The Penguin book of twentieth-century essays

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The Penguin book of twentieth-century essays

selected, with a foreword and notes by Ian Hamilton

(Penguin books)

Penguin, 2000

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The Penguin book of 20th-century essays

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Description

Woolf, Eliot, Lawrence, Huxley, Orwell, Green, Mailer and Updike are some of the luminaries providing commentary on the most turbulent events and political movements of the 20th century in this selection of essays. Topics also include the nature of memory, laughter, Siamese cats and bathrooms. Each essay has been selected (with two exceptions, which the editor does not reveal) for the quality of the writing.

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  • NCID
    BA48064571
  • ISBN
    • 0140255214
  • Country Code
    uk
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    London
  • Pages/Volumes
    xv, 554 p.
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