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Essays
An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal point of view. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition of an essay is vague, overlapping with those of an article and a short story. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but works in verse have been dubbed essays (e.g. Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism and An Essay on Man). While brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works like Joh
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Everybody we know surrounds himself with a fine house, fine books, conservatory, gardens, equipage, and all manner of toys, as screens to interpose between himself and his guest. Does it not seem as if man was of a very sly, elusive nature, and dreaded nothing so much as a full rencontre front to front with his fellow?
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― Essays on Manners, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Nature, Friendship
― Essays on Manners, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Nature, Friendship
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I'm a writer by profession and it's totally clear to me that since I started blogging, the amount I write has increased exponentially, my daily interactions with the views of others have never been so frequent, the diversity of voices I engage with is far higher than in the pre-Internet age—and all this has helped me become more modest as a thinker, more open to error, less fixated on what I do know, and more respectful of what I don't. If this is a deterioration in my brain, then more, please.
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A place to discuss all the unique aspects of Deaf culture as highlighted in the thriller Silent …more
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A collection of books read by, mentioning, or inspired by Harry Styles.
One of the most magic t…more
180 members,
last active 3 years ago
A collection of great essays collections, ranging from Virginia Woolf to Zadie Smith.
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Reading 50 books that were published last year. All genres. All good.
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