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Paperback. Condizione: Good. 376 pages. cover worn, foxing Assembled here for the first time in book form are the very best of several decades' worth of occasional writings from perhaps the best-loved and most-admir ed of Britain's great female writers A selection of the very best of Doris Lessi ng's essays, never before collected together and published in book form. Article s on writers as diverse as Jane Austen, Muriel Spark, Virginia Woolf, D.H. Lawre nce, Mikael Bulgakov sit alongside autobiographical looks at the beliefs that ha ve shaped Lessing's thinking. There are adoring and adorable pieces on the belov ed cats that she has allowed to share her life and insightful looks at the Afric a in which she grew up and London and England, the place where she made her home . The range of subjects, cultures and periods within these essays is huge but th e collection is utterly consistent in one key regard: Doris Lessing's clear-eyed vision and clearly-expressed prose are present throughout. There is a huge amou nt of wisdom and entertainment in these pages, and fans of Doris' infectiously f orthright, zestful and impish spirit will love to own and read this book.…