Dab of Dickens, The Touch of Twain, and The Shade of Shakespeare
Elliot Engel

Narrated By: Elliot Engel, Ralph Cosham, Grover Gardner, Joe Barrett, David Birney, Scott Brick, others, Stefan Rudnicki

Duration: 6 hours and 31 minutes

What to expect

They are icons of the literary world whose soaring works have been discussed and analyzed in countless classrooms, homes, and pubs. Yet for most readers, the living, breathing human beings behind the classics have remained unknown—until now. In this utterly captivating book, Dr. Elliot Engel, a leading authority on the lives of great authors, illuminates the fascinating and flawed members of literature’s elite. In lieu of stuffy biographical sketches, Engel provides fascinating anecdotes.

You’ll never look at these literary giants the same way again.

Genre

Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: writers, History, Literature: history and criticism

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“Brilliantly funny and full of fascinating information.”

“Professor Elliot Engel is quite possibly the most insightful, personable, and entertaining academic lecturer to come out of academia in the last fifty years.”