novelists, english

Features 13 significant crime and suspense writers of the mid-20th century, providing biographical profiles, bibliographies, and extracts of works.

Examines the life of Charles Dickens, author of fourteen novels and numerous stories and essays, discussing his family and youth in Victorian England, his marriage, and the development of his career and fame as a writer.

Profiles the life and works of nineteenth-century Irish author, Bram Stoker, and chronicles his childhood which was plagued by illness, his education, and his literary career which included his most famous publication, "Dracula.".

Contains over 2,500 alphabetically arranged entries that provide a wide variety of information about nineteenth-century English novelist Charles Dickens, covering his novels and other writings, characters, biographical details, social themes, literary forms and terms, and other topics.

A biography of English novelist Jane Austen, providing information about her early family life, her broken engagement, her relationship with her sister, and her writing process.

A biography and literary study of one of the best-known and best-loved English authors.