A Book of One's Own: People and Their Diaries
- ISBN-10
- 014008665X
- ISBN-13
- 9780140086652
- Category
- Literary Collections
- Pages
- 318
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986
- Publisher
- Penguin Group
- Author
- Thomas Mallon
Description
An exploration of the art and history of diary writing with excerpts from diaries of such diverse people as Leonardo da Vinci and Virginia Woolf.
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