GREATEST ESSAYS

GREATEST ESSAYS

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Editorial:
Repro India Limited
Año de edición:
2021
Materia
Antologías (no poéticas)
ISBN:
9789389967913
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The literary offerings of the greatest essayists spanning centuriesJonathan Swift ’meditates upon a broomstick’ and Mark Twain tells us ’how to tell a story’. While RalphWaldo Emerson indulges in the dilemma of giving that ’perfect gift’, Francis Bacon ruminates on theexpression of ’truth’. Charles Dickens, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Walt Whitman, Arthur Schopenhauerand many more writers reveal their literary minds and finest writings on subjects as varied as love,sorrow, sleep, pets, friends, nature, childhood and anything and everything that portrays life.Magisterial in scope and authentic in style, this collection, spanning generations of wit, wisdom andliterary fables, brings together the greatest essays by the British and American literary treasures. Thisbook includes a fine selection of long and major essays along with shorter but enticing pieces that willentertain, move and challenge the readers.Magisterial in scope and authentic in styleA fabulous collection of wit, wisdom and literary fablesGreatest essays by the British and American literary treasuresEnticing pieces that will entertain, engage and inform

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