The collected works of William Hazlitt, Vol. 07 (of 12)
This seventh volume of the Glover and Waller edition of William Hazlitt's collected works contains The Plain Speaker, the collection of essays he published in 1826 at the height of his powers as an essayist. Here are "On the Prose-Style of Poets," "On Dreams," "On the Conversation of Authors," "On the Pleasure of Hating," "On the Look of a Gentleman," "On Reading Old Books," "On Sitting for One's Picture," a dialogue on envy, and essays on Londoners and country people, the old age of artists, egotism, people of sense and the actresses Madame Pasta and Mademoiselle Mars. Hazlitt writes with candor, passion and a sharp eye for human motives. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first essay is free.
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