acerbic, a great tease and an acute observer of upper-class English idiosyncrasies. With the publication of her novels, above all "The Pursuit of Love", "Love in a Cold Climate" and "The Blessing", she became a huge bestseller and a household name. An inveterate writer of letters, she wrote almost daily ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.80! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	J. K. Rowling a Biography more books like this by Sean Smith add to wishlist She is the creator of probably the most famous - and certainly the best-loved - character in contemporary fiction. She is also the author of her own escape from an existence on the brink of poverty, with no job and few prospects. On the one hand there is J.K. Rowling, who wrote, and continues to write, the Harry Potter novels,a literary phenomenon ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.50! \| first editions
11	Virginia Woolf: A Biography more books like this by Quentin Bell add to wishlist 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 $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The swan in the evening; fragments of an inner life. more books like this by Rosamond Lehmann add to wishlist Rosamond Lehmann, one of the most distinguished British writers of this century, published eight acclaimed works of fiction. Her only autobiographical work, The Swan in the Evening, recreated first the child she was and the experiences that made her the woman she became, moving on to tell the story of her beloved daughter Sally and the tragedy of ... see all copies from $2.10! new only from $13.19! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Smile Please: An Unfinished Autobiography more books like this by Jean Rhys add to wishlist Jean Rhys' unfinished posthumous autobiography. From the early days on Dominica to the bleak time in England, living in bedsits on gin and little else, to Paris with her first husband, this is a lasting memorial to a unique artist. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $50.00! \| first editions
14	A Lot to Ask: The Life of Barbara Pym more books like this by Hazel Holt add to wishlist Written by Barbara Pym's longtime friend and literary advisor, this exquisitely crafted biography will delight the large devoted audience of readers beguiled by Pym's eight novels. Enriched by the novelist's private papers, it is a sharp, clear, sensitive portrait of a woman whose work won critical acclaim and international attention. 8-page photo ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.49! \| first editions
15 view cover	Agatha Christie: An English Mystery more books like this by Laura Thompson add to wishlist A passionate and accomplished writer, Laura Thompson now turns her highly acclaimed biographical skills to Agatha Christie. Arguably the greatest crime writer in the world, thirty years after her death Christie's books still sell over four million copies worldwide a year. Thompson describes the Edwardian world in which she grew up, explores the ... see all copies from $3.23! new only from $8.79! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	George Eliot, Voice of a Century: A Biography more books like this by Frederick Robert Karl add to wishlist Among the points Karl makes in this compelling study is that Eliot, in addition to adopting a masculine pseudonym, tended to take male attitudes toward her traditional feminine heroines, treating characters like Gwendolyn Harleth in "Daniel Deronda" more harshly than they deserve. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.00! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Daphne Du Maurir more books like this by Margaret Forster add to wishlist New insights into the life of a legend: Margaret Forster explores Daphne du Maurier's complex and contradictory personality. Using private letters and papers, including previously undiscovered correspondence, she uncovers du Maurier's stifling relationship with her father, her troubled marriage and love affairs, and her romantic pursuit of actress ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $23.00! \| first editions
18 view cover	Jane Austen and Her Times more books like this by G E Mitton add to wishlist The whole tone of Jane's own writings and letters redeems her memory from any possible reproach of affectation, and the evidence all points to the fact that though not averse from a flirtation, she was the very last of all girls to desire a husband! But it is of interest to record contemporary impressions, so as to show both sides of the shield. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The Diary of Virginia Woolf: Vol. 1, 1915-1919 more books like this by Virginia Woolf, Anne O Bell (Editor) add to wishlist "Nothing yet published about her so totally contradicts the legend of Virginia Woolf.... [This] is a first chance to meet the writer in her own unguarded words and to observe the root impulses of her art without the distractions of a commentary" (New York Times). Edited and with a Preface by Anne Olivier Bell; Introduction by Quentin Bell; Index ... see all copies from $2.41! new only from $8.32! \| first editions \| SVS
20	Love from Nancy CL more books like this by Nancy Mitford, Charlotte Mosley (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions
21	Letters of Jean Rhys more books like this by Jean Rhys, Francis Wyndham (Editor), Diana Melly (Editor) add to wishlist A frank and moving self-portrait in letters of the gifted and vulnerable writer who finally, at the age of 76, achieved fame. Her letters reveal the turbulence of her writing career, and the process of creation behind her masterpiece, WIDE SARGASSO SEA. see all copies from $2.34! new only from $61.88! \| first editions
22 view cover	Zelda's Cut more books like this by Philippa Gregory add to wishlist Delicious combination of confused identities, personal dramas and moral dilemmas in a contemporary chiller from one of our most outstanding novelists For years, Isobel Latimer has composed serious novels for serious people, but to dwindling acclaim and ever-more dwindling financial gain. Now her husband is ill and she must carry the burden of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.68! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Myself When Young: The Shaping of a Writer more books like this by Daphne du Maurier add to wishlist Both her novels and her non-fiction reveal Daphne du Maurier's overwhelming desire to explore her family's history. In Myself When Young, based on diaries that she kept from 1920-1932, the most famous du Maurier probes her own past, beginning with her earliest memories and encompassing the publication of her first book and her subsequent marriage. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.23! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Jean Rhys: Letters 1931-1966 more books like this by Jean Rhys, Diana Melly (Editor), Francis Wyndham (Introduction by) add to wishlist In her will, Jean Rhys expressed a wish that no biography of her should be written unless authorized during her lifetime. Following her death, her literary executor was approached frequently with requests for permission to write "an official life". Finally he decided that, by compiling a volume of letters, authentic biographical information would ... see all copies from $11.52! first editions
25	The Diary of Virginia Woolf: Volume One, 1915-1919 more books like this by Virginia Woolf add to wishlist The fifth and final volume in the series of Virginia Woolf's remarkable diaries. The last entry was written four days before she drowned herself on March 28, 1941. see all copies from $2.25! first editions \| SVS

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