Alvin Birdi
Contributor
Alvin Birdi is a former economist and has held lecturing posts at the University of Manchester and the University of Middlesex. He is completing a DPhil on Samuel Beckett and J.M. Coetzee at the University of Sussex. His work appears in Encyclopaedia Britannica as part of a joint publishing agreement with the publisher of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die, where the work originally appeared.
Primary Contributions (2)
Tess of the d’Urbervilles, novel by English novelist Thomas Hardy, first published serially in bowdlerized form in the Graphic (July–December 1891) and in its entirety in book form (three volumes) the same year. It was subtitled A Pure Woman Faithfully Presented because Hardy felt that its heroine…
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Publications (1)
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2001)
Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have excited the world's imagination. This authoritative selection of novels, reviewed by an international team of writers, critics, academics, and journalists, provides a new take on world classics and a reliable guide to what's hot in contemporary fiction. Featuring more than 700 illustrations and photographs, presenting quotes from individual...
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