Tales and Novels - Volume 2 (ePub)
(Sprache: Englisch)
Excerpt: PREFACE. Some author says, that a good book needs no apology; and, as a preface is usually an apology, a book enters into the world with a better grace without one. I, however, appeal to those readers who are not gluttons, but epicures, in...
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Excerpt: PREFACE. Some author says, that a good book needs no apology; and, as a preface is usually an apology, a book enters into the world with a better grace without one. I, however, appeal to those readers who are not gluttons, but epicures, in literature, whether they do not wish to see the bill of fare? I appeal to monthly critics, whether a preface that gives a view of the pretensions of the writer is not a good thing? The author may overvalue his subject, and very naturally may overrate the manner in which it is treated; but still he will explain his views, and facilitate the useful and necessary art which the French call reading with the thumb. We call this hunting a book, a term certainly invented by a sportsman. I leave the reader to choose which he pleases, whilst I lay before him the contents and design of these volumes...
Autoren-Porträt von Maria Edgeworth
Maria Edgeworth (1 January 1768 ¿ 22 May 1849) was a prolific Anglo-Irish writer of adults' and children's literature. She was one of the first realist writers in children's literature and was a significant figure in the evolution of the novel in Europe. She held advanced views, for a woman of her time, on estate management, politics and education, and corresponded with some of the leading literary and economic writers, including Sir Walter Scott and David Ricardo. (Wikipedia)
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- Autor: Maria Edgeworth
- 2018, 1. Auflage, 459 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: Otbebookpublishing
- ISBN-10: 3962722939
- ISBN-13: 9783962722937
- Erscheinungsdatum: 18.04.2018
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