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English Literature

by Geraldine HODGSON (1865 - 1937)

Preface

This book is not meant to be a History of English Literature, but an introduction for those who do not know much about it, or who may be thinking of it as a "dull, horrid thing" which they have to learn in school. I venture to hope that this book may become too dear to throw away when the study is done, and overall I have tried very hard not to write a "stuffy" book. Summary by Beth Thomas and the Introduction

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Listen next episodes of English Literature:
III. Lyrics, from Early Days to the Commonwealth, Part 2 , I. The ''Forms'' of Literature , II. The Epic, Part 1 , II. The Epic, Part 2 , III. Lyrics, from Early Days to the Commonwealth, Part 1 , IV. Later Lyrics, Part 1 , IV. Later Lyrics, Part 2 , IX. Essays and Letters , V. Ballads , VI. The Treatise, Part 1 , VI. The Treatise, Part 2 , VI. The Treatise, Part 3 , VI. The Treatise, Part 4 , VII. Sonnets , VIII. The Drama , X. Odes , XI. Satires , XII. Elegies , XIII. Idylls