english essays

An anthology of classic and contemporary essays on themes of education, ethics, family, gender, history and politics, identity, media and pop culture, race and culture, work and class, reading, writing, speaking, and science, nature, and the environment; featuring selections from Maya Angelou, E.B. White, Sherman Alexie, Plato, Sojourner Truth, Thomas Jefferson, David Sedaris, and others.

Collects nonfiction writing from 1970 to the early twenty-first century, and features selections from Barbara Kingsolver, David Sedaris, Amy Tan, Jamaica Kincaid, David Foster Wallace, and many others.

A collection of essays by Australian-born critic Clive James which reflect on poetry, film, fiction, and criticism.

Contains twenty-five short essays by English writer Virginia Woolf, including pieces on fellow authors, feminism, letter writing, the effects of laughing gas, and other topics.

A selection of essays, sketches, and short stories by English author Virginia Woolf, originally published in 1942, the year after her death.

Collects critical essays written by George Orwell in the 1940s, in which he discusses the work of Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, T. S. Eliot, Salvador Dali, and others; and also covers propaganda, politics, and more.