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Hermione Lee's previous books include the internationally acclaimed biography Virginia Woolf, a collection of essays on life-writing, Body Parts, and a study of Elizabeth Bowen. She has written on many American authors, from Willa Cather to Philip Roth. She is a well-known reviewer and broadcaster, and, in 2006, Chair of the judges for the Man-Booker Prize. She is the first woman Goldsmiths' Professor of English at Oxford University, a Fellow of New College Oxford, of the British Academy and of the Royal Society of Literature. She was awarded a CBE in 2003 for services to literature.
An exhaustive record of the career of a brilliant and prolific writer. -- Mary Leland * Irish Examiner * A superb biography -- Colm Toibin * Irish Times * Adding impressive depth and nuance to the received portrait of Wharton, Lee's biography excels in its discussions of her writing -- Peter Kemp * Sunday Times * Painstaking and elegant... One of this book's great pleasures is Lee's discussion of Wharton's work -- Kasia Boddy * Daily Telegraph * A feat of exhaustive research...finely tuned to Wharton's creative achievement. This is a glorious biography -- Mark Bostridge * Independent on Sunday *
