Lord Byron: Selected Letters and Journals

by Lord Byron

Book Overview

Byron was a superb letter-writer: almost all his letters, whatever the subject or whoever the recipient, are enlivened by his wit, his irony, his honesty, and the sharpness of his observation of people. They provide a vivid self-portrait of the man who, of all his contemporaries, seems to express attitudes and feelings most in tune with the twentieth century. In addition, they offer a mirror of his own time. This first collected edition of all Byron's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067453915X
• ISBN13: 9780674539150
• Release Date: November 1982
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 408 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.2" x 9.6"