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The Common Reader - Second Series
About this book
In this second volume of The Common Reader, Virginia Woolf continues her exploration of literature with a collection of essays that reflect her deep passion for reading and her profound understanding of the written word.
First published in 1932, this companion volume to her earlier work delves even further into the worlds of both classic and contemporary literature. The Common Reader: Second Series is a testament to Woolf's remarkable ability to connect with the hearts and minds of fellow readers. Her essays are filled with wit, wisdom, and a contagious enthusiasm for the books that have shaped our world.
Essays Include:
- The Strange Elizabethans
- Robinson Crusoe
- Mary Wollstonecraft
- Dorothy Wordsworth
- I Am Christina Rossetti
- The Novels of Thomas Hardy
- How Should One Read a Book?
For anyone who delights in the pleasures of reading or enjoys Woolf's work, this volume is an indispensable companion, offering new ways to appreciate the enduring power of literature.
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Table of contents
- Virginia Woolf
- THE STRANGE ELIZABETHANS
- DONNE AFTER THREE CENTURIES
- "THE COUNTESS OF PEMBROKE'S ARCADIA"
- "ROBINSON CRUSOE"
- DOROTHY OSBORNE'S "LETTERS"
- SWIFT'S "JOURNAL TO STELLA"
- THE "SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY"
- LORD CHESTERFIELD'S LETTERS TO HIS SON
- TWO PARSONS
- DR. BURNEY'S EVENING PARTY
- JACK MYTTON
- DE QUINCEY'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
- FOUR FIGURES
- WILLIAM HAZLITT
- GERALDINE AND JANE
- "AURORA LEIGH"
- THE NIECE OF AN EARL
- GEORGE GISSING
- THE NOVELS OF GEORGE MEREDITH
- "I AM CHRISTINA ROSSETTI"
- THE NOVELS OF THOMAS HARDY[]
- HOW SHOULD ONE READ A BOOK?[]