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Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara?

The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the World's Best-Loved Books

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  • 336 páginas
  • 12 horas de lectura

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The captivating stories behind fifty of the greatest authors and their most famous literary creationsBefore Who the Hell is Pansy O'Hara?, there had never been a single volume that explored the backstories of so many of the greatest books in the English language. A work sure to captivate all lovers of language and literature, it reveals in short, pithy chapters, the lives, loves, motivations, and quirky, fascinating details involving fifty of the best-loved books of the Western world.- When stacked up, the original manuscript of Gone With the Wind stood taller than Margaret Mitchell, its 4' 9½" author.- Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, was part of the Allied team that cracked the Nazi's Enigma code.- Leo Tolstoy's wife copied War and Peace by hand ... seven times.From The Great Gatsby to Harper Lee, from Jaws to J. K . Rowling, Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara? offers an entertaining and informative journey through the minds of writers and the life experiences that took these amazing works from notion to novel.

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Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara?, Chris Sheedy, Jenny Bond

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Título
Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara?
Subtítulo
The Fascinating Stories Behind 50 of the World's Best-Loved Books
Idioma
Inglés
Editorial
Penguin Group
Publicado en
2008
Formato
Tapa blanda
Páginas
336
ISBN10
014311364X
ISBN13
9780143113645
Serie
Descripción
The captivating stories behind fifty of the greatest authors and their most famous literary creationsBefore Who the Hell is Pansy O'Hara?, there had never been a single volume that explored the backstories of so many of the greatest books in the English language. A work sure to captivate all lovers of language and literature, it reveals in short, pithy chapters, the lives, loves, motivations, and quirky, fascinating details involving fifty of the best-loved books of the Western world.- When stacked up, the original manuscript of Gone With the Wind stood taller than Margaret Mitchell, its 4' 9½" author.- Ian Fleming, creator of James Bond, was part of the Allied team that cracked the Nazi's Enigma code.- Leo Tolstoy's wife copied War and Peace by hand ... seven times.From The Great Gatsby to Harper Lee, from Jaws to J. K . Rowling, Who the Hell Is Pansy O'Hara? offers an entertaining and informative journey through the minds of writers and the life experiences that took these amazing works from notion to novel.