Книга: Matthew Pearl «The Last Dickens»
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Серия: "-" News of the untimely death of Charles Dickens reaches James R Osgood at his American publisher. Expecting the arrival of the latest instalment of The Mystery of Edwin Drood and suspicious of unscrupulous New York publishers keen to get their hands on the novel, Osgood sends his clerk, Daniel Sands, to await its arrival. Издательство: "Random House, Inc." (2010)
ISBN: 978-0-09-951275-2 Купить за 621 руб в My-shop |
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| The Last Dickens | News of the untimely death of Charles Dickens reaches James R Osgood at his American publisher. Expecting the arrival of the latest instalment of The Mystery of Edwin Drood and suspicious of… — Random House, Inc., Подробнее... | бумажная книга |
Matthew Pearl
| Matthew Pearl | |
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| Born | October 2 New York, New York |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genres | Historical fiction/literary fiction |
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Matthew Pearl is an American novelist and educator. His novels include The Dante Club, The Poe Shadow and The Last Dickens and have been published in more than 40 countries.
Biography
Pearl graduated from University School of Nova Southeastern University (NSU). He attended Harvard College and Yale Law School and has taught writing and literature at Emerson College and Harvard University. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
The Dante Club was published in 2003. His second novel, a historical thriller about the death of Edgar Allan Poe called The Poe Shadow, was published by Random House in the United States on May 23, 2006 and was a New York Times bestseller. His third novel, The Last Dickens, was released in the United States on March 17, 2009.[1]
Pearl has also written op-ed articles on literature and culture for The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Boston Globe.
References
- ^ The Last Dickens, The Daily Mail
External links
- More detailed biography and Official author site
- Official site of The Dante Club
- Official site of The Poe Shadow
- Official Facebook fan page of Matthew Pearl
- Official Myspace page of Matthew Pearl
- Mathew Pearl's Inverview with WritersNewsWeekly.com
- Emerson College faculty
- American novelists
- Living people
- American novelist stubs
Источник: Matthew Pearl
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