Laura Lankester
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Laura Lankester has a MA in English Literature from University College London. She currently works for a London publisher and writes reviews. Her work appears in Encyclopaedia Britannica as part of a joint publishing agreement with the publisher of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, where the work originally appeared.
Primary Contributions (1)
The Home and the World, novel, first written and published in Bengali in 1916, by Bengali poet and author Rabindranath Tagore. It was first published in English in 1919, and a new translation appeared in 2005. Played out against the backdrop of the Swadeshi Movement (part of India’s home-rule…
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Publications (1)
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2012)
Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have exited the world's imagination. This authoritative selection of novels, reviewed by an international team of writers, critics, academics, and journalists, provides a new take on world classics and a reliable guide to what's hot in contemporary fiction. Featuring more than 700 illustrations and photographs and presenting quotes from individual novels...
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