George Orwell was one of the greatest writers England produced in the last century. He left an enduring mark on our language and culture, with concepts such as 'Big Brother' and 'Room 101.' His reputation rests not only on his political shrewdness and his sharp satires (Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four) but also on his marvellously clear style and superb essays, which rank with the best ever written. Gordon Bowker's new biography, written to coincide with Orwell's centenary, includes fascinating new material which brings his life into unfamiliar focus. He writes revealingly about Orwell's family background; the lasting influence of Eton on his work and character; his superstitious streak and youthful flirtation with black magic; and his chaotic and reckless sex life, which included at least one homoerotic relationship. It highlights the strange circumstances of his first marriage and provides remarkable new evidence of his experiences in Spain and their nightmarish consequences. It also offers a fresh look at his peculiar deathbed marriage to a woman fifteen years his junior. All this has enabled Bowker to give Orwell's life a brilliantly fresh and distinctive interpretation.
本书记述了J.K.罗琳的家庭和童年、学生时代以及工作经历。书中还有对她的作品的评述,并附有4个附录。
J.K. Rowling discusses her life and work as a writer for children. An overview and bibliography of her work is also supplied.
So who is she, and where did her ideas come from? From a remarkable insider perspective Lindsey Fraser tells the amazing tale that began one day on a train, when Rowling had forgotten to pack a pen. . ."--Book flap.
From her birth in Chipping Sodbury near Bristol, England, to the stories about her favorite teachers, to the funny misunderstanding in her first fan letter, the life of the author of the Harry Potter books is revealed.
This story is that of a woman who does not forget those difficult years during which she wrote regardless of the lack of interest by publishers.
ROWLING, Joanne K., écrivain anglaise
The InteLex Past Masters Women Writers database The Works of Aphra Behn contains seven volumes of Behn's Works as published by Pickering & Chatto 2000-2001.
Yet Jowett was far more than just a devoted college head : for some historians the whole reform period can be simply labelled “ The Age of Jowett ' because of his dominating influence in university circles . A contemporary of Pattison ...
Since F.W. Maitland's Life and Letters of Leslie Stephen (1907), there has been no volume of the letters written by this extraordinary and eminent Victorian.
Perceptive and hilarious, this is a portrait of a family, a city, a country and a continent going through enormous changes.