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Charles Dickens: His Journal

By Vincent Torre - Published 2010

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This book takes the form of an imaginary journal by an 18-year-old Charles Dickens, who at a low point in his life in 1830 ...Read Review

The Margaret-Ghost

By Barbara Novak - Published 2003

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Biographical Fiction

Novak relates the life of Margaret Fuller, New England feminist and contemporary of Emerson and Thoreau, through Angelica Bookbinder, a professor writing a ...Read Review

Farewell, My Queen

By Chantal Thomas - Published 2003 (US)Published 2004 (UK)

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Biographical Fiction

This story of Marie-Antoinette takes place over three days at Versailles, starting with 14 July, 1789. The Hall of Mirrors and other well-known grandeurs are ...Read Review