Ross, Josephine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rutgers University Press 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.7 ROSSkal, David J.
Summary: First published in 1897, Dracula has had a long and multifaceted afterlife - one rivaling even its immortal creation; yet Bram Stoker has remained a hovering specter in this pervasive mythology. In Something in the Blood, David J. Skal exhumes the inner world and strange genius of the writer who birthed an undying cultural icon, painting an astonishing portrait of the age in which Stoker was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STOKER, BRAM SKAHarman, Claire.
Summary: "A groundbreaking biography that places an obsessive, unrequited love at the heart of the writer's life story, transforming her from the tragic figure we have previously known into a smoldering Jane Eyre. Famed for her beloved novels, Charlotte Brontë has been known as well for her insular, tragic family life. The genius of this biography is that it delves behind this image to reveal a life in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRONTE, CHARLOTTE HARHawksley, Lucinda Dickens.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Insight Editions 2011
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 823.8 DICKENS, CHARLES HAWDouglas-Fairhurst, Robert
Summary: "1851: a year of political unrest and social inequality, industrial progress and artistic innovation, it is also a turbulent year in the private life of Charles Dickens, as he copes with a double bereavement and a home in danger of falling apart. But thisformative year will become perhaps the greatest turning point in his life and writing, as he embraces his calling as a chronicler of ordinary...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 DICKENS, CHARLES DOUStanley, Diane.
Summary: Follows the life and writing career of the popular nineteenth-century English novelist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow Junior Books 1993
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 DICSpence, Jon.
Summary: Chronicles the life of novelist Jane Austen, focusing on the factors which most influenced her life and work, including her relationship with Irish lawyer Tom Lefroy, which inspired her great love stories.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hambledon Continuum 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 AUSTEN, JANE SPEAckroyd, Peter
Summary: Presents a short biography of the author of "The Moonstone" and "The Woman in White," two early masterpieces of mystery and detection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Nan A. Talese/Doubleday 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 COLLINS, WILKIE ACKHoobler, Dorothy.
Summary: "The Monsters tells the story of the real-life characters surrounding the creation of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein. Drawing on private diaries, personal letters, and contemporary accounts, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler have crafted a spectacular narrative of artistic creation and personal destruction. They reveal not just the true origins of two of the most famous monsters in popular culture, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.7 HOOHarman, Claire.
Summary: In Jane's Fame, Claire Harman gives us the complete biography--of both the author and her lasting cultural influence--making this essential reading for anyone interested in Austen's life, works, and remarkably potent fame.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Co. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.7 HARGordon, Lyndall.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norton 1995
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRONTE, CHARLOTTE GORCecil, David
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hill and Wang 1980