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The realists : portraits of eight novelists : Stendhal, Balzac, Dickens, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Galdos, Henry James, Proust / C.P. Snow

by C. P. Snow

This collection of literary portraits analyses the lives of Stendhal, Balzac, Dickens, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Galdos, James, and Proust, exploring how their individual experiences and personalities shaped their choice of subjects and writing styles.

Accession 8109 ISBN 0333292634 Publisher MacMillan
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