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1) Keats
Sir Sidney Colvin (1845–1927) was the obvious choice to write a book on John Keats (1795–1821) for the first series of English Men of Letters. At various times Slade Professor of Fine Art at Cambridge, Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and Keeper of Prints and Drawings at the British Museum, Colvin had a long-standing interest in the poet, publishing an edition of his letters to family and friends in 1891, and later writing a longer biography,
...2) Sterne
A biography of, and treatise on the work of, Laurence Sterne. Laurence Sterne was an Anglo-Irish novelist and an Anglican clergyman. He wrote the novels The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman and A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy, and also published many sermons, wrote memoirs, and was involved in local politics. Sterne died in London after years of fighting tuberculosis. (Source: Wikipedia)
Memories and Portraits is a collection of essays by Robert Louis Stevenson, first published in 1887.
The Foreigner at Home
Some College Memories
Old Morality
A College Magazine
An Old Scotch Gardener
Pastoral
The Manse
Memories of an Islet
Thomas Stevenson
Talk And Talkers: First Paper
Talk And Talkers: Second Paper
The Character of Dogs
"A Penny
...4) Bacon
This investigation of Bacon the scholar and man of letters begins with a look at the early days ang progresses to his relationships with Queen Elizabeth and James I. It includes accounts of his positions as solicitor general, attorney-general, and chancellor. The book concludes with Bacon's failure, his overall philosophy, and summaries of his writings. ( Summary by Bill Boerst/LibriVox )
5) Milton
My Life and Loves is the autobiography of the Ireland-born, naturalized-American writer and editor Frank Harris (1856–1931). As published privately by Harris between 1922 and 1927, and by Jack Kahane's Obelisk Press in 1931, the work consisted of four volumes, illustrated with many drawings and photographs of nude women. The book gives a graphic account of Harris's sexual adventures and relates gossip about the sexual activities
...Published in 1891, this collection of Keats' correspondence was assembled by art historian and critic Sir Sidney Colvin (1845-1927). The 164 letters included in the book were written to Keats' closest friends and family. The book also includes a preface which supplies biographical details of Keats' correspondents. (Source: Amazon)
9) Chaucer
14) Emily Brontë
16) Le Désespéré
Le Désespéré. Le drame vécu par les deux principaux protagonistes, Caïn Marchenoir et Véronique Cheminot, est de fait la transposition de celui que vit Bloy avec Anne-Marie, une relation où la sensualité est peu à peu effacée par le mysticisme. L'œuvre est achevée en 1886 mais, l'éditeur craignant d'éventuels procès, sa publication n'a lieu qu'en janvier 1887, et sans grand écho.- Wikipédia
17) Essays of Travel
20) Les Confessions
Les Confessions de Jean-Jacques Rousseau est une autobiographie publiée à titre posthume.
Le titre des Confessions a sans doute été choisi en référence aux Confessions de Saint-Augustin, publiées au IVe siècle après Jésus Christ. Rousseau, qui était protestant, accomplit ainsi un acte sans valeur religieuse à proprement parler, mais doté d’une forte connotation symbolique: celui de l’aveu des pêchés, de la confession. On
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