Written for the St. James’s Gazette, these letters address great writers as if they could still read the news. Lang tells Thackeray and Dickens what became of their reputations, teases Herodotus, writes a Popeian epistle to Pope, imitates Rabelais, and gently confesses to Jane Austen what the modern novel has turned into.
Light, erudite literary criticism in an unusual form, for anyone who loves the classics and their authors. Download the free EPUB.