The Compact Reader: Short Essays by Method and Theme

by Jane E. Aaron

Long admired for its superior models of writing and its crisp, comprehensive writing instruction, The Compact Reader in its seventh edition gathers 34 short essays (including a student essay in every chapter) and an outsize complement of editorial features into a flexible and very portable teaching package.

Genres: Academic, Language

Paperback

First published December 1, 1984

About the author

Jane E. Aaron is a professional writer and editor as well as an experienced teacher. She is the author of the best selling Little Brown Handbook and coeditor of the best-selling Bedford Reader . She has served as consultant, editor, or writer on more than a dozen other textbooks for the first-year composition course.

Reviews

[Adam · Rating 5 out of 5]

My absolute favorite essay reader (the Riverside is a close second). Great mix, excellent models and activities and mark-ups, to boot.

[David Pierce]

Text for an English Composition course, I learned some rhetorical skills from the text

[Lauren Merkley · Rating 3 out of 5]

Excellent reader for AP Lang

[Alex]

The Compact Reader: Short Essays by Method and Theme (1996)

[Rachel Bernstein · Rating 2 out of 5]

Oftentimes homework for AP ENGLANG (11th) leading to an understandable 2 star rating. ;)

[Lovely Coolen · Rating 5 out of 5]

The other edition that i owned helped me a lot in my studies. Thank you!