The Compact Reader: Short Essays By Method and Theme: Fifth Edition

By Jane E. Aaron

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312132743
• ISBN13: 9780312132743
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Bedford Books
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

WONDERFUL READER

I used this for years teaching developmental English. The book has fine, concise notes on the modes of writing, and it has CONCISE, one-paragraph examples of each type. Very clear. Gets the teaching right to the point for all concerned. Also the essays are short but punchy, even entertaining. The writers are all first class. For my style, it's a perfect fit.

The Compact Reader

I don't care much for the textbook part of it -- it's wordy and too prescriptive. But it has lots of readable examples of essays from a diverse group including: James Thurber, Ellen Goodman, Bruce Catton, Langston Hughes, Mark Twain, and others. It's hard to find a better bunch of non-fiction writers in one spot. If you ignore much of the intra-essay content, it is a good collection.