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The Greatest Books You’ll Never Read

Unpublished masterpieces by the world’s greatest writers Bernard Richards


  • Cassell (octopus)
Why was Thomas Hardy's first novel never published? What happened to the manuscript of the long-promised magnum opus that Truman Capote never delivered? These and many other intriguing mysteries are uncovered in this comprehensive guide to literature's lost and unfinished masterpieces. Each book, from Karl Marx's comic novel Scorpion and Felix to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight spin-off Midnight Sun, is examined in-depth, with selected entries featuring manuscript extracts.

ISBN 9781844037933 | E | HB
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Publisher Cassell (octopus)
ISBN 9781844037933
Publication date September 2015
Edition Hardback
Dimensions 242 x 182 mm
Illustrations 400 col.ill.
Pages 256
Language(s) Eng. ed.
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Why was Thomas Hardy's first novel never published? What happened to the manuscript of the long-promised magnum opus that Truman Capote never delivered? These and many other intriguing mysteries are uncovered in this comprehensive guide to literature's lost and unfinished masterpieces. Each book, from Karl Marx's comic novel Scorpion and Felix to Stephenie Meyer's Twilight spin-off Midnight Sun, is examined in-depth, with selected entries featuring manuscript extracts. Specially commissioned covers also illustrate each entry, making this a book that will be loved by bookworms everywhere.