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The Moon and Sixpence is a novel by W. Somerset Maugham, first published on 15 April 1919.It is told in episodic form by a first-person narrator providing a series of glimpses into the mind and soul of the central character, Charles Strickland, a middle-aged English stockbroker, who abandons his wife and children abruptly to pursue his desire to become an artist.
A Song of Sixpence is a novel by A. J. Cronin about the coming to manhood of Laurence Carroll and his life in Scotland. [1] It was published in 1964. Its sequel is A Pocketful of Rye. As with several of his other novels, Cronin drew on his own experiences growing up in Scotland for this book.
Bernard John Shapero (born August 1963) is a British dealer in antiquarian rare books and works on paper, the founder of Shapero Rare Books of 106 New Bond Street, Mayfair, London. [1] In 2005, Slate called him "London's most successful rare-book dealer and arguably the top dealer in the world today".
See Table of years in literature for an overview of all "year in literature" pages. Several attempts have been made to create a list of world literature. Among these are the great books project including the book series Great Books of the Western World, now containing 60 volumes.
Category: Book series by year of introduction. 4 languages. ... Book series introduced in 2013 (1 C, 19 P) Book series introduced in 2014 (1 C, 17 P)
The first six books were written by Julie Campbell Tatham. [1] The following 33 titles were written by various in-house writers of Western Publishing under the pseudonym Kathryn Kenny. [1] Between 2003 and 2006, Random House republished the first fifteen books of the series with new cover art illustrated by pulp artist Michael Koelsch.
The Oz books form a book series that begins with The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900) and relates the fictional history of the Land of Oz. Oz was created by author L. Frank Baum , who went on to write fourteen full-length Oz books. [ 1 ]
Following the exploits of Mack Bolan and his war against organized crime and international terrorism, both series collectively total 631 novels (453 regular Executioner titles, plus 178 Super Bolan titles). [1] The series ceased publication in late 2017. The list below only covers up to the year 2003.