In the several books about Joyce, including Richard Ellmann's massive biography, Nora is as an appendage.

After Galton's death in 1911, Pearson started on a massive three-volume biography of Galton.

Our reviewer called this "a massive, powerful biography."

A massive biography, written with Fonda's blessing, which aims to be myth-busting rather than muckraking.

In 1928, he published a massive biography of Oxford aimed at rehabilitating the earl's reputation.

Yet massive and less massive biographies of writers continue to be produced and published.

Humphrey Carpenter's massive biography is not out to show explicitly why its subject deserves better treatment or his poetry more admiration than they currently receive.

One in particular caught his attention: a massive biography of Henry James, the writer.

Mr. Cassidy published a massive biography of Heisenberg last year.