Books by my bedside ~ Spring 2010

A Listmania! list by cathy earnshaw (Berlin, Germany)
 
Posthumous Keats: A Personal Biography
1.  Posthumous Keats: A Personal Biography by Stanley Plumly
The list author says:
  "After Andrew Motion's brilliant biography and the selected letters, I'm looking forward to this much-lauded "tour de force of poet-sympathy across the decades"
Used & New from: £1.97
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World
2.  Jane's Fame: How Jane Austen Conquered the World by Claire Harman
The list author says:
  "One of the few books on Austen that I might be able to stomach, this one retraces the cult of all thing Austen"
£6.39   Used & New from: £0.01
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

Vanessa Bell
3.  Vanessa Bell by Frances Spalding
The list author says:
  "Much overshadowed by her more famous sister Virginia Woolf, it wasn't until 1983 that a biography on Vanessa was published"
Used & New from: £20.00
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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Daphne Du Maurier
4.  Daphne Du Maurier by Daphne Du Maurier
The list author says:
  "The film Daphne was great - I'm looking forward to learning more about Du Maurier (1907-1989)"
£6.99   Used & New from: £0.01
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

Albert Camus: A Life
5.  Albert Camus: A Life by Oliver Todd
The list author says:
  "Killed in a car accident with a train ticket in his pocket, Camus penned The Stranger and The Myth of Sisyphus in the early 1940s"
Used & New from: £18.77

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The Trial (Vintage Classics)
6.  The Trial (Vintage Classics) by Franz Kafka
The list author says:
  "Hoping to make it through Franz Kafka's novels before travelling to Prague to visit the writer's grave"
£5.59   Used & New from: £0.59
3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family's Feuds
7.  Lives Like Loaded Guns: Emily Dickinson and Her Family's Feuds by Lyndall Gordon
The list author says:
  "Gordon takes on the myth of Saint Emily in this new, revisionist biography of the American poet's life"
Used & New from: £3.57
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)

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Death & the Maidens: Fanny Wollstonecraft and the Shelley Circle
8.  Death & the Maidens: Fanny Wollstonecraft and the Shelley Circle by Janet Todd
The list author says:
  "Only book on the enigmatic Fanny Imlay (the illegitimate daughter of feminist Mary Wollstonecraft) who committed suicide at 22"
Used & New from: £11.14
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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Shelley: The Pursuit
9.  Shelley: The Pursuit by Richard Holmes
The list author says:
  "Finishing with the short, chaotic & prolific life of the English Romantic poet Shelley, it's going to be a great spring!"
£9.74   Used & New from: £9.73
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

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