Londoner's Post: Letters to Gog and MagogHutchinson, 1952 - 174 pages |
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... hope - which in these days is not a common sensation . They are mesmerized because it was Dickens's belief that " a story - teller and a story - reader should establish a mutual understanding as soon as possible " and it was his genius ...
... hope - which in these days is not a common sensation . They are mesmerized because it was Dickens's belief that " a story - teller and a story - reader should establish a mutual understanding as soon as possible " and it was his genius ...
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... hope , but with deep and abiding interest . Alas , any author will tell you that the beginning of a book is the beginning of trouble . Arnold Bennett used to say " anybody can write a good first chapter " ; Sir Walter Besant said that ...
... hope , but with deep and abiding interest . Alas , any author will tell you that the beginning of a book is the beginning of trouble . Arnold Bennett used to say " anybody can write a good first chapter " ; Sir Walter Besant said that ...
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... hope will . be the entire set of Mrs Garnett's translations of Turgenev . Do you ask why I am pleased ? It is because these three writers are among the greatest novelists who ever lived . It is also because I hope that a reading of ...
... hope will . be the entire set of Mrs Garnett's translations of Turgenev . Do you ask why I am pleased ? It is because these three writers are among the greatest novelists who ever lived . It is also because I hope that a reading of ...
Contents
WHY READ THE CLASSICS? | 9 |
FINISHING A BOOK | 45 |
THE CONVERSATION OF AUTHORS | 51 |
Copyright | |
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