Books by Henry Oliver
Henry Oliver is a writer and speaker. He writes regularly for outlets like the New Statesman, The Critic, and UnHerd; he also writes a popular Substack, The Common Reader. His book Second Act is about late bloomers—individuals who experience significant success later in life.
Interviews with Henry Oliver
-
1
John Stuart Mill: A Biography
by Nicholas Capaldi -
2
The Marriage Question: George Eliot's Double Life
by Clare Carlisle -
3
Froude's Life of Carlyle
by James Anthony Froude, abridged by John Clubbe -
4
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X and assisted by Alex Haley, Laurence Fishburne (narrator) -
5
Parfit: A Philosopher and His Mission to Save Morality
by David Edmonds
The Best Intellectual Biographies, recommended by Henry Oliver
The Best Intellectual Biographies, recommended by Henry Oliver
The interplay of real life and the generation or dissemination of ideas serves as the fascinating focus of the intellectual biography. Here, Henry Oliver—author of Second Act, a compelling new book about late-blooming intellectuals, artists, and thinkers—selects five of the best intellectual biographies, including studies of the lives of the novelist George Eliot and the philosopher Derek Parfit.
