This specially edited shorter edition takes the reader into the life of one of the world's greatest writers. Here, Ackroyd attempts to peel away the mask of a man whose life was outwardly a picture of Victorian rectitude, but whose love life was as complicated (and unconventional) as any modern writer's.

An extraordinary book which gives us a unique insight into the life and thinking of the man who has single-handedly transformed the way we live today

Twenty-five years after the publication of his groundbreaking first book, Malcolm Gladwell returns with a brand new volume that reframes the lessons of The Tipping Point in a startling and revealing light

'Addictive... fascinating and provocative' Guardian

'Gladwell is a great storyteller with a contagious sense of curiosity' The Economist

What does the heartbreaking fate of the cheetah tell us about the way we raise our children? Why do elite universities care so m...

This Norton Critical Edition includes: The 1925 first American edition text, introduced and annotated by Anne Fernald. A map of Mrs. Dalloway’s London.

An unusually rich selection of contextual materials, including diary entries and letters related to the composition of the novel, essays, short stories and biographical excerpts, and the only introduction that Virginia Woolf wrote to any of her novels. The voices of other writers are also included, allowing readers to consider the literary p...

A splendid new translation of one of the greatest books on friendship ever written.