Lives of the Writers : Comedies, Tragedies (And What the Neighbors Thought)

Lives of the Writers offers the inside scoop on twenty literary luminaries: Cervantes -- Shakespeare -- Austen Poe -- Dickens Bronte -- Dickinson Alcott -- Twain -- London -- and more "This makes learning historical facts jolly good fun!" -- Children's Book Review Kathleen Krull's deliciously gossipy thumbnail biographies make a smashing transition to audiocassette...every bit as fascinating for adults as for children, and a splendid choice for those occasions when the need arises to entertain the whole family". -- Starred Review, Publishers Weekly