Familiar Talks on English Literature: A Manual Embracing the Great Epochs of English Literature From the English Conquest of Britain, 449, to the Death of Walter Scott, 1832 (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Mrs. Abby Richardson

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331171849 ISBN 13: 9781331171843

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2020

Synopsis

Excerpt from Familiar Talks on English Literature: A Manual Embracing the Great Epochs of English Literature From the English Conquest of Britain, 449, to the Death of Walter Scott, 1832 As the title of my book suggests, this is a history of English literature told in familiar style. Its first and overruling purpose is to create a desire, on the part of those who read it, to know the best works of our best authors. I do not believe in anything said or written about English literature that shall serve as a substitute for literature itself, or that does not lead directly to the reading of the best books. For my own part, I would rather know thoroughly half-a-dozen English classics than all the works on literature ever written. Although for several years I have been talking to classes, principally of young women, on the subjects this book includes, this is in no way a report of those talks, but has a unity and sequence which is not quite possible in detached lectures. I have endeavored to show the growth of English literature from its beginning down to the end of the first third of this century. From that time the great names that appear are the names of living men, or of men but lately dead, whose place in the archives of literature is not yet assigned. It is time only which tries the value of an author and sets him among his peers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical

About this edition

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 1331171849
• ISBN 13: 9781331171843
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 435