| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 385 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Oxford Books of Prose & Verse
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Oxford Books of Prose & Verse.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
INTRODUCTION; THE ANECDOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX OF NAMES; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z. |
| Summary |
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. - ;An unrivalled collection of literary gossip and intimate sidelights on the lives of the authors. The dictionary defines an anecdote as 'a short account of an entertaining or interesting incident', and the anecdotes in this collection more than live up to that description. Many of them are funny, often explosively so. Others. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Authors, English -- Anecdotes.
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Authors, English. |
| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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| Subject |
English literature -- Anecdotes.
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English literature. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Anecdotes.
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| Added Author |
Gross, John, 1935-2011.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: New Oxford book of literary anecdotes. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006 0192804685 9780192804686 (DLC) 2005033698 (OCoLC)62421102 |
| ISBN |
9780191516979 (electronic book) |
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019151697X (electronic book) |
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9780192804686 (Cloth) |
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0192804685 (Cloth) |
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1281146803 |
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9781281146809 |
| Standard No. |
9780192804686 |
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