The Hypochondriacs: Nine Tormented Lives

By Brian Dillon

Book Overview

Charlotte Bront found in her illnesses, real and imagined, an escape from familial and social duties, and the perfect conditions for writing. The German jurist Daniel Paul Schreber believed his body... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0046LUR34
• Release Date: February 2010
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 288 Pages
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 1.1" x 6.5"