The prolific biographer, first editor of the 26 volumes of the Dictionary of National Biography, and father of Virginia Woolf, shares secrets of the trade in this wide-ranging collection of essays. This first of four volumes published from 1898-1902 includes “National Biography, ” “The Evolution of Editors, ” shorthand inventor “John Byrom, ” “Johnsoniana, ” “Gibbon’s Autobiography, ” “Arthur Young, ” and “Wordsworth’s Youth.”
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Sir Leslie Stephen (1832-1904) was a British biographer, journalist, literary critic, and avid mountaineer. His works include The Playground of Europe (1871), Essays on Free Thinking and Plain Speaking (1873), The Utilitarians (1900), and biographies of Johnson, Pope, Swift, Eliot, and Hobbes. He was the father of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell.
Lingua Inglese ● Formato EPUB ● Pagine 266 ● ISBN 9781411452350 ● Dimensione 0.2 MB ● Età 99-17 anni ● Casa editrice Barnes & Noble ● Pubblicato 2011 ● Scaricabile 24 mesi ● Moneta EUR ● ID 5863731 ● Protezione dalla copia Adobe DRM
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