Biography: A Very Short Introduction
by Hermione Lee
192 pages· 2009· ISBN 9780199533541
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Biographies are one of the most popular and best-selling of the literary genres. Why do people like them? What does a biography do and how does it work? This Very Short Introduction examines different types of biographies, why certain people and historical events arouse so much interest, and how they are compared with history and fiction.
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