Sad "merry Christmas" (selected American Essays)

About This Novel

"A Sad "Merry Christmas": Selected American Prose" selects the most representative prose works in American history. Each article is supplemented by a short introduction, showing the overview and development trajectory of American prose in the translator's honest and elegant words. Franklin's wit and diligence, Patrick Henry's courage and boldness, Thomas Jefferson's eloquence and wisdom, Emerson's coldness and detachment, Whitman's enthusiasm and unrestrainedness, Mark Twain's playfulness and humor, Henry Mencken's pungency and irony, Helen Keller's perseverance and struggle... All are vividly displayed on the page.

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