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A.A. Milne: His Life

Door Ann Thwaite

Categorie
Secundair
Boeknummer
#265937
Titel
A.A. Milne: His Life
Auteur
Thwaite, Ann
Boektype
Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij
London, Faber and Faber
Jaar van uitgave
1990
ISBN10
0571138888
ISBN13
9780571138883
Taal
Engels
Samenvatting
A study of the life of A. A. Milne, from his childhood, when he was educated at his father's school Henley House and taught by H. G. Wells, through his early days on "Granta" and "Punch", to the flowering of his careeer in the 1920s and 1930s. Milne wrote a series of West End plays, including "Mr Pim Passes By", and numbered among his friends P. G. Wodehouse and J. M. Barrie. It was for his son, born in 1920, that Milne wrote the four great children's books of his maturity: "When We Were Very Young", "Now We are Six", "Winnie the Pooh" and "The House at Pooh Corner". Revealing Milne's complexity, this biography tells of his strong political feelings, his often difficult personal relationships, and how his successful chi... (Lees verder)ldren's books became an almost intolerable burden. Ann Thwaite was awarded the 1990 Whitbread Biography of The Year for this book.
Pagina's
553
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 12,50

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