Lives of the Writers: Comedies, Tragedies (and What the Neighbors Thought)

From Cervantes to Langston Hughes, each of these 19 writers is respectfully exposed for their idiosyncracies as well as their contributions to the world of literature. What they ate, what they wore, who they loved and who their friends were - it's all here.

WRITERS INCLUDED:

• Shikibu
• Cervantes
• Shakespeare
• Austen
• Anderson
• Poe
• Dickens
• Brontë
• Dickinson
• Alcott
• Twain
• Burnett
• Stevenson
• London
• Sandburg
• White
• Hurston
• Hughes
• Singer