Early English Prose Romances

Author : William John Thoms
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ISBN 13 : 9781330840702
Total Pages : 334 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Early English Prose Romances, Vol. 1 written by William John Thoms and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-06 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Early English Prose Romances, Vol. 1: With Bibliographical and Historical Introductions The thirty years which have passed since the previous Edition was issued, have wrought a great change in the taste of the literary public. The disappointment I experienced, when on the completion of the third volume, I found I had somewhat misjudged the taste of the reading world has however been mitigated by learning from the Publishers of the present edition, that the work has become so scarce and valuable as to justify its being reprinted. The opinion as to the rarity and intrinsic curiosity of these specimens of our early Popular Literature which I held in 1827 has thus been borne out, which after all is no small satisfaction. At the request of the Publishers I have now revised the Introductions to the several Romances, corrected some errors, and made such additions as recent discoveries in the history of Popular Fiction rendered desirable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.