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"As We Were Saying" is a 1891 essay by American writer Charles Dudley Warner. Charles Dudley Warner (September 12, 1829 – October 20, 1900) was an American novelist and essayist. He was a close friend of Mark Twain, and co-authored "The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today" with him. Other notable works by this author include: "Baddeck, And That Sort of Thing" (1874), "In the Levant" (1876), and "On Horseback, in the Southern States" (1888).
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"Our Italy" is a fascinating treatise on half-century Italy by Charles Dudley Warner, with chapters on politics, geography, economy, history, agriculture, and much more. Contents include: "How Our Italy Is Made", "Our Climatic And Commercial Mediterranean", "Early Vicissitudes.-productions.-sanitary Climate", "The Winter Of Our Content", "Health And Longevity", "Is Residence Here Agreeable?", "The Winter On The Coast", "The General Outlook.-land And...
3) As We Go
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"As We Go" is a collection of 26 short stories by Charles Dudley Warner. They include: "Our president", "The newspaper-made man", "Interesting Girls", "Give the Men a Chance", "The advent of Candor", "The American Man", "The electric way", "Can a Husband Open a Wife's Letters?", "A leisure class", "Weather and character", "Born with an 'ego'", "Zuventus Mundi", and more.
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First published in 1904, this volume contains all the essays of American writer Charles Dudley Warner. contents include: "As We Were Saying," "Rose And Chrysanthemum," "The Red Bonnet," "The Loss In Civilization," "Social Screaming," "Does Refinement Kill Individuality?," "The Directoire Gown," "The Mystery Of The Sex," "The Clothes Of Fiction," "The Broad A," "Chewing Gum," etc. This book is highly recommended for those with an interest in American...
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Written in Warner's humorous and elegant style, Relation of Literature to Life (1896) is a collection of essays emphasizing the author's belief that all enduring literature is the result of the time in which it is produced and that it responds to that time's general sentiment. In other words, these essays describe "the connection between our literary, educational, and social progress." In addition to the title essay, others are on such diverse subjects...
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