The Tale Bearers: Literary EssaysThe noted critic and writer offers lucid appreciations of such writers as Conrad, Forster, Greens, Wilson, Bellow, O'Connor, Lady Murasaki, and Flann O'Brien, illuminating the relation between their lives and works. |
Contents
MAX BEERBOHM A Dandy | 9 |
E F BENSON Fairy Tales | 18 |
RIDER HAGGARD Still Riding | 25 |
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