- Paperback: 277 pages
- Publisher: HarperPerennial (31 May 1979)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060906626
- ISBN-13: 978-0060906627
- Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,005,853 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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For some weeks now I have been engaged in dispersing the contents of this apartment, trying to persuade hundreds of inanimate objects to scatter and leave me alone. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I have seldom come across a book of essays that I want to read, re-read and read yet again. E.B. White's collection left me wondering if I could ever construct a piece of writing, essay or otherwise, to compare to the worst (least good?) in this collection. I think it unlikely. His writing conjures clear and beautiful images. With detailed descriptions of sounds and moments he brings his experiences to the present, to the moment when you read the essay and find yourself immersed in New England, or New York, or Florida. I found so many quotes in the novel that I wrote down either in my journal or on scraps of paper, laughing all the while, intrigued and hoping I could find essays or articles into which I could insert his crystalline depictions of moments, sentiments, and behaviours. I cannot recommend this book enough: find it, read it, realise how your writing can improve having read it.
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Charlotte's Web is probably E. B. White's most famous book but this collection of his essays shows what a brilliant and wide-ranging humourist he was. James Thurber regarded White as his teacher in some ways and you can see why from this collection. I'm so pleased to have it, it's funny, critical - in the nicest possible way, kindly, and utterly charming. What a lovely man. What a lovely book.
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Although many, if not most, know E.B. White for his children's books, it is in his essays and letters where he truly shines. Although many will equate or compare his work with Twain or even Thurber, White really is in a class by himself. What Ruth is to baseball, what Gretzky is to hockey, E.B. White is to American Letters.
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