THE CURIOUS READER: A Literary Miscellany of Novels & Novelists

A literary compendium that reveals fascinating insights into the world's most famous novelists and their works. Readers will learn about: George Orwell's near-death experience while writing 1984, the real man who may have inspired Pride and Prejudice's Mr. Darcy, the famous author who kept her dead husband's heart after he died, and more. Fully illustrated in color.