WHAT ELSE DID THEY WRITE?
One of the benefits of lists such as the “1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die” is the opportunity they offer in introducing readers to new writers. By their very construct such lists cannot possibly be comprehensive chronicles of any single writer’s work, rather they are samplings o literary masters at their best. But, once a reader discovers a new favorite the list becomes a spring board to explorations of fascinating reading. This article concerns itself with pillars of literature who are known for one or, in some cases, two master works which often are indeed their best but are hardly their only output worth reading. So here is to celebrating the forgotten works of well-known but too often dismissed as one hit wonder authors. The pity here is that in approaching individual writers in this way we miss out on the growth of a career, observe the changes over time, and the development of an artist. There are few who have escaped this predicament. Charles Dickens is well re...