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The Common Reader eBook Series

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  • The Common Reader

    by Virginia Woolf ...
    Series Book 1 - The Common Reader
    A collection of essays from the acclaimed author of Mrs. Dalloway on such subjects as Jane Austen, Geoffrey Chaucer, and her own literary philosophy.A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out.Not written for scholars or critics, these essays are a collection of Virginia Woolf's everyday thoughts about ... Read more

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  • THE COMMON READER (1935)

    Enriched edition.

    by Virginia Woolf, Derek Walters ...
    Virginia Woolf's 'The Common Reader' published in 1935 is a collection of essays that delves deep into the world of literature and the role of the reader. Woolf's distinctive literary style, characterized by her lyrical prose and introspective observations, provides readers with a unique perspective on various literary works and their impact on the common reader. Through her insightful analysis ... Read more

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  • Complete Works of Gerard Manley Hopkins (Delphi Classics)

    by Gerard Manley Hopkins, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 12 - Delphi Poets Series
    Gerard Manley Hopkins' experimental use of prosody and imagery has earned him the posthumous fame of being a daring innovator in a period dominated by traditional verse. The Delphi Poets Series edition of Hopkins offers the complete poetical works, with beautiful illustrations and a treasure trove of prose works to complement the poetry. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to ... Read more

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  • The Collected Essays of Virginia Woolf (Annotated)

    Enriched Edition. Modernist Literary Essays on Reading, Women, Artistic Freedom, and English Criticism

    by Virginia Woolf, Cora Tallowmere ...
    The Collected Essays of Virginia Woolf gathers the full range of Woolf's nonfictional intelligence: literary criticism, cultural reflection, biographical meditation, and arguments about women, reading, and artistic freedom. Written in a prose style at once luminous, exploratory, and exact, these essays extend the innovations of literary modernism beyond fiction. Woolf treats books as living ... Read more

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  • Elia; and The Last Essays of Elia

    by Charles Lamb ...
    Lamb's greatest work. According to Wikipedia: "Charles Lamb (London, 10 February 1775 Edmonton, 27 December 1834) was an English/Welsh essayist, best known for his Essays of Elia and for the children's book Tales from Shakespeare, which he produced with his sister, Mary Lamb (17641847). Lamb has been referred to by E.V. Lucas, his principal biographer, as the most lovable figure in English ... Read more

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  • Eight Books of Essays, Reviews, and Lectures

    by Oscar Wilde ...
    This collection includes: Shorter ProsePieces, A Critic in Pall Masll, Essays and Lectures, Intentions, The Soul of Man, Miscellanies, Reviews, and Selected Prose. According to Wikipedia: "Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde (16 October 1854 30 November 1900) was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in ... Read more

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  • The English Novel

    Enriched edition.

    by George Saintsbury, Adrian Foxley ...
    In "The English Novel," George Saintsbury presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of the novel as a literary form in England. With a keen analytical style, Saintsbury examines the evolution of the English novel from its inception in the 18th century to contemporary works in his time, delving into various authors, movements, and narrative techniques. He employs an erudite yet ... Read more

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  • Quality And Other Studies And Essays

    by John, 1867-1933 Galsworthy ...

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  • The Prince of Minor Writers

    The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm

    by Max Beerbohm ...
    AN NYRB CLASSICS ORIGINALVirginia Woolf called Max Beerbohm “the prince” of essayists, F. W. Dupee praised his “whim of iron” and “cleverness amounting to genius,” while Beerbohm himself noted that “only the insane take themselves quite seriously.” From his precocious debut as a dandy in 1890s Oxford until he put his pen aside in the aftermath of World War II, Beerbohm was recognized as an ... Read more

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  • The Art Of Writing And Other Essays

    by Robert Louis Stevenson ...

    Free

  • A Critic In Pall Mall

    by Oscar Wilde ...

    Free

  • On Reading, Writing and Living with Books

    by Various Authors ...
    Series series The London Library
    This little body of thought, that lies before me in the shape of a book, has existed thousands of years, nor since the invention of the press can anything short of an universal convulsion of nature abolish itThe London Library's members are, by their nature, interested in reading and preserving books. Many of the members have been, and still are today, some of the most impressive writers and ... Read more

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