At the end of her life, Catherine, the cast-off wife of Charles Dickens, gave the letters she had received from her husband to their daughter Kate, asking her to donate them to the British Museum, “so the world may know that he loved me once.” The incredible vulnerability and heartache evident beneath the surface of this remark inspired Gaynor Arnold to write Girl in a Blue Dress, a dazzling debut novel inspired by the life of this tragic yet devoted woman. 

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman

Wollstonecraft was prompted to write the Rights of Woman after reading Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord's 1791 report to the French National Assembly, which stated that women should only receive a domestic education; she used her commentary on this specific event to launch a broad attack against sexual double standards and to indict men for encouraging women to indulge in excessive emotion. Wollstonecraft wrote the Rights of Woman hurriedly in order to respond directly to ongoing events; she intended to write a more thoughtful second volume, but she died before completing it.

Bloom's How to Write About Herman Melville

Although he spent much of his career in obscurity, Herman Melville, the author of classics such as "Moby-Dick", "Billy Budd", and "Bartleby, the Scrivener," has since become known as one of America's greatest writers.

How to Write Technical Reports: Understandable Structure, Good Design, Convincing Presentation

* A practical, step-by-step guide to scientific writing
* Indispensable for students as well as being a useful reference for experienced scientists
* Clear and comprehensible writing
* Includes a chapter on oral presentations
"Writing technical reports" conveys the important and necessary knowledge of writing and presenting technical and scientific work.

Write Like the Masters: Emulating the Best of Hemingway, Faulkner, Salinger, and Others

Inspirational and informative, "Write Like the Masters" is the first book-length explanation of the rhetorical technique of imitation for the modern writer. Comprised of practical, inspirational, easy-to-apply advice, this helpful guide analyses the writing styles of twenty-one great novelists, explaining how readers can imitate these authors and, in the process, learn advanced writing secrets to fire up their own work.