EDITED BY JAMES SUTHERLAND - The Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes

London England, Oxford University Press, 1976. Reprint, Binding: Cloth, Very Good/Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall Octavo 0198121393 Hardback Hardback. The Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes. Slight shelf wear and a couple of slight tears to edge of D/J. If an anecdote is to live beyond its own day, it must not only be work the telling but be well told, and from over a thousand years of memoirs, reminscences, and letters Professor Sutherland has gathered almost five hundred that meet these demanding criteria. Here are comic, poignant, and revealing stories by or about not only those famous for their eccentricity, forthrightness, and wit, but also almost every major figure in English literature and a host of minor ones. 382 pp.