The Lost Childhood: And Other Essays

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Synopsis
From Dickens to Wilde—literary criticism and personal reflections by a master &“unmatched . . . in his uncanny psychological insights&” (The New York Times). Graham Greene shares his love affair with reading in this collection of essays, memories, and critical considerations, both affectionate and tart, &“[that] could have come from no other source than the author of Brighton Rock and The Power and the Glory&” (The Scotsman). Whether following the obsessions of Henry James, marveling at the &“indispensible&” Beatrix Potter, or exploring the Manichean world of Oliver Twist, Graham Greene revisits the books and authors of his lifetime. Here is Greene on Fielding, Doyle, Kipling, and Conrad; on The Prisoner of Zenda and the &“revolutionary . . . colossal egoism&” of Laurence Stern&’s epic comic novel, Tristram Shandy; on the adventures of both Allan Quatermain and Moll Flanders; and more. Greene strolls among the musty oddities and folios sold on the cheap at an outdoor book mart, tells of a bizarre literary hoax perpetrated on a hapless printseller in eighteenth-century Pall Mall, and in the titular essay, reveals the book that unlocked his imagination so thoroughly that he decided to write forever. For Greene, &“all the other possible futures slid away.&” In this prismatic gallery of profound influences and guiltless pleasures, Greene proves himself &“so intensely alive that the reader cannot but respond to the dazzling combination of intelligence and strong feeling&” (Edward Sackville West).
Copyright:
1951

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
191 Pages
ISBN-13:
9781504054287
Publisher:
Open Road Media
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Copyrighted By:
Graham Greene
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
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No
Categories:
Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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