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Authors: John Carey
John Carey is an Emeritus Professor at Oxford University. His books include studies of Donne, Dickens and Thackeray,
The Intellectuals and the Masses, What Good Are the Arts?
and a life of William Golding.
THE VIOLENT EFFIGY
: A Study of Dickens’ Imagination
THACKERAY
: Prodigal Genius
JOHN DONNE
: Life, Mind and Art
ORIGINAL COPY
: Selected Reviews and Journalism, 1969–1986
THE INTELLECTUALS AND THE MASSES
: Pride and Prejudice among the Literary Intelligentsia, 1800–1939
PURE PLEASURE
:
A Guide to the Twentieth Century’s Most Enjoyable Books
as editor
WILLIAM GOLDING
: The Man and His Books
THE FABER BOOK OF REPORTAGE
THE FABER BOOK OF SCIENCE
THE FABER BOOK OF UTOPIAS
First published in 1995
by Faber and Faber Ltd
Bloomsbury House
74–77 Great Russell Street
London WC1B 3DA
This ebook edition first published in 2013
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