The Common Reader
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The Common Reader

Virginia Woolf
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Woolf's first and most popular volume of essays. This collection has more than twenty-five selections, including such important statements as "Modern Fiction" and "The Modern Essay."
Genres: EssaysNonfictionClassicsBooks About BooksLiterary CriticismCriticismWritingLiteratureBritish Literature20th Century
272 Pages

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