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THE YOUNG WRITER'S ORDEAL ( T is not always borne in mind that Homer , Shakespeare , Swift , selves , once , beginners in literature . They had to learn their craft , as we all do ; and the best of them never did quite come to the end ...
THE YOUNG WRITER'S ORDEAL ( T is not always borne in mind that Homer , Shakespeare , Swift , selves , once , beginners in literature . They had to learn their craft , as we all do ; and the best of them never did quite come to the end ...
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This handicap is generally overcome by the young author's impulse to write about the most interesting person he knowshimself . He may , being sterile , become what is called a critic of other men's books : if he does that , he never ...
This handicap is generally overcome by the young author's impulse to write about the most interesting person he knowshimself . He may , being sterile , become what is called a critic of other men's books : if he does that , he never ...
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If the young author is lucky , in these days , when space is so short , he may get tiny paragraphs in half a dozen papers , such paragraphs being in one or two cases essays in smartness by pert young reviewers without heart or ...
If the young author is lucky , in these days , when space is so short , he may get tiny paragraphs in half a dozen papers , such paragraphs being in one or two cases essays in smartness by pert young reviewers without heart or ...
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Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? Page | 9 |
DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS | 15 |
MARY RUSSELL MITFORD | 21 |
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