{"product_id":"the-common-reader-first-series-paperback-2","title":"The Common Reader: First Series - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVirginia Woolf\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'A good essay must have this permanent quality about it; it must draw its curtain round us, but it must be a curtain that shuts us in not out'\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the first volume of her critical essays, Virginia Woolf discusses the greatest authors of the literary canon - Jane Austen, George Eliot and Geoffrey Chaucer among others - with the everyday, 'common reader' in mind. With wit and insight, Woolf also revisits classic novels and examines scholarly subjects, from the Greek language to the Modern Essay, to the Brontë's \u003cem\u003eJane Eyre\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eWuthering Heights.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1925, \u003cem\u003eThe Common Reader\u003c\/em\u003e is a stunning work from one of the most perceptive minds of the twentieth century, a collection which continues to nurture the joys of literature and reading to this day.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVirginia Woolf was an English novelist, essayist, short story writer, publisher, critic and member of the Bloomsbury group, as well as being regarded as both a hugely significant modernist and feminist figure. Her most famous works include \u003cem\u003eMrs Dalloway\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTo the Lighthouse\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eA Room of One's Own\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 288\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.2 x 4.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 02, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42155842797703,"sku":"9780008542139","price":4.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/9a69eae3d9f3f4025600b9e674f5e703.webp?v=1733239076","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-common-reader-first-series-paperback-2","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}