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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Homage to Catalonia Homage to Catalonia George Orwell [Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, trades unionists, and socialists keen to help the Span… OL1168169W
A political biography of Henry Fielding A political biography of Henry Fielding J. A. Downie Although scholars agree that Henry Fielding subscribed to Revolution Principles, existing accounts of his political ideas are insufficiently aware of the ways in which the various strands of Whig pol… OL15569553W
Diary Diary Samuel Pepys Samuel Pepys (23 February 1633 – 26 May 1703) was an administrator of the navy of England and Member of Parliament. The detailed private diary that Pepys kept from 1660 until 1669 is one of the mo… OL193961W
Somerset Maugham Somerset Maugham Ted Morgan Uses previously undisclosed letters written by Maugham and the personal correspondence of his friends to portray Maugham's literary successes, intelligence work, marriage, and inability to come to te… OL1961768W
Experience Experience Martin Amis A Memoir of novelist Martin Amis and his life, son of novelist Kingsley Amis, Martin explores his relationship with his father. Reflects on the disappearance of cousin Lucy Partington who disappears … OL20992762W
Stephen Spender Stephen Spender Stephen Spender "Stephen Spender's Collected Poems is the first gathering together of this renowned poet's major work in more than thirty years. The book contains recent uncollected poems, including remembrances of … OL2225444W
J.R.R. Tolkien J.R.R. Tolkien Michael Coren Brève mais précieuse biographie détaillant les débuts, Oxford, les amitiés en même temps qu'une présentation des oeuvres. [SDM]. OL2289013W
C.S. Lewis letters to children C.S. Lewis letters to children C.S. Lewis A collection of letters from the English author of the Narnia books to a variety of children. OL260634W
The Land of Narnia The Land of Narnia Brian Sibley A companion to "The Chronicles of Narnia," explaining how their creator, C.S. Lewis, came to write them, what sort of person he was, and the hidden meaning of the Narnia stories. OL3062800W
African Laughter African Laughter Doris Lessing Autobiographie. Récit de voyage. OL31208W
An Autobiography An Autobiography Agatha Christie Agatha Christie died on 12 January 1976, having become the best-selling novelist in history. Her autobiography, published in 1977 a year after her death, tells of her fascinating private life, from e… OL471559W
Parallel lives Parallel lives P. Rose,Phyllis Rose In her study of the married couple as the smallest political unit, Phyllis Rose uses the marriages of five Victorian writers who wrote about their own lives with unusual candor: Charles Dickens, John… OL489373W
Christopher and his kind Christopher and his kind Christopher Isherwood Christopher Isherwood's autobiographical account of his years in Berlin during the rise of Nazism. OL51187W
The complete works and life of Laurence Sterne The complete works and life of Laurence Sterne Laurence Sterne A multi-volume work: - Volumes 1 & 2: The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy. - Volume 3: A sentimental journey through France and Italy and The letters of Laurence Sterne to his most inti… OL679222W
C.S. Lewis C.S. Lewis Sam Wellman Presents the life and times of the author who created the fantasy world of Narnia. OL82046W
A Very Close Conspiracy A Very Close Conspiracy Jane Dunn This is the story of a deep and close relationship between two sisters - Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell. The influence they exerted over each others lives, their competitiveness, the fierce love the… OL860229W