About this title: In this anthology of 20th-century essays, some of the most admired American and British writers express their lively, candid, entertaining, thoughtful, and--above all--varied opinions. Covering the profound and the buoyant, the traditional and the new, the expected and the surprising are Mark Twain, Willa Cather, Oliver Sacks, M.F.K. Fisher, E.B. White, Truman Capote, and many others.
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Description: New. No Junk! Item will ship on next business day in Jiffy Envelope. scratch in back cover of DJ. Too pristine to be 'like new' book is otherwise NEW! Clean, tight binding. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Co
Date Published: 1997-03-17
ISBN-13:9780393036541ISBN:0393036545
Description: Very good. Text is clean with no markings observed; minor shelfwear; binding secure; spine uncracked; not a remainder; quick shipping. read more
Edition: Stated 1st Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated, New York, New York, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780393036541ISBN:0393036545
Description: Fine in Fine jacket. This 6 x 9 hard cover book has red-orange, gold, and white lettering on the red-orange and yellow dust jacket spine and cover. The Norton Book of Personal Essays collects approximately fifty of the finest personal essays of the 20th century, selected and introduced by Joseph Epstein, the man often hailed as the "premier essayist of our time. " 477 pages. Clean with tight binding in Fine/Fine condition. read more
Edition: First edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780393036541ISBN:0393036545
Description: New in new dust jacket. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. 477 p. Audience: General/trade. Brand New-Gift Quality In a plastic cover read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
Date Published: 1997-03-01
ISBN-13:9780393036541ISBN:0393036545
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780393036541ISBN:0393036545
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Binding: Hardback
Publisher: W W NORTON & CO INC
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780393036541ISBN:0393036545
Description: New. In this anthology of 20th-century essays, some of the most admired American and British writers express their lively, candid, entertaining, thoughtful, and--above all--varied opinions. Covering the profound and the buoyant, the traditional and the ne... read more
"I can only assume that the essays I didn't read in this collection are as good as the ones I did, so I'll give it 4 stars. This is a Norton anthology, though, which means it's just too long to be read in its entirety. I tried skipping around, then realized I was mostly just skipping. Ah, well."
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