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The Stories Behind the Titles
Frances Lincoln Publishers
October 2008
On Sale: September 23, 2008
240 pages
ISBN: 0711229252
EAN: 9780711229259
Paperback
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Literature and Fiction
Based on the author's long-running column in London's
Sunday Telegraph, this diverting book offers literary
history in bite sizes, presenting surprising details on each
of 50 classic work's genesis and composition. Emphasizing
books that are literally inexplicable without this
background knowledge, the book covers iconic works from
Thomas Moore's Utopia to Joyce's Ulysses.
Along the way readers learn what Wordsworth's Prelude
was a prelude to, the identity of the original Jeeves, why
A Clockwork Orange wasn't A Robotic Banana,
and much more
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