In addition to her biographies on Woolf, Cather, and Wharton, Hermione Lee has written extensively on issues associated with life-writing. Her collection of essays Body Parts examines the problems of reading and writing biography and explores the relationship between biography and fiction. Looking at writer's lives in connection with their work, Lee raises profound and intriguing issues about aspects of writing and reading a life.

Read the first chapter: "Shelley's Heart and Pepys's Lobsters."

Watch Videos of Hermione Lee's Lectures on Life-Writing
(Delivered at Princeton University)

Shelley's Heart and Pepys's Lobsters (September 27, 2004)
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Jane Austen Faints (September 28, 2004)
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Virginia Woolf's Nose (September 29, 2004)
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Interviews on Life-Writing

Koval, Ramona. 'Writing Biography: Hermione Lee'. 'Books and Writing': ABC Radio National. 25 September 2005. Available online.