Secret Lives of Great Authors: What Your Teachers Never Told You about Famous Novelists, Poets, and Playwrights (U)

The strange-but-true tales of the rumors, idiosyncrasies, and feuds of literary legends—including Agatha Christie, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Shakespeare, and moreThis fascinating—and shocking!—tour through the lives of classic literature icons is the perfect stocking stuffer for book lovers and fans of little-known history.With outrageous and uncensored profiles of everyone from William Shakespeare to Thomas Pynchon, Secret Lives of Great Authors tackles all the tough questions your high school teachers were afraid to ask: What’s the deal with Lewis Carroll and little girls? Is it true that J. D. Salinger drank his own urine? How many women—and men—did Lord Byron actually sleep with? And why was Ayn Rand such a big fan of Charlie’s Angels? Classic literature was never this much fun in school!Authors included:William ShakespeareLord ByronHonoré de BalzacEdgar Allan PoeCharles DickensThe Brontë SistersHenry David ThoreauWalt WhitmanLeo TolstoyEmily DickinsonLewis CarrollLouisa May AlcottMark TwainOscar WildeArthur Conan DoyleW.B. YeatsH.G. WellsGertrude SteinJack LondonVirginia WoolfJames JoyceFranz KafkaT.S. EliotAgatha ChristieJ.R.R. TolkienF. Scott FitzgeraldWilliam FaulknerErnest HemingwayAyn RandJean-Paul SartreRichard WrightWilliam BurroughsCarson McCullersJ.D. SalingerJack KerouacKurt VonnegutToni MorrisonSylvia PlathThomas Pynchon