ABSTRACT

William Hazlitt is viewed by many as one of the most distinguished of the non-fiction prose writers to emerge from the Romantic period. This nine-volume edition collects all his major works in complete form.

part |179 pages

The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things.

chapter Essay I|12 pages

On the Prose-Style of Poets

chapter Essay II|7 pages

On Dreams

chapter Essay III|10 pages

On the Conversation of Authors

chapter Essay IV|8 pages

The Same Subject Continued

chapter Essay V|11 pages

On Reason and Imagination

chapter Essay VI|10 pages

On Application to Study

chapter Essay VII|10 pages

On Londoners and Country People

chapter Essay VIII|9 pages

On the Spirit of Obligations

chapter Essay IX|9 pages

On the Old Age of Artists

chapter Essay X|10 pages

On Envy (A Dialogue)

chapter Essay XI|9 pages

On Sitting for One's Picture

chapter Essay XII|10 pages

Whether Genius is Conscious of its Powers?

chapter Essay XIII|9 pages

On the Pleasure of Hating

chapter Essay XIV|18 pages

On Dr Spurzheim's Theory

chapter Essay XV|11 pages

On Egotism

chapter Essay XVI|9 pages

Hot and Cold

chapter Essay XVII|15 pages

The New School of Reform;

A Dialogue between a Rationalist and a Sentimentalist

part |174 pages

The Plain Speaker: Opinions on Books, Men, and Things

chapter Essay XVIII|13 pages

On the Qualifications Necessary to Success in Life

chapter Essay XIX|10 pages

On the Look of a Gentleman

chapter Essay XX|9 pages

On Reading Old Books

chapter Essay XXI|11 pages

On Personal Character

chapter Essay XXII|10 pages

On People of Sense

chapter Essay XXIII|9 pages

On Antiquity

chapter Essay XXIV|16 pages

On the Difference Between Writing and Speaking

chapter Essay XXV|13 pages

On a Portrait of an English Lady, by Vandyke

chapter Essay XXVI|15 pages

On Novelty and Familiarity

chapter Essay XXVII|13 pages

On Old English Writers and Speakers

chapter Essay XXVIII|10 pages

Madame Pasta and Mademoiselle Mars

chapter Essay XXIX|10 pages

Sir Walter Scott, Racine, and Shakespear

chapter Essay XXX|13 pages

On Depth and Superficiality

chapter Essay XXXI|4 pages

On Respectable People

chapter Essay XXXII|16 pages

On the Jealousy and the Spleen of Party