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A Man of Letters
V. S. Pritchett is widely - and justly - regarded not only as one of the finest short story writers of this century, but as a critic and essayist of astonishing range, perception …
Foreign Faces
'I am,' writes Mr. Pritchett, 'an offensive traveller'-meaning not that he is rude to porters, but that his praise of a country has sometimes been taken by its inhabitants as abuse …
The Gentle Barbarian
'A gentle giant', as the Goncourts called him, Turgenev emerged from the barbarous yet doting rules of a terrible mother, whose cruelties to her serfs are at the heart of his …
London Perceived
Originally published in 1962 this book is a distillation of the essential London - a panorama of its history, art, literature and daily life. Here is the city that Londoners know, …
George Meredith and English Comedy
'It is because we learn from the writers who have either got into difficulties or who have a certain vanity in creating them, that I have chosen Meredith as my subject', says Mr. …