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Parallel Lives - by Phyllis Rose (Paperback)

Name: Parallel Lives - by Phyllis Rose (Paperback)
Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
SKU: 1003465003
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In her study of the married couple as the smallest political unit, Phyllis Rose uses the marriages of five Victorian writers who wrote about their own lives with unusual candor: Charles Dickens, John Ruskin, Thomas Carlyle, John Stuart Mill, and George Eliot--née Marian Evans.
About the Author: Phyllis Rose is a professor of English at Wesleyan University.
336 Pages
Biography + Autobiography, Historical

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In her study of the married couple as the smallest political unit, Phyllis Rose uses the marriages of five Victorian writers who wrote about their own lives with unusual candor: Charles Dickens, John Ruskin, Thomas Carlyle, John Stuart Mill, and George Eliot--née Marian Evans.

About the Author

Phyllis Rose is a professor of English at Wesleyan University. She received her bachelor's degree from Radcliffe, her master's from Yale, and her doctorate from Harvard. She taught briefly at both Harvard and Yale before coming to Wesleyan in 1969, and has also been a visiting professor at the University of California at Berkeley. The author lives in Middletown, Connecticut, with her son, Teddy. Her first book, Woman of Letters: A Life of Virginia Woolf, was nominated for the 1978 National Book Award.

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Dimensions (Overall): 7.9 Inches (H) x 5.2 Inches (W) x .9 Inches (D)

Weight: .7 Pounds

Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up

Number of Pages: 336

Genre: Biography + Autobiography

Sub-Genre: Historical

Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Format: Paperback

Author: Phyllis Rose

Language: English

Street Date: October 12, 1984

TCIN: 1003465003

UPC: 9780394725802

Item Number (DPCI): 247-04-5461

Origin: Made in the USA or Imported

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