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A fascinating journey into the life of H.G. Wells, from one of
Britain's best biographers How did the first forty years of H. G.
Wells' life shape the father of science fiction? From his
impoverished childhood in a working-class English family, to his
determination to educate himself at any cost, to the serious ill
health that dominated his twenties and thirties, his complicated
marriages, and love affair with socialism, the first forty years of
H. G. Wells' extraordinary life would set him on a path to become
one of the world's most influential writers. The sudden success of
The Time Machine and The War of The Worlds transformed his life and
catapulted him to international fame; he became the writer who most
inspired Orwell and countless others, and predicted men walking on
the moon seventy years before it happened. In this remarkable,
empathetic biography, Claire Tomalin paints a fascinating portrait
of a man like no other, driven by curiosity and desiring reform, a
socialist and a futurist whose new and imaginative worlds continue
to inspire today. 'The finest of biographers' Hilary Mantel 'A most
intelligent and sympathetic biographer' Daily Telegraph 'One of the
best biographers of her generation' Guardian
When Emma Hardy died in 1912, her husband, the great novelist and
poet Thomas Hardy, began to write Poems of 1912 13, a series of
elegies that are among the most moving in the English language.
Although the couple had been estranged for years, after her death
Hardy fell under Emma s spell again and was enthralled by her as he
hadn t been in decades. He transformed his hopelessly revived love
into poetry, pouring out his yearning and passionate attachment to
a love forever lost. Poems of 1912 13 and the other elegies about
Emma included in this volume have been read and discussed by poets
and scholars for almost a century but never collected in their own
book. Their accessibility, emotional power, and focus on the
mysterious complexities of marriage make them of interest to a
broad public. Readers will cherish this beautifully produced,
illustrated volume of poetical testaments to enduring love."
A fascinating journey into the life of H.G. Wells, from one of
Britain's best biographers How did the first forty years of H. G.
Wells' life shape the father of science fiction? From his
impoverished childhood in a working-class English family, to his
determination to educate himself at any cost, to the serious ill
health that dominated his twenties and thirties, his complicated
marriages, and love affair with socialism, the first forty years of
H. G. Wells' extraordinary life would set him on a path to become
one of the world's most influential writers. The sudden success of
The Time Machine and The War of The Worlds transformed his life and
catapulted him to international fame; he became the writer who most
inspired Orwell and countless others, and predicted men walking on
the moon seventy years before it happened. In this remarkable,
empathetic biography, Claire Tomalin paints a fascinating portrait
of a man like no other, driven by curiosity and desiring reform, a
socialist and a futurist whose new and imaginative worlds continue
to inspire today. 'Claire Tomalin is my favourite biographer and
I'm desperate to get my hands on her latest, The Young H. G. Wells'
Elizabeth Day 'The finest of biographers' Hilary Mantel 'A most
intelligent and sympathetic biographer' Daily Telegraph 'One of the
best biographers of her generation' Guardian 'A deft and
informative account which brings its subject vividly to life' TLS
'Richly informative... Tomalin admits that, although she set out to
write about the young Wells, she has followed him into his forties
because she found him 'too interesting to leave'. The same can be
said of her book' Sunday Times
To celebrate Aurora Metro's 30th anniversary as an independent
publisher, 20% of profits will to go to the Virginia Woolf statue
campaign in the UK. This is a revised edition of the publisher's
inaugural publication in 1990, which won the Pandora Award from
Women-in-Publishing. Inspirational in its original format, this new
edition features poems, stories, essays and interviews with over 30
women writers, both emerging authors and luminaries of contemporary
literature such as: A.S. BYATT, KIT DE WAAL, CAROL ANN DUFFY,
PHILIPPA GREGORY, JACKIE KAY, MADELINE THIEN, CLARE TOMALIN, SARAH
WATERS, and the great-niece of Virginia Woolf herself, EMMA WOOLF.
Together with the original writing workshops plus black and white
illustrations from women illustrators. Guest editor Ann Sandham has
compiled the new collection.
A Sunday Times Top 10 Bestseller In this remarkable memoir of love,
loss and literature, acclaimed biographer Claire Tomalin turns her
eye to another fascinating literary life: her own. She tells of a
wartime childhood, Cambridge friendships and an early marriage to a
brilliant journalist. After his sudden death in a war zone, Claire
is left to raise their four children alone - all while leading a
trail-blazing career in literary London. A Life of My Own is the
tale of a woman overcoming obstacles both rare and routine to live
not only a good but also a meaningful life. 'A dramatic and
absorbing survivor's tale' Hilary Spurling, Spectator 'Unexpectedly
moving. Tomalin's story filled me with a kind of awe. Every page is
valiant, every paragraph full of pluck' Rachel Cooke, New Statesman
'She has been tested in ways few women are. This memoir is a
triumph' Valerie Grove, Literary Review
Jane Austen is the definitive biography of one of Britain's
best-loved novelists, from the acclaimed author of Samuel Pepys:
The Unequalled Self, Charles Dickens: A Life and The Invisible
Woman 'As near perfect a life of Austen as we are likely to get:
intelligent, feeling, suggestive' Carmen Callil, Daily Telegraph
'Tomalin has written a biography that reflects Austen's own
exacting standards, a book that radiates intelligence, wit and
insight' Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times 'Of all the Austen
biographies, this is the best ... leaves the reader with a much
deeper appreciation of the circumstances and motivation behind the
creation of those six perfect novels' Harpers & Queen 'I cannot
think that a better life of Jane Austen then Claire Tomalin's will
be written for many years.' Philip Hensher, Mail on Sunday 'A
perfect biography: detailed, witty, warm. Tomalin involves us so
deeply that Austen's final illness and death come almost as a
personal tragedy to the reader' Dirk Bogarde, Daily Telegraph,
Books of the Year
Charles Dickens is the acclaimed definitive biography by
bestselling author Claire Tomalin Charles Dickens was a phenomenon:
a demonicly hardworking journalist, the father of ten children, a
tireless walker and traveller, a supporter of liberal social
causes, but most of all a great novelist - the creator of
characters who live immortally in the English imagination: the
Artful Dodger, Mr Pickwick, Pip, David Copperfield, Little Nell,
Lady Dedlock, and many more. At the age of twelve he was sent to
work in a blacking factory by his affectionate but feckless
parents. From these unpromising beginnings, he rose to scale all
the social and literary heights, entirely through his own efforts.
When he died, the world mourned, and he was buried - against his
wishes - in Westminster Abbey.Yet the brilliance concealed a
divided character: a republican, he disliked America; sentimental
about the family in his writings, he took up passionately with a
young actress; usually generous, he cut off his impecunious
children. From the award-winning author of Samuel Pepys, Charles
Dickens: A Life paints an unforgettable portrait of Dickens,
capturing brilliantly the complex character of this great genius.
If you loved Great Expectations, Oliver Twist and A Christmas
Carol, this book is invaluable reading. 'By far the most humane and
imaginatively sympathetic account yet for the general reader'
Amanda Craig, New Statesman
The Invisible Woman by Claire Tomalin is the acclaimed story of
Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens Winner of the NCR Book Award, the
Hawthornden Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize 'This is
the story of someone who - almost - wasn't there; who vanished into
thin air. Her names, dates, family and experiences very nearly
disappeared from the record for good ...' Claire Tomalin's
multi-award-winning story of the life of Nelly Ternan and Charles
Dickens is a remarkable work of biography and historical
revisionism that returns the neglected actress to her rightful
place in history as well as providing a compelling and truthful
portrait of the great Victorian novelist. For those who enjoyed
Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self and Charles Dickens: A Life; The
Invisible Woman is invaluable reading for lovers of Charles
Dickens, and for readers of biography everywhere. 'Will come to be
seen as one of the crucial women's biographies because of its vivid
dramatization of the process by which women have been written out
of history and have been forced to deny their own experiences' Sean
French, New Statesman 'The most original biography I read this
year. Starting out with scarcely the bare bones of a story, Tomalin
convinces by the end that she has got as near to the truth as
anyone will' Anthony Howard, Sunday Times 'A biography of high
scholarship and compelling detective work' Melvyn Bragg,
Independent Claire Tomalin is the award-winning author of eight
highly acclaimed biographies, including: The Life and Death of Mary
Wollstonecraft; Shelley and His World; Katherine Mansfield: A
Secret Life; The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and
Charles Dickens; Mrs Jordan's Profession; Jane Austen: A Life;
Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self; Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man
and, most recently, Charles Dickens: A Life. A former literary
editor of the New Statesman and the Sunday Times, she is married to
the playwright and novelist Michael Frayn.
The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft is the acclaimed
bestselling biography by Claire Tomalin Winner of the Whitbread
First Book Prize Witty, courageous and unconventional, Mary
Wollstonecraft was one of the most controversial figures of her
day. She published A Vindication of the Rights of Women; travelled
to revolutionary France and lived through the Terror and the
destruction of the incipient French feminist movement; produced an
illegitimate daughter; and married William Godwin before dying in
childbed at the age of thirty-eight. Often embattled and bitterly
disappointed, she never gave up her radical ideas or her belief
that courage and honesty would triumph over convention. 'Tomalin is
a most intelligent and sympathetic biographer, aware of her
impetuous subject's many failings, yet with the perception to
present her greatness fairly. She writes well and wittily' Daily
Telegraph 'A vivid evocation not only of what Mary went through but
also of how women lived in the second part of the eighteenth
century. Most of all, however, Tomalin makes Mary Wollstonecraft
unforgettable' Evening Standard From the acclaimed author of Samuel
Pepys: The Unequalled Self, Charles Dickens: A Life and The
Invisible Woman, this celebrated biography is the definitive
account of Mary Wollstonecraft's life. Claire Tomalin is the
award-winning author of eight highly acclaimed biographies,
including: The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft; Shelley and
His World; Katherine Mansfield: A Secret Life; The Invisible Woman:
The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens; Mrs Jordan's
Profession; Jane Austen: A Life; Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self;
Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man and, most recently, Charles
Dickens: A Life. A former literary editor of the New Statesman and
the Sunday Times, she is married to the playwright and novelist
Michael Frayn.
Samuel Pepys is the astonishing biography by bestselling author
Claire Tomalin 2002 WHITBREAD BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Immaculately well
done. Tomalin has managed to unearth a wealth of material about the
uncharted life of Samuel Pepys' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday 'Sex,
drink, plague, fire, music, marital conflict, the fall of kings,
corruption and courage in public life, wars, navies, public
execution, incarceration in the Tower: Samuel Pepys's life is full
of irresistible material, and Claire Tomalin seizes it with both
hands. Fast, vivid, accessible' Hermione Lee, Guardian 'A rich,
thoughtful and deeply satisfying account. It takes us behind and
beyond the diary - which means that, on finishing it, we can reread
the diary with greater pleasure and understanding then ever before'
Noel Malcolm, Evening Standard 'In Claire Tomalin, Pepys has found
the biographer he deserves. Her perceptive, level-headed book
finally restores to the life of the diarist its weight and dignity'
Lisa Jardine, New Statesman 'A great achievement and a huge
pleasure. A vivid chronicle of contemporary history seen through
the all too human preoccupations of this ordinary and extraordinary
man' Diana Souhami, Independent From the acclaimed author of
Charles Dickens: A Life and The Invisible Woman, this celebrated
biography casts new light on the remarkable diaries of Pepys and
brings his story vividly to life once more. Claire Tomalin is the
award-winning author of eight highly acclaimed biographies,
including: The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft; Shelley and
His World; Katherine Mansfield: A Secret Life; The Invisible Woman:
The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens; Mrs Jordan's
Profession; Jane Austen: A Life; Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self;
Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man and, most recently, Charles
Dickens: A Life. A former literary editor of the New Statesman and
the Sunday Times, she is married to the playwright and novelist
Michael Frayn.
Katherine Mansfield is the celebrated biography be bestselling
author Claire Tomalin 'One of the best biographies I have ever
read: a perfect match of author and subject. It should become a
classic' Alison Lurie Pursuing art and adventure across Europe,
Katherine Mansfield lived and wrote with the Furies on her heels;
but when she died aged only thirty-four she became one of the most
influential writers of the twentieth century. Sexually ambiguous,
craving love yet quarrelsome and capricious, she glittered in the
brilliant circles of D. H. Lawrence and Virginia Woolf, her beauty
and recklessness inspiring admiration, jealousy, rage and devotion.
Claire Tomalin's biography brings us nearer than we have ever been
to this courageous, greatly gifted, haunted and haunting writer.
'Generous, dispassionate, even-handed, setting out probably as
plainly as anyone ever will Katherine's high hopes, the odds she
faced and the impossible obstacles that ditched her in the end'
Hilary Spurling, Daily Telegraph 'Provides the finest and most
subtly shaded portrait so far' John Gross, New York Times From the
acclaimed author of Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self, Charles
Dickens: A Life and The Invisible Woman, this virtuoso biography is
invaluable reading for lovers of Katherine Mansfield everywhere.
Claire Tomalin is the award-winning author of eight highly
acclaimed biographies, including: The Life and Death of Mary
Wollstonecraft; Shelley and His World; Katherine Mansfield: A
Secret Life; The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and
Charles Dickens; Mrs Jordan's Profession; Jane Austen: A Life;
Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self; Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man
and, most recently, Charles Dickens: A Life. A former literary
editor of the New Statesman and the Sunday Times, she is married to
the playwright and novelist Michael Frayn.
Mrs Jordan's Profession is the acclaimed biography of Dora Jordan
by bestselling author Claire Tomalin 'Intelligent, finely made and
wonderfully readable. As gripping as the best fiction' Independent
on Sunday Acclaimed as the greatest comic actress of her day, Dora
Jordan lived a quite different role off-stage as lover to Prince
William, third son of George III. Unmarried, the pair lived in a
villa on the Thames and had ten children together until William,
under pressure from royal advisers, abandoned her. The story of how
Dora moved between the worlds of the eighteenth-century theatre and
happy domesticity, of her fights for her family and her career
makes a classic story of royal perfidy and female courage. From the
acclaimed author of Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self, Charles
Dickens: A Life and The Invisible Woman, this celebrated biography
is one of history's most astonishing untold stories. 'The strangest
and most sensational story Tomalin has told so far. A miraculously
detailed portrait - as brisk, unsentimental, good-humoured and
fairminded as its subject' Hilary Spurling, Daily Telegraph
'Compelling, shrewd in its judgements, exceptionally well written,
and informed by a vivid sense of the past' John Gross, Sunday
Telegraph 'Fascinating, affecting. A compelling story and Tomalin
tells it with clarity and warmth' Lucy Hughes-Hallett, Sunday Times
Claire Tomalin is the award-winning author of eight highly
acclaimed biographies, including: The Life and Death of Mary
Wollstonecraft; Shelley and His World; Katherine Mansfield: A
Secret Life; The Invisible Woman: The Story of Nelly Ternan and
Charles Dickens; Mrs Jordan's Profession; Jane Austen: A Life;
Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self; Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man
and, most recently, Charles Dickens: A Life. A former literary
editor of the New Statesman and the Sunday Times, she is married to
the playwright and novelist Michael Frayn.
Thomas Hardy is the acclaimed biography by bestselling author
Claire Tomalin 'An extraordinary story, beautifully told. Tomalin
is the most empathetic of biographers' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday
Paradox ruled Thomas Hardy's life. His birth was almost his death;
he became one of the great Victorian novelists and reinvented
himself as one of the twentieth-century's greatest poets; he was an
unhappy husband and a desolate widower; he wrote bitter attacks on
the English class system yet prized the friendship of aristocrats.
In the hands of Whitbread Award-winning biographer Claire Tomalin,
author of the bestselling books Charles Dickens: A Life and The
Invisible Woman, Thomas Hardy the novelist, poet, neglectful
husband and mourning lover all come vividly alive. 'Another triumph
for a biographer who goes from strength to strength' Melvyn Bragg,
Guardian, Books of the Year 'Tomalin provides an object lesson in
how to write a life' Economist 'A moving story, and Tomalin tells
it vividly, with as great a fund of sympathy and sense, as can be
imagined' Daily Telegraph 'Skilful and absorbing, admirable. The
most compelling of life stories' Daily Telegraph 'Hardy emerges as
a man full of spirit and gaiety' Sunday Times Claire Tomalin is the
award-winning author of eight highly acclaimed biographies,
including: The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft; Shelley and
His World; Katherine Mansfield: A Secret Life; The Invisible Woman:
The Story of Nelly Ternan and Charles Dickens; Mrs Jordan's
Profession; Jane Austen: A Life; Samuel Pepys: The Unequalled Self;
Thomas Hardy: The Time-Torn Man and, most recently, Charles
Dickens: A Life. A former literary editor of the New Statesman and
the Sunday Times, she is married to the playwright and novelist
Michael Frayn.
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