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Ordinary, extraordinary Jane Austen : the story of six novels, three notebooks, a writing box, and one clever girl
This picture book biography of one of the most beloved writers of all time pays tribute to an independent thinker who turned ordinary life into extraordinary stories and created a body of work that has delighted and inspired readers for generations.
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Arthur Conan Doyle : beyond Baker Street
This book--the first biography of Arthur Conan Doyle written for young adults--provides a lively account of the writer's fascinating life. Pascal considers the overlaps between the fictional Holmes and Watson and their creator, and draws a memorable picture of late Victorian society. Sidebars containing excerpts from Doyle's writings, and numerous photographs and illustrations invigorate the captivating narrative.
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Mary Shelley : the strange, true tale of Frankenstein's creator
\"On the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein, comes a ... biography of its author, Mary Shelley, whose life reads like a dark gothic novel, filled with scandal, death, drama, and one of the strangest love stories in literary history\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Who was Jane Austen?
\"Step into the world of Georgian England and learn more about the genteel life of this beloved author. Although Jane Austen's works were first published anonymously and brought her little personal recognition, today they are rarely out of print and have inspired movies, television shows and mini-series, literary anthologies, and many other adaptations all around the world. Her writing--principally her five novels--is a critique of the British landed gentry at the end of the eighteenth century, and often a comment on the pursuit of a \"good match\" in matters of marriage. Pride and Prejudice, Sense and Sensibility, Mansfield Park, Emma, and Northhanger Abbey remain her most famous works.
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Mary who wrote Frankenstein
\"How does a story begin? Sometimes it begins with a dream, and a dreamer. Mary is one such dreamer, a little girl who learns to read by tracing the letters on the tombstone of her famous feminist mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, and whose only escape from her strict father and overbearing stepmother is through the stories she reads and imagines. Unhappy at home, she seeks independence, and at the age of sixteen runs away with poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, another dreamer. Two years later, they travel to Switzerland where they meet a famous poet, Lord Byron. On a stormy summer evening, with five young people gathered around a fire, Byron suggests a contest to see who can create the best ghost story. Mary has a waking dream about a monster come to life. A year and a half later, Mary Shelley's terrifying tale, Frankenstein: or, the Modern Prometheus, is published -- a novel that goes on to become the most enduring monster story ever and one of the most popular legends of all time\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Mary's monster : love, madness, and how Mary Shelley created Frankenstein
This free-verse biography with black-and-white watercolor illustrations depicts \"Frankenstein's\" young author, Mary Shelley.
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Jane Austen
Presents information about Jane Austen, from her childhood in the English countryside to how her own heartbreak became the inspiration for \"Pride and Prejudice.\"
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Mary Shelley
When Mary Shelley was a little girl, she used to write stories beneath the trees in her garden. As an adult, Mary was inspired by this same imagination to create a ghost story, which became the famous novel: Frankenstein. This gripping book features stylish and quirky illustrations and extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of the novelist's life. -- Amazon.
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The Brontës of Haworth Moor : how the three daughters of a country parson became the most revolutionary novelists of their time
\"This fascinating work shares the intimate details of the Brontë sisters' lives and reveals how their imagination, creativity, and passion helped them achieve their childhood dreams of being published authors\"-- Provided by publisher.
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Who was Lewis Carroll?
\"Meet the man who created Alice, the Mad Hatter, and Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dum. Lewis Carroll is the pen name of Charles L. Dodgson, a mathematician and church deacon, who taught at Oxford University. He was inspired to write his best known works, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, by one of the Dean's daughters, Alice Liddell. The books were hugely successful and brought Carroll wide acclaim, especially for the nonsense poems \"Jabberwocky\" and The Hunting of the Snark. Children and adults continue to be delighted by the fantasy of the Alice stories, which have been the basis of plays and movies since their publication in Victorian England during the 1860s and 1870s\"-- Provided by publisher.
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