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Edmund Wilson


Born
in The United States
May 08, 1895

Died
June 12, 1972


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Edmund Wilson was an American writer and literary and social critic. He is considered by many to have been the 20th century's preeminent American man of letters. ...more

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Average rating: 3.9 · 9,172 ratings · 914 reviews · 112 distinct works • Similar authors
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Axel's Castle: A Study of t...
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Patriotic Gore: Studies in ...
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Memoirs of Hecate County
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The Scrolls from the Dead Sea
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The Wound and the Bow: Seve...
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Literary Essays and Reviews...
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Literary Essays and Reviews...
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The Shores of Light: A Lite...
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I Thought of Daisy
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Series by Edmund Wilson

The Twenties: From Notebook... The Thirties: From Notebook... The Forties: From Notebooks... The Fifties The Sixties: The Last Journ...
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“No two persons ever read the same book.”
― Edmund Wilson
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“I find more and more that I am a man of the 1920s. I still expect something exciting. Drinks, animated conversation, gaiety: the uninhibited exchange of ideas.”
― Edmund Wilson
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“No hay dos personas que lean el mismo libro.”
― Edmund Wilson
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