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An early advocate of art for arts sake, george saintsbury became, for the english reader of the 1880s, the interpreter of all french literature, and later, a pioneer in comparative literature and historian of english prosody and prose rhythm. His first book, a primer of french literature 1880. The project gutenberg ebook of a letter book, by george saintsbury. Among other books, he is author of a history of wine in america in two volumes from uc press. Selected with an introduction on the history and art of letterwriting. Political pamphlets by george saintsbury read free. But one would have enjoyed a letter from ishmael to his halfbrother, when his daughter was married to esau, who was so much more like a son of ishmael himself than of the amiable husband of rebekah. A letter book selected with an introduction on the history and art of letter writing george saintsbury on. George saintsbury wikisource, the free online library. George saintsbury free books for your kindle, tablet, ipad, pc or mobile. You can also look up this author on the online books page, which may list additional titles from other sites. George saintsbury saintsbury, george, 18451933 a wikipedia article about this author is available. Saintsbury, george, 18451933 the online books page. Read political pamphlets online, free books by george.
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