William Shakespeare vs Works of Thomas de Quincey: Which Should You Read?

Cover of William Shakespeare William Shakespeare Brian Vickers · 2002 ★★★★☆ 3.8 564 pages · ≈ 10 h 27 m · Challenging

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for…

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Cover of Works of Thomas de Quincey Works of Thomas de Quincey Grevel Lindop · 2001 ★★★★☆ 3.8 3024 pages · ≈ 56 h 00 m · Challenging

Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) is considered one of the most important English prose writers of the early-19th century. This is the first part of a 21-volume set presenting De Quincey's work, also including previously…

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Goodreads — 4.0 (4)
Google Books 5.0 (1) —

Reception

William ShakespeareWorks of Thomas de Quincey
Ratings 1 4
Editions 21 16
Citations 14 —
Film adaptations 1 —
Wikipedia attention 262182 —
Pages 564 3024

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