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Essays And Tales

Essays And Tales

Addison, Joseph

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Classic Fiction

ISBN10: 9354943934
ISBN13: 9789354943935
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Aug 17 2021
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.39
Height: 0.27 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
A crisp, lucid window into a world long past, and yet alive in every page. Essays And Tales gathers Joseph Addison's deft, humane intelligence into a single, compelling voice. This collection offers a clear, accessible journey through early eighteenth century prose, a periodical prose miscellany that blends moralising social satire with keen observations on human nature, manners, and society. Its essays, written with elegance and wit, speak to both the casual reader and the scholar, inviting reflection on London and Britain's social fabric, contemporary manners, and the ethics of public life. The work's steady, spectator style prose rewards attentive reading without demanding specialist knowledge, echoing the tone of Defoe and Swift contemporaries while standing firmly on its own merit. Historically significant as a touchstone of British eighteenth-century literary culture, the volume illuminates the era's public sphere, the habits of conversation, and the art of persuasive essay as a social instrument. Its insights remain relevant to students and scholars and have broad general reader appeal for those who relish thoughtful critique, wry humour, and finely observed character. This edition is more than a reprint: it is restored for today's and future generations, a collector's item and a cultural treasure. Out of print for decades, Alpha Editions now bring Addison's luminous voice back into print-carefully curated for serious lovers of classic essays and vivid, humane storytelling.

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