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G. H. VALLINS died in 1956. He was widely known as a lecturer and
as an amusingly provocative writer on English. THE BEST ENGLISH is
the last of his highly successful trilogy — the other titles being GOOD
ENGLISH and BETTER ENGLISH. Sales of the three books considerably
exceed half-a-million volumes.
THE BEST ENGLISH
LITERATURE 'preserves what is best and most worthy out of
the past and hands it on as a living tradition.'
So writes G. H. Vallins in this last volume of his trilogy on the
English language. Believing that English is a rich and living
language he takes the reader on an exciting exploration of
Literature as an art. ^
Dealing with the techniques of composition in poetry, drama
and prose he shows that words properly used communicate
not only with our minds but also with our hearts and our
emotions.
The many examples of the uses of language taken from
sources as varied as Shakespeare and P. G. Wodehouse,
Pepys and Bernard Shaw, Chaucer and Dylan Thomas,...
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Fülszöveg
G. H. VALLINS died in 1956. He was widely known as a lecturer and
as an amusingly provocative writer on English. THE BEST ENGLISH is
the last of his highly successful trilogy — the other titles being GOOD
ENGLISH and BETTER ENGLISH. Sales of the three books considerably
exceed half-a-million volumes.
THE BEST ENGLISH
LITERATURE 'preserves what is best and most worthy out of
the past and hands it on as a living tradition.'
So writes G. H. Vallins in this last volume of his trilogy on the
English language. Believing that English is a rich and living
language he takes the reader on an exciting exploration of
Literature as an art. ^
Dealing with the techniques of composition in poetry, drama
and prose he shows that words properly used communicate
not only with our minds but also with our hearts and our
emotions.
The many examples of the uses of language taken from
sources as varied as Shakespeare and P. G. Wodehouse,
Pepys and Bernard Shaw, Chaucer and Dylan Thomas, all add
enormously to the reader's knowledge and appreciation of the
treasures of literature.
'Valuable not only for the sensible criticisms
that he makes, not only for the
delightful quotations that he introduces,
but also for his common sense.' The Observer
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