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- Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
- Number of Pages: 240
- ISBN: 0393338479
- WAPI (Tower ID): 114052333
- Release Date: June 14, 2010
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #811747 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #30278 in Biography & Autobiography (See Top 100 Biography & Autobiography Bestsellers)
- #427 in Ethnic Cultures - General (See Top 100 Ethnic Cultures - General Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Byron in Love: A Short Daring Life" by Edna O'Brien to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Byron in Love: A Short Daring Life"Browse more products related to "Edna O'Brien"Review"Out of O'Brien's kinetic recounting of scandal after scandal, a sense of the poet's pathos emerges: Byron did, at times, love deeply." "The infernal side of [Byron's] personality interests O'Brien most, which makes for an energetic, enthralling biography in which concision and readability are a welcome change from the appetite for minutiae that has become a staple of the genre." "Edna O'Brien's brief biography takes full advantage of the wealth of Byron documentation now available to shape a palpably rounded portrait....Short Lives of Byron are understandably not many. This is now the best available." "BYRON IN LOVE [is] such a pleasure to read. This is a book not only for those who value perceptive, independent intelligence, but also for those who treasure lovely writing for its own sake. At this stage in her long career...this is an author who seems incapable of composing a clumsy or uninteresting sentence." "It needs a storyteller with the skills and experience of Edna O'Brien to intimate something of Byron's sexual, literary, and social dazzle in...London between 1812 and 1819." AnnotationNovelist and James Joyce biographer Edna O'Brien adds to the thousands of pages of Byron biography with a lyrical and rhapsodic investigation of Byron's insatiable passions and intoxicating effect he had on the opposite sex, including his own half-sister, and the tortured Lady Caroline Lamb (who famously sent him a snippet of her pubic hair). Though O'Brien's biography fails to open any new doors on Byron's life, the narrative and emotional pull of her prose brings the Eros of her subject vividly to life. If You Enjoy "Byron in Love: A Short Daring Life (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Byron in Love: A Short Daring Life (Paperback)" by Edna O'Brien (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Ethnic Cultures - General BestsellersBiography & Autobiography Bestselling Books
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