![]() ![]() Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. ![]() ![]() This is an informal, informative and witty celebration of our literary and social heritage by a writer of genius. So Virginia Woolf described the 'common reader' for whom she wrote her second series of essays. 'He reads for his own pleasure rather than to impart knowledge or correct the opinions of others'. The title indicates Woolf's intention that her essays be read by the educated but non-scholarly " common reader," who examines books for personal enjoyment. This is an informal, informative and witty celebration of our literary and social heritage by a writer of genius. The Common Reader' is a collection of essays by Virginia Woolf, published in two series, the first in 1925 and the second in 1932. Here she turns her brilliant eye on Lord Chesterfield's letters, the novels of George Gissing, the poetry of Donne: we meet Dr Burney and Beau Brummell, Christina Rossetti, Geraldine Jewsbury, Jane Carlyle, Mary Wollstonecraft and many others. This is her second series of essays, first published in 1932. So Virginia Woolf described the 'common reader' for whom she wrote. The Common Reader is a collection of essays by Virginia Woolf, published in two series, the first in 1925 and the second in 1932. ![]()
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