Favourite Essays: An Anthology

Version: Unabridged
Author: Montaigne , Swift , Carlyle
Narrator: [No Narrators Added]
Genres: Essays and Anthologies
Publisher: Naxos Audiobooks
Published In: May 2009
# of Units: 4 CDs
Length: 4 hours, 55 minutes
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Overview

Here, in this unusual collection, are some of the greatest essays in Western literature. Witty, informative and imaginative; the topics vary from starvation in Ireland, fine China, the extension of railways in the Lake District and the tombs in Westminster Abbey. A little like after-dinner monologues, they are passing thoughts expressed as journalism. Neville Jason reads with urbane clarity.

Author Details

Author Details

, Swift

Graham Swift is the author of six novels, including the Booker Prize-winning Last Orders. His work has been translated into more than twenty languages. He lives in London, England.

, Carlyle

During her frequent travels through England, Liz Carlyle always packs her pearls, her dancing slippers, and her whalebone corset, confident in the belief that eventually she will receive an invitation to a ball or a rout. Alas, none has been forthcoming. While waiting, however, she has managed to learn where all the damp, dark alleys and low public houses can be found.

Liz hopes she has brought just a little of the nineteenth century alive for the reader in her popular novels, which include the trilogy of "One Little Sin, Two Little Lies", and "Three Little Secrets", as well as "The Devil Y