| Famous Reviews Contributor(s): Johnson, R. Brimley (Author) |
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ISBN: 1162662379 ISBN-13: 9781162662374 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $36.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Reference - History - Literary Collections |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (1.66 lbs) 440 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Though the world saw and heard little of Madame D'Arblay during the last forty years of her life, and though that little did not add to her fame, there were thousands, we believe, who felt a singular emotion when they learned that she was no longer among us. The news of her death carried the minds of men back at one leap, clear over two generations, to the time when her first literary triumphs were won. All those whom we have been accustomed to revere as intellectual patriarchs, seemed children when compared with her; for Burke had sate up all night to read her writings, and Johnson had pronounced her superior to Fielding, when Rogers was still a schoolboy, and Southey still in petticoats. |