The Second Common Reader

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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1986 - 330 páginas
Here, in twenty-six essays, Woolf writes of English literature in its various forms, including the poetry of Donne; the novels of Defoe, Sterne, Meredith, and Hardy; Lord Chesterfield's letters and De Quincey's autobiography. She writes, too, about the life and art of women. Edited and with an Introduction by Andrew McNeillie; Index.

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Introduction
1
The Strange Elizabethans
9
Donne After Three Centuries
24
The Countess of Pembrokes Arcadia
40
Robinson Crusoe
51
Dorothy Osbornes Letters
59
Swifts Journal To Stella
67
The Sentimental Journey
78
Four Figures
140
William Hazlitt
173
Geraldine and Jane
186
Aurora Leigh
202
The Niece of an Earl
214
George Gissing
220
The Novels of George Meredith
226
I am Christina Rossetti
237

Lord Chesterfields Letters to His Son
86
Two Parsons
93
Dr Burneys Evening Party
108
Jack Mytton
126
De Quinceys Autobiography
132
The Novels of Thomas Hardy
245
How Should One Read a Book?
258
Notes
271
Index
316
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VIRGINIA WOOLF (1882-1941) was one of the major literary figures of the twentieth century. An admired literary critic, she authored many essays, letters, journals, and short stories in addition to her groundbreaking novels, including Mrs. Dalloway, To The Lighthouse, and Orlando.

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