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1 Is there any truth in biographical fictions? In 2006 David Lodge expressed surprise at how popular biographical novels have become. Also… Katherine Collins
2 Reading between life and work: Reflections on J.M. Coetzee’s life-writing The work of J.M. Coetzee – the novels, taken together with the memoirs and the critical essays –… Elleke Boehmer
3 James Joyce: A Biography James Augustine Joyce, the eldest surviving son of John Stanislaus Joyce and Mary Jane ('May')… Cleo Hanaway
4 The Importance of Being Wilde "To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all" Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)… Kate O'Connor
5 Aphra Behn Aphra Behn (1640-1689) was a bold, salacious, and pioneering individual. If Frances Burney made… Kate O'Connor
6 Rudyard Kipling Rudyard Kipling [Public Domain] via Wikimedia Commons Rudyard Kipling was born in India, 'the… Dominic Davies
7 Thomas Hardy Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), novelist and poet, was born on 2 June 1840, in Higher Bockhampton, Dorset… Charlotte Barrett
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