Thames & Hudson Literary Lives Series

Jane Austen

Jane Austen

  • Paperback
No short biography could be better done – The Times Literary Supplement

Henry James

Henry James

  • Paperback
A full and entertaining study – The Sunday Times

James Joyce

James Joyce

  • Paperback
An indispensible book to the Joycean – The Spectator

Shakespeare

Shakespeare

  • Paperback
Avoids conventional veneration and turns the mighty name (and examination subject) into the human being – The Observer

Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf

  • Paperback
An almost model short illustrated companion … Mr Lehmann’s book delighted me – Angus Wilson, The Observer

W. B. Yeats

W. B. Yeats

  • Paperback
Witty and informative – The Irish Times