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100 1 _aTorrey, Bradford,
_d1843-1912
245 1 0 _aFriends on the Shelf
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2022-04-10
505 0 _aWilliam Hazlitt -- Edward FitzGerald -- Thoreau -- Thoreau's demand upon nature -- Robert Louis Stevenson -- A relish of Keats -- Anatole France -- Verbal magic -- Quotability -- The grace of obscurity -- In defense of the traveler's notebook -- Concerning the lack of an American literature.
508 _aEmmanuel Ackerman, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"Friends on the Shelf" by Bradford Torrey is a reflective essay collection written in the early 20th century. The book explores the lives and thoughts of significant literary figures such as William Hazlitt and Edward FitzGerald, delving into the nature of friendship, solitude, and the sustained impact of literature on one’s life. The opening of the book introduces the theme of literary companionship through a meditation on Hazlitt, illustrating his complexity as a person who, despite numerous disappointments, maintained a profound appreciation for life and its joys. Torrey presents Hazlitt’s thoughts on happiness, the importance of emotional richness, and the interplay between memory and sentimentality. The text also hints at the exploration of various other writers, indicating that the book will weave together snippets of their philosophies and literary contributions, celebrating a deep camaraderie with the written word and the solace it provides. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Houghton, Mifflin and Company, 1906
653 _aStevenson, Robert Louis, 1850-1894
653 _aThoreau, Henry David, 1817-1862
653 _aKeats, John, 1795-1821
653 _aFitzGerald, Edward, 1809-1883
653 _aLiterature, Modern -- 19th century -- History and criticism
653 _aFrance, Anatole, 1844-1924
653 _aReadability (Literary style)
653 _aHazlitt, William, 1778-1830
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/friendsonshelf00torruoft
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67810
999 _c108632
_d108632