The selected essays of Cyril Connolly
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Author
Contributions
- Quennell, Peter, 1905- - Contributor
Publication
1984 - Persea Books, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
76,750 words, Guess
Page Count
307 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveselectedessaysof00conn
- ISBN-100892550724
- ISBN-139780892550722
- Goodreads6275401
- LibraryThing1575161
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number83022147
- OCLC Control Number10100885
- Open LibraryOL3179560M
Classifications
- DDC824/.912
- LCCPR6005.O393 A6 1984
Description
Cyril Connolly, best known for The Unquiet Grave and Enemies of Promise, was an essayist and parodist of genius, a literary journalist, editor of monthly magazine Horizon (1939-1950), book critic for the London Sunday Times from 1951, and nurturer of some of the finest writers of his time. The essays in this volume are selected from The Condemned Playground : Essays, 1927-1944 (1945), Ideas and Places (1953), and Previous Convictions (1963).
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