Life and Death: A collection of classic poetry and prose
UK £5.99,Canada $12.00,
UK Publication October 2004
ISBN 9781840465679
Paperback
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Since time immemorial, life and death have been the preoccupation of all our greatest writers, whether mourning a tragic loss or seizing the moment to live life to its full. Here is a collection of classic poetry and prose to make you laugh with delight and weep in sympathy.
Contents: Includes poems by Matthew Arnold, William Cowper, Byron, Donne, Robert Frost and Keats, as well as extracts from Wuthering Heights, The Divine Comedy and The Pilgrim's Progress.
An Introduction by Philip Pullman
Philip Pullman has won many awards for his children's books, including the Carnegie Medal, the Guardian Award, the Smarties Prize, and most recently, the Whitbread Book of the Year Award for The Amber Spyglass. His acclaimed fantasy trilogy, His Dark Materials, comprising Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife and The Amber Glass, has been published in more than twenty languages and came second in the recent BBC Big Read Top 100 poll. His other books for children and young adults include Clockwork; I Was a Rat!; and Count Karlstein. He was awarded the CBE in 2004.
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Kate Agnew has chaired the Children's Booksellers Association and has served as a judge for the Smarties Award and Whitbread Prize. She was a contributor to the Cambridge Guide to Children's Books, co-edited Children at War with Geoff Fox and has recently edited a series of short-story collections for Egmont. In 1999 she won a special British Book Award for her contribution to the National Year of Reading.
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