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We've scoured the literary realms and compiled 17 good book review examples to give you a headstart as you're writing your own book review.
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Sep 28, 2015 · The poet and critic Dan Chiasson, who writes for the New York Review of Books as well as for this magazine, said that most of Goldsmith’s work struck him as “dreary, overliteral pranks. I ...
10,317 ratings688 reviews. Oliver Goldsmith's hugely successful novel of 1766 remained for generations one of the most highly regarded and beloved works of eighteenth-century fiction.
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- Grandiose claims. Beginning a review with a hyperbolic sentiment—I’ve seen openings like, “Author X is a writer who does nothing less than tear through the fabric of time to solve the great mysteries of life”—may sound good, but what does it actually mean?
- Lack of clarity. Many writers, myself included, are sometimes guilty of linguistic flights of fancy that are sonically and syllabically fabulous but in fact mean nothing whatsoever.
- Repetitiveness and redundancy. This typically stems from your impulse to make sure the reader cannot possibly miss the incredibly insightful point you’re making.
- Casual narcissism. There’s a curious paradox at play with this one, and I see it all the time. Yes, you’re the one reviewing the book. Congratulations!
- Nate Marshall on Barack Obama’s A Promised Land (Chicago Tribune) A book review rarely leads to a segment on The 11th Hour with Brian Williams, but that’s what happened to Nate Marshall last month.
- Merve Emre on Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland (The Point) I’m a huge fan of writing about books that weren’t just published in the last 10 seconds.
- Parul Sehgal on Raven Leilani’s Luster (The New York Times Book Review) Once again, Sehgal remains the best lede writer in the business. I challenge you to read the opening of any Sehgal review and stop there.
- Constance Grady on Anne Brontë’s The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (Vox) Restoring the legacies of ill-forgotten books is one of our duties as critics. Grady’s take on “the least famous sister in a family of celebrated geniuses” makes a good case for Wildfell Hall’s place alongside Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre in the Romantic canon.
Goldsmith’s work was self-serving. It allowed him to attack his enemies, particularly the pedantic critics who judged English literature by classic Greek or Latin standards. Needless to say, he...
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She Stoops to Conquer is a comedy by Oliver Goldsmith, first performed in London in 1773. The play is a favourite for study by English literature and theatre classes in the English-speaking world. It is one of the few plays from the 18th century to have retained its appeal and is still regularly performed. The play has been adapted into a film ...
