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Abu Zaid (and Wilfrid Scawen Blunt) : The Celebrated Romance of the Stealing of the Mare

'In a little while came the books . [..] I've read"Vathek" at once. C'est tres bien. What an infernal imagination! The style is cold and I do not see in the work the immense promise as set forth by the introduction. Chaucer I have dipped into, reading aloud as you advised. I am afraid I am not English enough to appreciate fully the father of English literature. Moreover I am generally insensible to verse. Thereupon came "The Stealing of the Mare" This I delight in. I've read it at once and right through. It is quite inspiring most curious and altogether fascinating.'

Century: 1850-1899     Reader/Listener/Group: Joseph Conrad      Print: Book

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