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Claire Tomalin is a renowned British biographer, born on June 20, 1933. Her works are known for their in-depth research and vivid storytelling, making her a leading figure in the field of biography.

The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft

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Charles Dickens

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Mary Wollstonecraft

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“A whim did not provide a living.”

Mary Wollstonecraft

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“Mary Wollstonecraft was the first person to apply the phrase 'legal prostitution' to marriage.”

Marriage Prostitution Mary Wollstonecraft

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“He could take on anything and everything, it seemed, rather than leave himself time to reflect on his dissatisfaction with his life and what he might do about it.”

Character Activism Introspection Busyness

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“I've been trying to garden all my life - it just happens that I haven't had a big garden...until the past few years.”

Trying Years Bigs Happens Past Havens Garden

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“All writers behave badly. All people behave badly.”

People Behave

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“I enjoyed the whole process of learning and was always happy when autumn came and school or college started up again.”

Whole School Process College Enjoyed Autumn Always Happy

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“As he approached his 28th birthday in February 1840, Dickens knew himself to be famous, successful and tired. He needed a rest, and he made up his mind to keep the year free of the pressure of producing monthly installments of yet another long novel.”

Years Mind Long Made Novel Successful Needed Pressure Tired February Dickens

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“Biographers use historians more than historians use biographers, although there can be two-way traffic - e.g., the ever-growing production of biographies of women is helping to change the general picture of the past presented by historians.”

Way Two Helping Use Past Growing Productions Historian Traffic Biographies Two Ways Past Present Biographers

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“All the people I have written about remain with me - perhaps they are my closest friends.”

People Written Closest Closest Friends

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“The young Dickens was so alive, so self-confident, so funny.”

Self Young Alive Dickens Self Confident

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“By the time I went up to Cambridge, I was extremely quiet and well behaved, although I now meet people who remember me as not like that at all.”

People Wells Remember Quiet Remember Me Cambridge

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“Everybody is vulnerable through love of their children. Hostages to fortune.”

Children Fortune Vulnerable Hostage

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Born: June 20, 1933
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