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The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure by C. D. Rose; Andrew Gallix is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure about?
A darkly comic, satirical reference book about writers who never made it into the literary canon A signal event of literary scholarship, The Biographical Dictionary of Literary Failure compiles the biographies of history's most notable cases of a complete lack of literary success. As such, it is the world's leading authority on the subject. Compiled in one volume by C. D. Rose, a well-educated person universally acknowledged in parts of England as the world's pre-eminent expert on inexpert writers, the book culls its information from lost or otherwise ignored archives scattered around the globe, as well as the occasional dustbin. The dictionary amounts to a monumental accomplishment: the definitive appreciation of history's least accomplished writers. Thus immortalized beyond deserving and rescued from hard-earned obscurity, the authors presented in this historic volume comprise a who's who of the talentless and deluded, their stories timeless litanies of abject psychosis, misapplication, and delinquency. It is, in short, a treasure. From the Hardcover edition
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- Author
- C. D. Rose; Andrew Gallix
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing
- Published
- 2014
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781612193793
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Reference, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.76 / 5 (68 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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