The Common Reader: Volume 2 (Paperback)
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Language: English
Published by Vintage Publishing, London, 2003
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Paperback. Virginia Woolf's second collection of essays on literature: an informal, informative and witty celebration of our literary and social heritage by a writer of genius.'He reads for his own pleasure rather than to impart knowledge or correct the opinions of others'.So Virginia Woolf described the 'common reader' for whom she wrote her second series of essays. Here she turns her brilliant eye on novels and poetry from John Donne to Christina Rossetti and Mary Wollstonecraft as well as many others. This is an informal, informative and witty celebration of our literary and social heritage by a writer of genius. 'He reads for his own pleasure rather than to impart knowledge or correct the opinions of others'.So Virginia Woolf described the 'common reader' for whom she wrote her second series of essays. This is an informal, informative and witty celebration of our literary and social heritage by a writer of genius. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability.
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- Title
- The Common Reader: Volume 2 (Paperback)
- Author
- Virginia Woolf
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing, London
- Publication year
- 2003
- Condition
- new
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- Paperback
- Language
- English
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- 0099443678
- ISBN 13
- 9780099443674
This is her second series of essays, first published in 1932, in which she turns her brilliant eye on Lord Chesterfield’s letters, the novels of George Gissing, the poetry of Donne, and many others. This is an informal, informative and witty celebration of English literary and social heritage by a writer of genius.
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This is her second series of essays, first published in 1932, in which she turns her brilliant eye on Lord Chesterfield?s letters, the novels of George Gissing, the poetry of Donne, and many others. This is an informal, informative and witty celebration of English literary and social heritage by a writer of genius.
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