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OverviewExcerpt from The Lost Art of Conversation: Selected Essays IT his volume brings together - and it is Odd they have never been so assembled before - what we may venture to call the best essays in English on conversation. These essays hold that con versation is one Of the chief pleasures Of civi lized life, and that, if carefully cultivated, it may become a potent factor in the spread Of culture and intelligence, as it was in its great periods, in the Athens Of Pericles, in the Italy Of the renaissance, in the salons Of seventeenth and eighteenth-century France, and in eighteenth century England. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Horatio S KransPublisher: Forgotten Books Imprint: Forgotten Books Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.526kg ISBN: 9781331483724ISBN 10: 1331483727 Pages: 394 Publication Date: 14 February 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Unknown Availability: In stock Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |