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Favourite literary biographies
Charlotte Bronte: A Passionate LifeCharlotte Bronte: A Passionate Life by Lyndall Gordon
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A great biography overturning the tragic myths
George EliotGeorge Eliot by Jenny Uglow
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Real insight from one of my favourite biographers
Daphne Du MaurierDaphne Du Maurier by Margaret Forster
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Just fantastic
Byron: Life and LegendByron: Life and Legend by Fiona MacCarthy
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Great biography of the mad, bad and dangerous to know one
George Sand: A Woman's Life Writ LargeGeorge Sand: A Woman's Life Writ Large by Belinda Elizabeth Jack
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A wonderful book about one of the most fascinating women
Elizabeth Barrett Browning: A BiographyElizabeth Barrett Browning: A Biography by Margaret Forster
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Highly insightful, but also beautifully written
Unruly Times: Wordsworth and Coleridge in Their TimeUnruly Times: Wordsworth and Coleridge in Their Time by A.S. Byatt
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Another beautifully written biography
Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas BewickNature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick by Jenny Uglow
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Just brilliant
The Life and Death of Mary WollstonecraftThe Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft by Claire Tomalin
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Wonderful biography of a challenging subject- but very sympathetically done
The Bride of Science : Romance, Reason and Byron's DaughterThe Bride of Science : Romance, Reason and Byron's Daughter by Benjamin Woolley
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A fascinating book of a woman scientist (called the first computer programmer) who deserves to be better known