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An edition of The Second Common Reader (1925)

The Second Common Reader

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Contains 26 essays on aspects of English literature. Among her subjects are the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft, Dorothy Wordsworth, and Christina Rossetti. She also reflects on the poetry of John Donne; the works of Daniel Defoe, Lawrence Sterne, George Meredith, and Thomas Hardy; Lord Chesterfield’s letters; and Thomas De Quincey’s autobiography. Noteworthy too is the last essay, "How Should One Read a Book?".

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Harvest Books
Language
English
Pages
336

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Cover of: The Second Common Reader
The Second Common Reader: Annotated Edition
January 13, 2003, Harvest Books
in English
Cover of: The common reader.
The common reader.
1984, Harcourt, Inc.
in English - 1st Harvest ed.
Cover of: The Common Reader
The Common Reader: First Series, Annotated Edition
April 1984, Harvest Books
in English
Cover of: The Second Common reader.
The Second Common reader.
1960, Harcourt, Brace
in English
Cover of: The common reader
The common reader
1925, Harcourt, Brace and company
in English

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First Sentence

"There are few greater delights than to go back three or four hundred years and become in fancy at least an Elizabethan."

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Library of Congress
PR99

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7365599M
ISBN 10
0156028166
ISBN 13
9780156028165
LibraryThing
237904
Goodreads
108635

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OL39589W

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