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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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18 editions · 4 languages- Audiobook · English · 2000The Common ReaderAudio Book Contractors · 6 pages · 9781556856228
- Other · English · 2003Harvest Books · 336 pages · 9780156028165
- Other · English · 2003Common ReaderVINTAGE (RAND) · 336 pages · 9780099443674
- Other · English · 2002The Common ReaderHarvest/HBJ Book · 288 pages · 9780156027786
- Other · English · 1986The common reader.Hogarth Press · 330 pages · 9780701219086
- Other · English · 1986Harcourt Brace Jovanovich · 330 pages · 9780156198080
History and criticismEnglish literatureModern Literature
