New Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes

John Gross

RRP: £8.99

Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Publication Date : 25/09/2008

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

A unique and vastly entertaining collection of over 700 anecdotes from Chaucer to J.K. Rowling. These true stories feature writers, historians, statesmen, philosophers, scholars, journalists and theologians. Arranged chronologically by date of birth of the subject of the anecdote, they were selected by the premier anthologist and supreme man of letters, John Gross.

Publisher's description:

An unrivalled collection of literary gossip and intimate sidelights on the lives of the authors. This hugely entertaining anthology ranges from Chaucer to the present day, with anecdotes that are hilarious, touching, outrageous, sinister, inspiring, and downright weird.

ISBN: 9780199543410