Writers Between the Covers - The Scandalous Romantic Lives of Legendary Literary Casanovas Coquettes and Cads

Joni Rendon, Shannon McKenna Schmidt

Narrator Antony Ferguson, Peter Berkrot, Ann Marie Lee, Michelle Ford

Summary

Why did Norman Mailer stab his second wife at a party? Who was Edith Wharton's secret transatlantic lover? What motivated Anaïs Nin to become a bigamist? Writers Between the Covers rips the sheets off these and other real-life love stories of the literati—some with fairy tale endings and others that resulted in break-ups, breakdowns, and brawls. Among the writers laid bare are Agatha Christie, who sparked the largest-ever manhunt in England as her marriage fell apart; Arthur Miller, whose jaw-dropping pairing with Marilyn Monroe proved that opposites attract, at least initially; and T. S. Eliot, who slept in a deckchair on his disastrous honeymoon.From the best break-up letters to the stormiest love triangles to the boldest cougars and cradle-robbers, this fun and accessible volume reveals literary history's most titillating loves, lusts, and longings.

Duration: about 7 hours (07:24:55)
Publishing date: 2013-10-29; Unabridged; Copyright Year: 2013. Copyright Statment: —