Frederic Harrison (1831–1923)
Autor de Oliver Cromwell
Sobre El Autor
Créditos de la imagen: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress)
Series
Obras de Frederic Harrison
John Ruskin 4 copias
Byzantine History in the Early Middle Ages: The Rede Lecture, Delivered in the Senate House, Cambridge, June 12, 1900 [… (1977) 3 copias
Annals of an Old Manor-House 3 copias
The Use and Misuse of Books 3 copias
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Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1831-10-18
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1923-01-14
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- England
UK - Lugar de nacimiento
- London, England, UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Muswell Hill, London, England, UK
Sutton Place, Surrey, England, UK - Educación
- King's College School
- Ocupaciones
- lawyer
historian
Miembros
Reseñas
In this collection of essays on books worth reading, the author exhorts the reader to have a care and be judicious in the choices they make of books to read. Some books can be damaging to ones ethics and morals. Harrison provides the reader with the obligatory list of books that he considers worthy of the time spent in reading them. It would also be enlightening if he had given us a list of books that in his opinion would contribute to moral and decay. There a a number of other essays on more general topics of interest to readers of 19th century writers.… (más)
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Estadísticas
- Obras
- 25
- También por
- 3
- Miembros
- 86
- Popularidad
- #213,013
- Valoración
- 4.1
- Reseñas
- 2
- ISBNs
- 34
A thoroughly enjoyable read.
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