18 books like Heretics

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The Defendant Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1901 · ★ 4.1 · 53p · ≈ 1h · Challenging 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, English Authors, Essays, English literature

Paul Kelver Jerome Klapka Jérôme · 1902 · 322p · ≈ 10h · Challenging IN WHICH THE AUTHOR SEEKS TO CAST THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THIS STORY UPON ANOTHER. Shares: English Authors, Authors, English literature

Works of Thomas de Quincey Grevel Lindop · 2001 · 3024p · ≈ 100h · Moderate 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 This is the first part of a 21-volume set presenting De Quincey's work, also including previously unpublished material. Shares: English essays, English Authors, English literature

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

A coat of many colours Herbert Edward Read · 1945 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Challenging This book, first published in 1947, is collection of critical essays by Herbert Read that had not been previously published in book form. The essays cover several different subject areas, including literature, art, architecture, and film, from a span of twenty years. This title will be of interest to a variety of readers. Shares: English essays, Essays

The Essays of Elia Charles Lamb · 1823 · ★ 3.7 · 337p · ≈ 11h · Challenging This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around… Shares: English essays, English Authors, Essays

Orthodoxy Gilbert Keith Chesterton · 1874 · ★ 4.2 · 118p · ≈ 3h · Challenging Orthodoxy is G. K. Chesterton’s response to his critics’ assertion that his earlier collection of essays, Heretics, had “merely criticised current philosophies without offering any alternative philosophy.” In his intellectual journey from pagan to agnostic to positivist philosopher, he had attempted to build a philosophy “some ten minutes in advance of the truth.” But when he compared his modern… Shares: Apologetics, Essays, Religion

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, English literature

Prose works John Milton · 1809 · 462p · ≈ 15h · Challenging Regarded by many as the equal of Shakespeare in poetic imagination and expression, Milton was also a prolific writer of prose, applying his potent genius to major issues of domestic, religious and political liberty.  This superbly annotated new publication is the most authoritative single-volume anthology yet of Milton's major prose works. Uses Milton's original language, spelling and… Shares: English essays, Essays, English literature

Intentions Oscar Wilde · 1891 · ★ 3.3 · 258p · ≈ 8h · Challenging A DIALOGUE. Persons: Cyril and Vivian. Scene: the Library of a country house in Nottinghamshire. (coming in through the open window from the terrace). My dear Vivian, don’t coop yourself up all day in the library. It is a perfectly lovely afternoon. The air is exquisite. There is a mist upon the woods Shares: Criticism, English Authors, Essays, English literature

The essays of Francis Bacon Francis Bacon · 1900 · ★ 3.8 · 227p · ≈ 7h · Challenging The perfect addition to any literary buff’s library (or even if you’re not!), download and add Sir Francis Bacon's timeless essays to your collection. This humorous collection of essays offers a unique view on the common issues we all face. Sir Francis Bacon discusses Love, Truth, Death, Religion, and many other social problems that have been debated for centuries in these classic essays. This… Shares: English essays, Essays

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

The Death of the Moth, and Other Essays Virginia Woolf · 1942 · ★ 4.1 · 243p · ≈ 8h · Challenging A highly acclaimed collection of twenty-eight essays, sketches, and short stories presenting nearly every facet of the author's work. Shares: English essays, Essays

Imaginary portraits Walter Pater · 1887 · 173p · ≈ 5h · Challenging Walter Pater is best known for his Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873) and for his first novel Marius the Epicurean (1885). His short fiction deserves a much wider audience. This edition includes the four intricate and influential narratives he published as Imaginary Portraits in 1887 together with five of his other portraits, published only in periodical form. Fully annotated and… Shares: English essays, Essays, English literature

The rambler Samuel Johnson · 1750 · ★ 4.1 · 304p · ≈ 10h · Demanding The Rambler was a British essay periodical edited and principally written by Samuel Johnson. A total of 208 issues were published from 1750-1752, on Tuesdays and Saturdays. Essay periodicals were a lot like 21st century blogs, in that each issue was written by a single person, on whatever topic struck his/her fancy. The Rambler was more serious than some other essay periodicals, and … Shares: Criticism, Essays, Religion, English literature

Chips from a German workshop F. Max Müller · 1867 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Challenging F. Max Müller's Chips from a German Workshop opens as a wide-ranging scholarly collection devoted above all to the science of language, but also to the larger questions language reveals about history, religion, and human thought. Framed by a dedication to Dean Arthur Penrhyn Stanley and essays rich in Greek, Sanskrit, Hebrew, and other linguistic forms, the volume signals Müller's extraordinary… Shares: English essays, Essays, Religion

Here Lies Eric Ambler · 1985 · 234p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Winner of the Edgar Award, Eric Ambler’s autobiography Here Lies is an intriguing look inside the mind of one of our greatest thriller writers. Here the famously recalcitrant Ambler peels back the layers of experience that affected his life with the same skill he uses to unfold the plots of his novels. His South London childhood; his brief engineering career, which he gave up to work in theater;… Shares: English Authors, Authors

Aids to reflection in the formation of a manly character Samuel Taylor Coleridge · 1800 · ★ 3.8 · 399p · ≈ 13h · Challenging Published late in the career of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, this work of moral philosophy greatly informed the burgeoning Romantic movement. Shares: English essays, Religion, English literature

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