Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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... classics " , who had no royalties to pay on old books , had an easy task . So had self - improving readers , who could buy " classics " for threepence or a 9 WHY READ THE CLASSICS? DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS MARY RUSSELL MITFORD ...
... classics " , who had no royalties to pay on old books , had an easy task . So had self - improving readers , who could buy " classics " for threepence or a 9 WHY READ THE CLASSICS? DICKENS AND THACKERAY AT CHRISTMAS MARY RUSSELL MITFORD ...
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... classics , who were all contempor- aries . This fact scandalized the elderly . George Saintsbury , who was learned in all books , but particularly old and middle - aged books , spoke for every literate senior when he cried out against ...
... classics , who were all contempor- aries . This fact scandalized the elderly . George Saintsbury , who was learned in all books , but particularly old and middle - aged books , spoke for every literate senior when he cried out against ...
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... classic among classics . If , like certain other books which I shall not be so ungracious as to name , it retains its place merely because it is the first of its genre , or because it is an oddity , or because it calls for immense ...
... classic among classics . If , like certain other books which I shall not be so ungracious as to name , it retains its place merely because it is the first of its genre , or because it is an oddity , or because it calls for immense ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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