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English Prose Style

Herbert Read

Read's book describes the basic elements of composition and rhetoric: narrative form, eloquence, rhythm, and other important elements of what he asserts is valuable, worthwhile prose. The book is clearly dated, but it will be of especial interest to those studying works published before the Modernist movement in literature. - Summary by KevinS

Year of Publication: 1928Genres: Literary Criticism
Running Time: 08 hours 45 minutes 01 second(18 chapters)
Language: EnglishRead by: KevinS, czandra, Brize C
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The Nights
Introduction
KevinS
17:05
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Words
Brize C
28:04
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The Nights
Epithets
KevinS
21:35
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The Nights
Metaphors
George Banfield
22:35
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The Nights
The Sentences
Brize C
51:40
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The Nights
The Paragraph
Brize C
42:21
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The Nights
Arrangement
Cbteddy
27:50
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The Nights
Rhetoric
KevinS
7:06
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The Nights
Exposition
czandra
25:35
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The Nights
Narrative, Section 1
TriciaG
45:04
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The Nights
Narrative, Section 2
czandra
38:47
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The Nights
Fantasy
TriciaG
37:36
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The Nights
Imagery and Invention
czandra
22:40
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The Nights
Intelligence
czandra
29:00
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The Nights
Personality
ShrimpPhish
22:40
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The Nights
Eloquence
Owlivia
43:18
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The Nights
Tradition
KevinS
33:17
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Conclusion
KevinS
8:48

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