Between Friends - Letters of Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby by Elaine Showalter; English Showalter
$20.00 AUD
Category: Literary Biographies
These fascinating letters between Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby tell the story of an extraordinary friendship. A literary relationship that began when the women met at Somerville College, Oxford, in 1919, it lasted until Winifred's early death at the age of thirty-seven. The letters, written from 1 ...Show more
Virginia Woolf by Alexandra Harris
$29.99 AUD
Category: Literary Biographies
An accessible introduction to a writer whose work is of timeless significance and whose unconventional life is a continuous source of fascination.This gripping account offers an ideal introduction to both the life and work of Virginia Woolf. It considers each of Woolf's novels in context and shows why, ...Show more
Dreamer of Dune: The Biography of Frank Herbert by Brian Herbert
$36.99 AUD
Category: Literary Biographies
Everyone knows Frank Herbert's Dune. This science fiction epic combines politics human evolution and ecology and has captured the imagination of generations of readers. It is one of the most popular science fiction novels ever written, has won awards, sold millions of copies around the world and spawned ...Show more
The Jane Austen Remedy: It is a truth universally acknowledged that a book can change a life by Ruth Wilson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Literary Biographies
An uplifting and delightfully bookish memoir about an 89-year-old woman who reclaims her life by re-reading each of Jane Austen's novels. 'Ruth Wilson . . . emerges from this discreet, wry memoir as quietly defiant as any heroine from the Jane Austen novels she so admires.' THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD A ...Show more
Jane Austen at Home: A Biography by Lucy Worsley
$26.99 AUD
Category: Literary Biographies
"Jane Austen at Home offers a fascinating look at Jane Austen's world through the lens of the homes in which she lived and worked throughout her life. The result is a refreshingly unique perspective on Austen and her work and a beautifully nuanced exploration of gender, creativity, and domesticity."--Am ...Show more