Prophets and Poets

by Maurois, Andre

First Edition

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Book Description

New York: Harper & Brothers, 1935 From the Introduction, "My intention in these pages which formed a series of lectures designed for, and delivered to, a French audience, is to examine certain English writers who, since the opening of the century, have played an important part in the spiritual moulding of one or two generations of human beings." Translated by Hamish Miles. Subjects are: Rudyard Kipling, H. G. Wells, Bernard Shaw, G. K. Chesterton, Joseph Conrad, Lytton Strachey, D. H. Lawrence, Aldous Huxley and Katherine Mansfield. Maroon cloth with gold title on spine, blind embossed emblem on front. Spine and part of rear board are severely faded. Head and tail of spine are bumped as are bottom corners. Cloth is dusty. Numbers stamped on first paste-down. Binding is a little loose and pages are slightly yellowed. Includes portrait of each author discussed. 345p.. First Edition. Cloth. Good/No Jacket. Illus. by Various. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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