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First published in 1886, "Letters to Dead Authors" contains twenty-two letters written by Andrew Lang to bards, poets, and novelists from Homer to Rabelais to Austen. Lang discusses literary subjects with his usual humour and acidity.
The impulse for the writing of the letters came, almost as a joke, from the editor of the 'St. James's Gazette,' and sixteen of the letters collected in the volume appeared first in that journal.
As a literary critic, Lang inspired love, fear, respect, and laughter. He was sometimes acerbic, sometimes reverential, and usually witty. However, there is more glowing praise in "Letters to Dead Authors" than scathing criticism. In fact he expresses a very, very high opinion of most of his correspondents.
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GenreGeneral Fiction, Literary Classics, Romance
Length3 hrs 56 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateMay 25, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Preface
1212. To Alexandre Dumas
21. To W. M. Thackeray
1313. To Theocritus
32. To Charles Dickens
1414. To Edgar Allan Poe
43. To Pierre De Ronsard (Prince Of Poets.)
1515. To Sir Walter Scott, Bart
54. To Herodotus
1616. To Eusebius Of Caesarea
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65. Epistle To Mr. Alexander Pope
1717. To Percy Bysshe Shelley
76. To Lucian Of Samosata
1818. To Monsieur De Moliére, Valet De Chambre Du Roi
87. To Maitre Francoys Rabelais
1919. To Robert Burns
98. To Jane Austen
2020. To Lord Byron
109. To Master Isaak Walton
2121. To Omar Kha'yya'm
119. To Sir John Manndeville, Kt
2222. To Q. Horatius Flaccus
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