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Mary Shelley

Seymour, Miranda.

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Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2000

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.7 SEY

Becoming Jane Austen : a life

Spence, Jon.

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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 SPE

Flirting with Pride & prejudice : fresh perspectives on the original chick-lit masterpiece

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Publisher / Publication Date: BenBella Books 2005

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 823.7 FLI

The lady and her monsters : a tale of dissections, real-life Dr. Frankensteins, and the creation of Mary Shelley's masterpiece

Montillo, Roseanne.

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Summary: Blends nineteenth-century science with literary creation to trace the origins of the classic horror story, exploring how Shelley and her contemporaries were intrigued by scientists who were obsessed with the inner workings of the human body.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Willam Morrow 2013

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Shakespeare's sisters : how women wrote the Renaissance

Targoff, Ramie

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Summary: "A remarkable work about women writers in the Renaissance explodes our notion of the Shakespearean period and brings us in close to four women who were committed to their craft before there was any possibility of "a room of one's own." In a sparkling and engaging narrative of everyday life in Shakespearean England, Ramie Targoff carries us from the sumptuous coronation of Queen Elizabeth in the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024

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The Life of Emile Zola

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Summary: In 1862 Paris, Emile Zola is barely scratching out a living writing muckraking articles about the poverty of the French people and the corruption of their leaders. Until "Nana," about the life of a prostitute, becomes a smash hit and turns Zola into a celebrity, champion of the people. As he churns out a string of similar books that make him quite rich, his old friend Paul Cezanne tells him "An...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2005

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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA LIF

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