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Changing my mind Zadie Smith · 2009 · ★ 3.8 · 306p · ≈ 10h · Moderate A sparkling collection of Zadie Smith's nonfiction over the past decade.Zadie Smith brings to her essays all of the curiosity, intellectual rigor, and sharp humor that have attracted so many readers to her fiction, and the result is a collection that is nothing short of extraordinary.Split into four sections—"Reading," "Being," "Seeing," and "Feeling"—Changing My Mind invites readers to witness… Shares English essays, Essays, History and criticism, Travel

The Defendant Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1901 · ★ 4.1 · 53p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Covering topics ranging from literature to philosophy, history to social criticism, this is a snapshot of thought on 20th-century Europe (and the world) by one of Europe's sharpest wits and ablest pens. With chapter titles ranging from “The Miser and His Friends” to “The Red Reactionary,” from “The Separatist and Sacred Things” to “The New Theologian” and “The Romantic in the Rain,” this volume… Shares English essays, Essays, English literature, Literature

Abinger harvest E. M. Forster · 1936 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Essays, History and criticism, Literature with this book.

Twelve types Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1902 · 57p · ≈ 1h · Moderate Shares English essays, History and criticism, English literature, Literature with this book.

Curiosities of literature

Curiosities of literature Isaac Disraeli · 1793 · 446p · ≈ 14h · Challenging Shares History and criticism, English literature, Literature with this book.

Lectures in America Gertrude Stein · 1935 · 246p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Shares Literatur, Essays, History and criticism, English literature with this book.

Modern essays Christopher Morley · 1921 · 351p · ≈ 11h · Moderate "A collection of representative contemporary essays" written by British and American authors. Shares English essays, Essays, History and criticism

Journal of Jasper Danckaerts Jasper Danckaerts · 1867 · 313p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Shares Quelle, Voyages and travels, Travel with this book.

Heretics Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1905 · ★ 4.2 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Gilbert Keith Chesterton was born in London, England on the 29th of May, 1874. Though he considered himself a mere rollicking journalist, he was actually a prolific and gifted writer in virtually every area of literature. A man of strong opinions and enormously talented at defending them, his exuberant personality nevertheless allowed him to maintain warm friendships with people - such as George… Shares English essays, Essays, English literature, Literature

A coat of many colours Herbert Edward Read · 1945 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares English essays, Essays with this book.

Siete noches Jorge Luis Borges · 1980 · ★ 4.3 · 158p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Essays, History and criticism, Literature with this book.

Shooting an Elephant and other essays George Orwell · 1950 · ★ 4.0 · 206p · ≈ 6h · Moderate 'Shooting an Elephant' is Orwell's searing and painfully honest account of his experience as a police officer in imperial Burma; killing an escaped elephant in front of a crowd 'solely to avoid looking a fool'. The other masterly essays in this collection include classics such as 'My Country Right or Left', 'How the Poor Die' and 'Such, Such were the Joys', his memoir of the horrors of public… Shares English essays, Essays

Prose works John Milton · 1809 · 462p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Shares English essays, Essays, English literature with this book.

A Woman of No Importance Oscar Wilde · 1893 · ★ 3.9 · 93p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Oscar Wilde's audacious drama of social scandal centres around the revelation of Mrs Arbuthnot's long-concealed secret. A house party is in full swing at Lady Hunstanton's country home, when it is announced that Gerald Arbuthnot has been appointed secretary to the sophisticated, witty Lord Illingworth. Gerald's mother stands in the way of his appointment, but fears to tell him why, for who will… Shares Literatur, Essays, English literature

Chips from a German workshop F. Max Müller · 1867 Shares English essays, Essays, History and criticism, Literature with this book.

The cyclopaedia ; or, universal dictionary of arts, sciences and literature Abraham Rees · 1810 · ★ 5.0 · 39p · ≈ 1h · Challenging Shares Arts, Literature with this book.

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot

The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot Marianne Cronin · 2021 · ★ 4.3 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate An extraordinary friendship. A lifetime of stories. Seventeen-year-old Lenni Pettersson lives on the Terminal Ward at the Glasgow Princess Royal Hospital. Though the teenager has been told she’s dying, she still has plenty of living to do. Joining the hospital’s arts and crafts class, she meets the magnificent Margot, an 83-year-old, purple-pajama-wearing, fruitcake-eating rebel, who… Shares English literature

The Last Mrs. Summers

The Last Mrs. Summers Rhys Bowen · 2020 · 389p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Lady Georgiana Rannoch is just back from her honeymoon with dashing Darcy O’Mara when a friend in need pulls her into a twisted Gothic tale of betrayal, deception and, most definitely, murder. . . .I am a bit at loose ends at the moment. My cook, Queenie, is making my new role as mistress of Eynsleigh something akin to constant torture as Darcy is off on another one of his top secret jaunts. And… Shares English literature

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