Untold Stories by Alan Bennett
Untold Stories: Book summary and reviews of Untold Stories by Alan Bennett
Untold Stories SummaryUntold Stories brings together some of the finest and funniest writing by one of England's best-known literary figures. Alan Bennett's first major collection since Writing Home contains previously unpublished work—including the title piece, a poignant memoir of his family and of growing up in Leeds—along with his much celebrated diary for the years 1996 to 2004, and numerous other exceptional essays, reviews, and comic pieces. Untold Stories Reviews"While he plays the old crank who is put upon by the world as it is, Bennett reveals an eye for detail and a feel for the complexity of human interactions." - PW.
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Author and actor Alan Bennett was born in Armley in Leeds, Yorkshire in 1934.
He attended Leeds Modern School and learned Russian at the Join Services School
for Linguists during his National Service, during which he attended Cambridge
University. He applied for a scholarship at Oxford University from which
he graduated with a first-class degree in History. Other books by Alan Bennett at BookBrowse
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