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With Friends Possessed - A Life of Edward FitzGerald (Paperback, Main) Loot Price: R675
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With Friends Possessed - A Life of Edward FitzGerald (Paperback, Main): Robert Bernard Martin

With Friends Possessed - A Life of Edward FitzGerald (Paperback, Main)

Robert Bernard Martin

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' Edward] FitzGerald (1809-1883) won a small piece of immortality with his translation-adaptation of "The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.".. but in every other way he seems to have successfully avoided fulfilment. A godless Epicurean, he lived in permanent virginity, never pressing his homosexual desires beyond a number of sentimental crushes... The son of a fabulously rich heiress, he rarely travelled... Though he had many friends he also had a perverse penchant for alienating them... Robert Bernard] Martin argues that FitzGerald's greatest achievement, outside the "Rubaiyat," is his letters, which certainly have grace and a wistful charm.' "Kirkus Review"

'There is ] something sad about the life of this loving and never quite satisfied man... Mr. Martin's biography is splendid reading, and it is a real credit to it that he makes us feel the sadness.' "New York Times"

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Imprint: Faber and Faber
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: February 2013
First published: February 2013
Authors: Robert Bernard Martin
Dimensions: 234 x 153 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 312
Edition: Main
ISBN-13: 978-0-571-30049-5
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Literary
Books > Biography > Literary
LSN: 0-571-30049-9
Barcode: 9780571300495

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