The Most Beautiful House in the World (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Witold Rybczynski
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: Familiar essay
- Time of Work: The 1980’s
- Setting: Montreal, Canada
- Genres: Nonfiction, Essays
- Subjects: Authors or writers, 1980’s, Canada or Canadians, Home, Boats or boating, Architecture or architects
- Locales: Montreal, Canada
Readers familiar with the engaging and informative essays of early nineteenth century writers such as William Hazlitt and Charles Lamb will no doubt be delighted to see the charming form of the English familiar essay resurrected with such elan in the book The Most Beautiful House in the World by Witold Rybczynski (pronounced rib-SHIN-ski). Like those grand old men of English letters, Rybczynski has the ability to mix personal experience with scholarly reflection, to delight as well as inform, and to bring arcane topics into the compass of humane understanding. He has positioned...
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