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Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought) Paperback - 2011
by Kathleen Krull; Kathryn Hewitt (Illustrator)
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Shakespeare wrote with a feather quill and ink; Emily Dickinson wrote with a fountain pen; Isaac Bashevis Singer wrote on a Yiddish typewriter. But what did such writers do when they weren't writing? What did Jane Austen eat for breakfast? What could make Mark Twain throw his shirts out the window? Why would Zora Neale Hurston punch a fellow elevator passenger? Lives of the Writers tells all that and more, including plenty about writing, how these writers viewed the world of literature--and how their neighbors viewed them.
In this offering from the highly praised Lives Of . . . series, Kathleen Krull and Kathryn Hewitt offer the inside schoop on twenty literary luminaties. Even famous writers are real people with odd habits, secret hopes, dismal failures, and wild successes; Lives of the Writers reveals it all with wit and style.
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- Title Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought)
- Author Kathleen Krull; Kathryn Hewitt (Illustrator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 96
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Houghton Mifflin
- Date 2011-09-06
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780152046064 / 0152046062
- Weight 0.81 lbs (0.37 kg)
- Dimensions 10.32 x 8.5 x 0.28 in (26.21 x 21.59 x 0.71 cm)
- Ages 09 to 12 years
- Grade levels 4 - 7
- Reading level 1120
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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"Seductive. . . . this compendium of brief biographies of literary luminaries is as much fun as a tete-a-tete with a gossipy friend. Krull knows exactly how to captivate her audience; she goes right for the juicy stuff, adding to historical fact the kind of chatty incidentals and amusing anecdotes that put flesh and blood on dry literary bones. . . .These exuberant thumbnail sketches are ably matched by Hewitt’s sophisticated caricatures, which will delight sharp-eyed readers with their many visual references to particulars and oddities about each of the subjects. A must-have for the reference shelf.”—Publishers Weekly “There’s enough substance here for a quick report or to enliven a longer one. Let’s hope this team continues through all the arts. An irresistible package.”—School Library Journal “The stories Krull tells will be enough to whet readers’ appetites for more biography and for the writers’ actual works.”—Booklist “Another colorful, enthralling excursion into our cultural heritage.”—Kirkus Reviews
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