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This 1912 collection of twenty-six “essays and studies, ” divided between “Life” and “Letters” was praised by the New York Times reviewer as “a string of the finest pearls.” Contents include the title entry, as well as “The Black Godmother, ” “Magpie Over the Hill, ” “Sheep-shearing, ” “Evolution, ” “On Our Dislike of Things as They Are, ” and “A Christian, ” among others.

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John Galsworthy (1867-1933) was an English writer and dramatist. He is best known for his ambitious series of novels The Forsyte Saga (1906-1922), which focuses on the fortune of a family over time, and aims to illuminate the social and economic changes occurring throughout England. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1932.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 292 ● ISBN 9781411460157 ● File size 0.2 MB ● Publisher Barnes & Noble ● Published 2011 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 5864325 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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