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The pleasure of their company : an anthology of civilized writing
- Title
- The pleasure of their company : an anthology of civilized writing / edited, and with an introduction, by Louis Kronenberger.
- Author
- Kronenberger, Louis, 1904-1980
- Publication
- New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 1946.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | 3009.545 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxi, 653, [1] pages; 25 cm
- Subject
- Genre/Form
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- Note
- "First edition."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- The matron of Ephesus / Petronius -- The Whig aristocracy / Lord David Cecil -- Maltby and Braxton / Max Beerbohm -- Candide / Voltaire -- The rape of the lock / Pope -- From The memories / Saint-Simon -- From The journal / Edmond and Jules de Goncourt -- The way of the world / Congreve -- Zeus cross-examined / Lucian -- The jewels / Maupassant -- Washington Square / Henry James -- Madame Récamier / Ste-Beuve -- Dr. Burney's evening party / Virginia Woolf -- Letters from Japan / Henry Adams -- Rameau's nephew / Diderot -- Don Juan, canto I / Byron -- My own centenary / E. M. Forster -- From The praise of folly / Erasmus -- The Tillotson banquet / Aldous Huxley -- Of anger / Montaigne -- From The autobiography / Gibbon.
- LCCN
- 46006154
- OCLC
- ocm00787460
- 787460
- SCSB-140105
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library