Title: The Second Common Reader
Description: Contains 26 essays on aspects of English literature. Among her subjects are the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft, Dorothy Wordsworth, and Christina Rossetti. She also reflects on the poetry of John Donne; the works of Daniel Defoe, Lawrence Sterne, George Meredith, and Thomas Hardy; Lord Chesterfield’s letters; and Thomas De Quincey’s autobiography. Noteworthy too is the last essay, "How Should One Read a Book?".
Subjects: History and criticism, English literature, Modern Literature, Literature, modern, history and criticism, English literature, history and criticism
People: Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797), Dorothy Wordsworth, Christina Rossetti, John Donne, Daniel Defoe, Lawrence Sterne, George Meredith, Thomas Hardy, Lord Chesterfield, Thomas De Quincey, Elizabethans