The Penguin Book of Twentieth Century Essays [Paperback]

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Product details

Paperback: 576 pages
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd; New edition edition (27 April 2000)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0140255214
ISBN-13: 978-0140255218
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13 x 3 cm
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 91,748 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #56 in Books > Fiction > Poetry & Drama > Essays, Journals & Letters > 20th Century

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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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