Jane Austen is one of Britain's most infamous female authors with most of this fame being acquired posthumously. With six novels in her repertoire, Austen's works have been adapted for both film and television and have been critiqued by scholars and studied by students for decades. Most recently, Austen has been a source of spin-offs and commercialization, a relevant author despite more two hundred years separating her life from the present. This book features correspondence between Austen and her family as well as the musings of Austen scholars about the authors life and work.
A biography of author Ian Fleming, drawing from interviews and personal papers to provide details about the man whose real life experiences mirrored those of his most famous fictional character, Agent 007.
An illustrated biography of Charles Dickens, featuring extracts from the Victorian-era author's own work and other works of criticism, and including original artwork, photographs, and portraits of Dickens and his circle.
Chronicles the life of Douglas Adams, the creator of the successful "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy" discussing how events and people in his own life helped influence his writing.
