The Facts of Fiction - Softcover

Collins, Norman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1448201063 ISBN 13: 9781448201068

Verlag: Bloomsbury Reader, 2012

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Reseña del editor:

This is a collection of essays on Essays on Smollett, Lawrence, Austen, Dickens & others, by a man who went on to write a number of hugely popular novels.

The classic book on the craft of writing, this is Norman Collins’ first published work.

Biografía del autor:

Norman Richard Collins (1907 - 1982) was born in Beaconsfield, Buckinghamshire. In his early career he worked in publishing while also writing and publishing several successful novels. In 1941 Collins began working at the BBC. During this time he became known for his innovative programming which included Woman's Hour which still airs today on BBC Radio Four. He rose to Controller of the BBC Television Service, later leaving to co-found what is now ITV after deciding a competitior to the BBC's monopoly was needed .

Collins continued to write fiction throughout his busy working life. Although never a full-time writer he was a fluent and prolific author with sixteen titles and two plays to his credit between 1934 and 1981. An autograph edition of twelve of his novels was published during the 1960s.

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• Verlag: Bloomsbury Reader
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1448201063
• ISBN 13: 9781448201068
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 284