The Lives of the Novelists The Lives of the Novelists A History of Fiction in 294 Lives John Sutherland First published in Great Britain in 2011 by PROFILE BOOKS LTD 3A Exmouth House Pine Street London EC1R 0JH www.profilebooks.com Copyright © John Sutherland, 2011 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2 Designed by Sue Lamble Typeset by MacGuru Ltd T J International The moral right of the author has been asserted. All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright reserved above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior written permission of both the copyright owner and the publisher of this book. A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 978 1 84668 157 8 eISBN 978 1 84765 343 7