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Writers Between the Covers - The Scandalous Romantic Lives of Legendary Literary Casanovas, Coquet

English · Paperback / Softback

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What happened off the page was often a lot spicier than what was written on it... Why did Norman Mailer stab his second wife at a party? Who was Edith Wharton’s secret transatlantic lover? What motivated Anaïs Nin to become a bigamist? Writers Between the Covers rips the sheets off these and other real-life love stories of the literati--some with fairy tale endings and others that resulted in break-ups, breakdowns, and brawls. Among the writers laid bare are Agatha Christie, who sparked the largest-ever manhunt in England as her marriage fell apart; Arthur Miller, whose jaw-dropping pairing with Marilyn Monroe proved that opposites attract, at least initially; and T.S. Eliot, who slept in a deckchair on his disastrous honeymoon. From the best break-up letters to the stormiest love triangles to the boldest cougars and cradle-robbers, this fun and accessible volume--packed with lists, quizzes and in-depth exposés--reveals literary history’s most titillating loves, lusts, and longings.

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Authors Joni Rendon, Rendon Joni, Shannon Mckenna Schmidt
Publisher Plume USA
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 29.10.2013
 
EAN 9780452298460
ISBN 978-0-452-29846-0
No. of pages 304
Dimensions 140 mm x 205 mm x 15 mm
Subjects Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies

BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, HISTORY / World, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality, General & world history, General and world history, Biography: writers, Psychology: sexual behaviour, Sexual Behaviour

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