TY  - BOOK
AU  - Gross,John
TI  - The new Oxford book of literary anecdotes
T2  - Oxford Books of Prose & Verse
SN  - 9780191516979
AV  - PR108 .N49 2006eb
U1  - 820.9 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Authors, English
KW  - Anecdotes
KW  - English literature
KW  - LITERARY CRITICISM
KW  - European
KW  - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Engels
KW  - gtt
KW  - Schrijvers
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; INTRODUCTION; THE ANECDOTES; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INDEX OF NAMES; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
N2  - An unrivalled collection of literary gossip and intimate sidelights on the lives of the authors. This hugely entertaining anthology ranges from Chaucer to the present day, with anecdotes that are hilarious, touching, outrageous, sinister, inspiring, and downright weird. - ;An unrivalled collection of literary gossip and intimate sidelights on the lives of the authors. The dictionary defines an anecdote as 'a short account of an entertaining or interesting incident', and the anecdotes in this collection more than live up to that description. Many of them are funny, often explosively so. Others
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