Essays In Idleness
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A quiet storm of insight waits in these pages, where essays become doors to a gentler, sharper world. Agnes Repplier's voice guides us through curiosity, manners, travel, and the everyday, with wit that illuminates rather than scolds. This classic essay collection offers more than criticism and reflection; it traces personal essay traditions with warmth and subtle irony. Read as a literary essays collection, it invites casual readers and students alike into late Victorian England and turn-of-century Europe, where reflective travel and deft anecdotes reveal character as much as culture. Repplie...
A quiet storm of insight waits in these pages, where essays become doors to a gentler, sharper world. Agnes Repplier's voice guides us through curiosity, manners, travel, and the everyday, with wit that illuminates rather than scolds. This classic essay collection offers more than criticism and reflection; it traces personal essay traditions with warmth and subtle irony. Read as a literary essays collection, it invites casual readers and students alike into late Victorian England and turn-of-century Europe, where reflective travel and deft anecdotes reveal character as much as culture. Repplier's critique of manners sits beside portraits of manners themselves, making the work a portrait gallery of a shifting era and a manual of thoughtful discernment. Historically, the book sits in the lineage of Victorian era essayists, a bridge between genteel prose and modern sensibility. Its pages function as both literature and cultural history, ideal for classic literature lovers and those seeking essays for students who crave context, texture, and texture's echoes. The tone remains accessible yet luminous, inviting contemporary readers to savour craftsmanship and wit. Out of print for decades and now republished by Alpha Editions, this volume has been restored for today's and future generations. More than a reprint - a collector's item and a cultural treasure - it stands as a testament to enduring ideas, elegant prose, and the quiet power of a well-made argument.
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