The Common Reader: First Series
Book Details
- Author: Virginia Woolf
- Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company
- Publication Year: 1953
- Format: Mass Market Paperback
- Condition: Good
- Language: English
Condition Notes
Trade paperback. The covers are toned and show light edge wear, with minor rubbing at the corners. The spine is sunned and shows some vertical creasing, though the binding remains firm. The internal pages are clean and free of markings or inscriptions. No library stamps or stickers.
Description
The Common Reader: First Series by Virginia Woolf. Published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York. This copy is a Harvest Books trade paperback (series number HB 10). The copyright page notes the original 1925 copyright by Harcourt, Brace and Company and a 1953 renewal by Leonard Woolf; no specific printing date for this Harvest edition is stated. The volume is a collection of twenty-five essays on literary subjects and figures, including Geoffrey Chaucer, George Eliot, Jane Austen, and Joseph Conrad. The work takes its title from a quote by Dr. Johnson regarding the "common sense of readers, uncorrupted by literary prejudices." This series was Woolf's first collection of critical essays. The cover features a stylized line drawing of a lamp, books, and a plant in green and purple.
Topics & Subjects
literary criticism • essays • virginia woolf • literary essays • english literature • literary biography • vintage paperback • harvest books • trade paperback • academic reading • feminist author • good condition
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