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Essays — 40 PDFs & ePubs

40 classic essays books · free in PDF & EPUB

Masters of essays

The authors who built the genre — all their books free in the library.

Henry David Thoreau

Henry David Thoreau

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Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde

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Virginia Woolf

Virginia Woolf

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Europe and Elsewhere by Mark Twain — cover
Europe and Elsewhere❦Mark Twain

Europe and Elsewhere

Mark Twain
On Love by Stendhal — cover
On Love❦Stendhal

On Love

Stendhal
The Irish Sketch-Book by William Makepeace Thackeray — cover
The Irish Sketch-Book❦William Makepeace Thackeray

The Irish Sketch-Book

William Makepeace Thackeray
The Maine Woods by Henry David Thoreau — cover
The Maine Woods❦Henry David Thoreau

The Maine Woods

Henry David Thoreau
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The Modern Writer

Anderson writes to working artists with tenderness and steel: beware fashion, trust your oddness, keep the sentence honest.

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