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Historians will handle a much wider range of sources than a biographer and will be covering a broader spectrum of events, time, peoples.

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Why do we read biography? Why do we choose to write it? Because we are human beings, programmed to be curious about other human beings, and to experience something of their lives. This has always been so – look at the Bible, crammed with biographies, very popular reading.

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The whole world knows Dickens, his London and his characters.

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April 25, 2024

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April 25, 2024

Why do we read biography? Why do we choose to write it? Because we are human beings, programmed to be curious about other human beings, and to experience something of their lives. This has always been so – look at the Bible, crammed with biographies, very popular reading.

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