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Series
Dictionary of literary biography volume 269
Publisher
Gale Group
Pub. Date
2003.
Physical Desc
xxiii, 465 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
1 Blu-ray (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The sudden death of Jaffrey and Clifford Pyncheon's father provides the vengeful and vindictive Jaffrey with the perfect opportunity to get his brother out of the way and seize the family fortune. Framed for murder, Clifford is sent off to prison, where he befriends Matthew Holgrave, the descendent of the Maule family, with whom the Pyncheons have a long history of turbulence. Can the two join together to foil Jaffrey, or are the families destined...
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
281 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1850, Herman Melville met Nathaniel Hawthorne at a Massachusetts picnic, and the lives of both man were changed forever. During this period, Hawthorne wrote The House of the Seven Gables and Melville completed Moby-Dick, which he dedicated to Hawthorne. This fictional biography is the story behind that dedication and the love affair that some believe the two men shared?a stormy romance that would scarcely be believable if not for...
Author
Publisher
NAL, New American Library
Pub. Date
[2015]
Physical Desc
402 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Spanning the years from the 1830s to the Civil War, and moving from Massachusetts to England, Portugal, and Italy, [this book] explores the tension within a famous marriage of two soulful, strong-willed people, each devoted to the other but also driven by a powerful need to explore the far reaches of their creative impulses. It is the story of a forgotten woman in history who inspired one of the greatest writers of American literature"--Dust jacket...
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