Books written by Hermione Lee

Tom Stoppard: A Life

The loving friendship between Stoppard and Nichols which began on The Real Thing was an unbreakable one . Stoppard found Nichols enchanting . They laughed at the same things and they didn't have to explain their references to each other ...
Oxford Poets 2002: An Anthology

The Oxford Poets anthologies introduce the work of writers whose poems extend the rich tradition of the Oxford list, now continuing to develop through Carcanet in association with the English Faculty, Oxford University.
Virginia Woolf

It is not often that biography offers the satisfactions of great fiction -- but this is clearly what Hermione Lee has achieved.
Willa Cather: Double Lives

Traces the life of the American novelist from her childhood in the newly settled prairies of Nebraska through her years as a journalist, editor, and teacher, and examines the relationship between what she wrote and who she was.
Virginia Woolf's Nose: Essays on Biography

This intriguing and witty collection of essays by an internationally acclaimed biographer looks at how biography deals with myths and legends, what goes missing and what can't be proved in the story of a life.
Penelope Fitzgerald: A Life

Expertly researched, written out of love and admiration for this wonderful author’s work, Penelope Fitzgerald is literary biography at its finest—an unforgettable story of lateness, persistence and survival.
Edith Wharton

From Hermione Lee, the internationally acclaimed, award-winning biographer of Virginia Woolf and Willa Cather, comes a superb reexamination of one of the most famous American women of letters.Delving into heretofore untapped sources, Lee ...
Biography: A Very Short Introduction

Biographies are one of the most popular and best-selling of the literary genres.
Willa Cather: A Life Saved Up

The author has written books on Elizabeth Bowen, Virginia Woolf and Philip Roth and The Short Stories of Willa Cather .
In the Name of the Otherworld

Regarded as a witch and alienated by the majority of her peers, fourteen-year-old orphan Alexandria Richardson wants to be anybody but herself.
Elizabeth Bowen

In estimating the value of the whole range of her work, the book pays particular attention to the Anglo-Irish context, to Elizabeth Bowen's extraordinary evocation of war-time London, to her penetration into the minds of children and ...
The London Scene

'The London Scene' is a collection of essays written by one of London's most acclaimed writers. Virginia Woolf was born and lived much of her life in the city, using it as the backdrop for many of her works.
Willa Cather

The author has written books on Elizabeth Bowen, Virginia Woolf and Philip Roth and The Short Stories of Willa Cather .
Reading in Bed: An Inaugural Lecture Delivered Before the University of Oxford on 21 October 1999

Professor Hermione Lee, Goldsmiths' Professor of English Literature, delivered her inaugural lecture before the University of Oxford on 21 October 1999.
Biography: The Facts

Explores the origins and development of the biography, closing with contemporary controversies. These centre around struggles to face those who are against biography and to present biography as not just...
Body Parts: Essays on Life-writing

Body Parts: Essays on Life-writing
The Secret Self Omnibus

This omnibus is an expanded edition of stories based on Hermione Lee's works The Secret Self books 1 and 2. The book includes pieces by Katherine Mansfield, Willa Cather, Virginia Woolf, Nadine Gordimer and Alice Munro.
The Lost Domain: Le Grand Meaulnes

First published in 1913, its story of the lost domain where le grand Meaulnes meets a beautiful girl, and his search to recover his love, has haunted readers ever since.
Philip Roth at 80 : a Celebration: Remarks Delivered on the Occasion of Philip Roth's 80th Birthday

Speeches from the March 2013 event celebrating Roths 80th birthday: Jonathan Lethem, Hermione Lee, Alain Finkielkraut, Claudia Roth Pierpont, Edna OBrien, and Roth himself. -- Publisher.
'To Pin Down the Moment with Date and Season'

'To Pin Down the Moment with Date and Season'