Isaac D’Israeli, father of the future prime minister, studies the temperament of literary genius from the writers’ own confessions: their youth and education, their solitude and habits, their quarrels, vanity and poverty, and the way posterity judges them. This collected edition, prepared by Benjamin Disraeli, also includes his inquiry into the literary and political character of James I.
Curious, anecdotal and erudite, a book for browsing by anyone who loves the lives of writers. Download the free EPUB.