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'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'
In the first volume of her critical essays, Virginia Woolf discusses the greatest authors of the literary canon - Jane Austen, George Eliot and Geoffrey Chaucer among others - with the everyday, 'common reader' in mind. With wit and insight, Woolf also revisits classic novels and examines scholarly subjects, from the Greek language to the Modern Essay, to the Brontë's Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights.
First published in 1925, The Common Reader is a stunning work from one of the most perceptive minds of the twentieth century, a collection which continues to nurture the joys of literature and reading to this day.
| ISBN: | 9780008542139 |
| Publication date: | 14th September 2023 |
| Author: | Virginia Woolf |
| Publisher: | William Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 288 pages |
| Series: | Collins Classics |
| Genres: |
Literary essays Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000 Literary companions, book reviews and guides Biography: writers Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers Comparative literature Literary theory |
HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.'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'In the first volume of her critical essays, Virginia Woolf discusses the greatest authors of the literary canon - Jane Austen, George Eliot and Geoffrey Chaucer among others - with the everyday, 'common reader' in mind. With wit and insight, Woolf also revisits classic novels and examines scholarly subjects, from the Greek language to the Modern Essay, to the Brontë's Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights.First published in 1925, The Common Reader is a stunning work from one of the most perceptive minds of the twentieth century, a collection which continues to nurture the joys of literature and reading to this day.
The Common Reader features in the following genres: Literary essays, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary companions, book reviews and guides, Biography: writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Comparative literature, Literary theory
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The Common Reader was written by Virginia Woolf and published by William Collins an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
The Common Reader has 288 pages
Yes it is part of Collins Classics series
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