The Mammoth Book of Literary Anecdotes: Over Five Centuries of Recollections, Essays and Quotes

by Philip Gooden

Book Overview

Who would write who had anything better to do? asked Lord Byron rhetorically, and in this amusing and informative anthology author Philip Gooden finds hundreds of illuminating anecdotes to reveal what... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786710039
• ISBN13: 9780786710034
• Release Date: June 2002
• Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

I TIP MY HAT TO PHILIP GOODEN

I had great fun with this wonderful book. It contains a wealth of recollections, essays, and quotes spanning five centuries. Read this book if you are curious to learn something you perhaps don't already know about some of our favorite literary giants!