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Norman Sherry is an English born American novelist, biographer, and educator who is most well known for his three-volume biography of the British novelist Graham Greene. Jump to: navigation, search Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 kmÂ² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK... A novel is an extended work of written, narrative, prose fiction, usually in story form; the writer of a novel is a novelist. ... This article needs cleanup. ... Graham Greene Henry Graham Greene, OM (October 2, 1904 Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire â€“ April 3, 1991 Vevey, Switzerland) was a prolific English novelist, playwright, short story writer and critic whose works explore the ambiguities of modern man and ambivalent moral or political issues in a contemporary setting. ...

Sherry is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He has also written on Joseph Conrad, Charlotte and Emily Brontë, and Jane Austen. Volume One of The Life of Graham Greene won an Edgar Allan Poe Award, and Volume Two was designated "One of the Best Eleven Books of 1995" by the editors of The New York Review of Books. More recently, Mr. Sherry has come under criticism — particularly in England — for a controversial portrayal of Greene's sexual habits in the third volume of The Life of Graham Greene. The Royal Society of Literature is the senior literary organisation in Britain. External link The Royal Society of Literature Categories: Literature stubs | Literature of the United Kingdom ... Joseph Conrad Joseph Conrad (December 3, 1857 â€“ August 3, 1924) was a naturalized British novelist of Polish origin. ... Charlotte BrontÃ« - idealized portrait, 1873 (based on a drawing by George Richmond, 1850) Charlotte BrontÃ« (April 21, 1816 â€“ March 31, 1855) was an English novelist, the eldest of the trio of BrontÃ« sisters whose novels have become enduring classics of English literature. ... Portrait by her brother Emily Jane BrontÃ« (July 30, 1818 â€“ December 19, 1848) was a British novelist and poet, best remembered for her one single novel Wuthering Heights, which is now an acknowledged classic of English literature. ... Jane Austen, in a portrait based on one drawn by her sister Cassandra House of Jane Austen (today it is a museum) Jane Austen (December 16, 1775 â€“ July 18, 1817) was a prominent English novelist whose work is considered part of the Western canon. ... The Edgar Allen Poe Awards (popularly called the Edgars), named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America. ... The New York Review of Books (or NYREV) is a biweekly magazine on literature, culture, and current affairs published in New York which takes as its point of departure that the discussion of important books is itself an indispensable literary activity. ...

Since 1983, Sherry has held the post of Mitchell Distinguished Professor of Literature at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. Jump to: navigation, search 1983 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Trinity University is an independent, primarily undergraduate, liberal arts and sciences university in San Antonio, Texas. ... Jump to: navigation, search Downtown San Antonio as viewed from the Tower of the Americas Nickname: Alamo City Location in Texas Founded Incorporated 1731 County Bexar County Mayor Phil Hardberger Area - Total - Water 1,067. ... ...

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A Connoisseur of Danger (1274 words)
	Sherry gives us of the betrayed Vivien becoming in the years of her forsaken solitude an authority on dolls' houses, which she obsessively collected in the house her husband would not share with her.
	Sherry suggests that Greene's sudden resignation from M.I.6, just as he was to be promoted, may have been due to his suspicion that Philby was a double agent and to his acknowledgment that he could not bring himself to betray him to the authorities.
	Sherry is right, it certainly kept Greene's lines to Philby open for later contacts in what may in fact have been the most astonishing tale of the man of letters as spy in the history of English espionage.

washingtonpost.com: The Heart of a Writer Who Mattered (1301 words)
	The heart of Sherry's matter is Greene's continued affair with Catherine Walston, variously styled by his biographer as "his ultimate love" and "the sun of his life in the beginning, and later the winter of his despair." Their correspondence forms the centerpiece of Volume II.
	Sherry deploys witty asides to break up the monotony: "If we are tiring of Greene's ardent correspondence, think of the onslaught on Catherine." All the same, she represented the last hope of happiness for the graying Greene, just as travel to dangerous places revived his spirit.
	Sherry is on firmer ground when treating Greene's love of mischief, such as his creation of a farcical society to honor critics of Nabokov's Lolita, which Greene helped introduce to the West, and his generosity to countless writers.

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