| Description |
xxiv, 343 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
The Brontes and Currer, Acton, and Ellis Bell (1816-1855) -- George Sand and Aurore Dupin (1804-1876) -- George Eliot and Marian Evans (1819-1880) -- Lewis Carroll and Charles Dodgson (1832-1898) -- Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens (1835-1910) -- O. Henry and William Sydney Porter (1862-1910) -- Fernando Pessoa and his heteronyms (1888-1935) -- George Orwell and Eric Blair (1903-1950) -- Isak Dinesen and Karen Blixen (1885-1962) -- Sylvia Plath and Victoria Lucas (1932-1963) -- Henry Green and Henry Yorke (1905-1973) -- Romain Gary and Emile Ajar (1914-1980) -- James Tiptree, Jr. and Alice Sheldon (1915-1987) -- Georges Simenon and Christian Brulls, et al. (1903-1989) -- Patricia Highsmith and Claire Morgan (1921-1995) -- Pauline Reage and Anne Desclos (1907-1998). |
| Summary |
Part detective story, part expose and part literary history, this fascinating exploration reveals writers throughout history who hoarded secret identities-- sometimes playfully, and sometimes with tragic consequences--including Mark Twain, George Eliot and Lewis Carroll. |
| Subject |
Anonyms and pseudonyms -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780061735264 hardback |
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0061735264 hardcover |
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