The Death of the Moth and Other Essays, Paperback

A highly acclaimed collection of essays, sketches, and short stories presenting nearly every facet of the author's work.

"Up to the author's highest standard in a literary form that was most congenial to her"   (Times Literary Supplement (London))

"Exquisitely written"   (New Yorker)

"The riches of this book are overwhelming"   (Christian Science Monitor)

Editorial Note by Leonard Woolf.

Table of content:
The Death of the Moth Evening over Sussex: Reflections in a motor car Three pictures Old Mrs. Grey Street hauting Jones and Wilkinson "Twelfth night" at the Old Vic Madame de Sevigne The humane art Two antiquaries: Walpole and Cole The Rev. William Cole: a letter The historian and "The Gibbon" Reflections at Sheffield place The man at the gate Sara Coleridge "Not one of us" Henry James

- Within the Rim - The old order - The letters of Henry James

George Moore The Novels of E.M. Forster Middlebrow The art of biography Craftsmanship A letter to a young poet Why? Professions for women Thoughts on peace in an air raid