The Quest for Corvo: An Experiment in Biography
by Symons, A. J. A
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- ISBN 13
- 9780140002911
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A.J.A. Symons (1900-1941) pursued a wide variety of projects in his short life, writing and editing works on the verse of the 1890s, the history of the Nonesuch Press, and critical studies of various figures of note. He is remembered for his groundbreaking biography of the bizarre genius Baron Corvo and for his own eccentric hobbies, as chronicled in a biography written by his brother, the mystery novelist Julian Symons. A S Byatt is renowned internationally for her novels and short stories. Her novels include the Booker Prize-winning Possession , The Biographer’s Tale and the quartet, The Virgin in the Garden , Still Life , Babel Tower and A Whistling Woman. Her most recent novel, The Children’s Book was published in 2009.
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- Title
- The Quest for Corvo: An Experiment in Biography
- Author
- Symons, A. J. A
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 014000291X
- ISBN 13
- 9780140002911
- Publisher
- Penguin Books (1979).
- Place of Publication
- New York
- This edition first published
- November 29, 1979
- Keywords
- Fiction, Biography, Frederick Rolfe, Baron Corvo
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- Literature & General Fiction;
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