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Faber Anthologies
Publisher: Faber & Faber. Country: U.K. Date: 1934- .
The Faber Book of Letters
Edited by Felix Pryor.
London: Faber & Faber, 1990. Paperback.
"A varied and comprehensive collection of letters written in the English language from 1578 to 1939. The engrossing anthology contains letters from Albert Einstein, Queen Elizabeth I, Hemingway, Freud, E.B. White, and many not-so-famous individuals--all celebrating the human spirit." (Publisher's blurb)
FABER ANTHOLOGIES
Series Note: This series is an "implied series" -- that is, the series is listed under the heading "Anthologies" or "Faber Anthologies" in Faber's lists and catalogues, and the titles listed in this series share similar contents arrangement and similar cover designs, but the phrase "Faber Anthologies" does not appear on the cover of (or inside) any volume.
The following review of The Faber Book of Utopias (2005), edited by John Carey, gives an idea of how the titles in this series are laid out and what they offer:
"I love the Faber series, first off. I have 6 of [the volumes in this series] and all of them make for great reading. This is my favorite thus far. You get a terrific succinct and useful introduction by the editor, then a selection from the text itself. They give you a great and varied idea of Utopian thinking; from the brilliant, to the mad, to the disturbing, to the hilarious. These books are exceptional for just pulling off the shelf when you have only 10 minutes that you don't want to waste and digesting some wonderful thought-provoking excerpt, then getting on with your day. And with this volume in particular what is remarkable is how ingrained utopian thinking seems to be. I never knew so many famous people had created their own perfect worlds. Fabulous variety. Can't recommend it enough."
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The titles have been issued both as hardbacks and as paperbacks.
Titles available in 1990
Faber book of aphorisms
Faber book of ballads
Faber book of carols and Chrismas songs
Faber book of comic verse
Faber book of contemporary American poetry
Faber book of contemporary Australian short stories
Faber book of contemporary Irish poetry
Faber book of contemporary Latin American short stories
Faber book of cricket
Faber book of diaries
Faber book of English history in verse
Faber dictionary of euphemisms
Faber book of favorite fairy tales
Faber book of fevers and frets
Faber book of Greek legends
Faber book of Irish verse
Faber book of letters
Faber book of love poems
Faber book of magical tales
Faber book of modern fairy tales
Faber book of modern verse
Faber book of nonsense verse
Faber book of North American verse
Faber book of northern folk tales
Faber book of northern legends
Faber book of nursery rhymes
Faber book of nursery songs
Faber book of nursery verse
Faber book of parodies
Faber book of political verse
Faber book of reportage
Faber book of seductions
Faber book of the sea
Faber book of twentieth century verse
Faber book of 20th century women’s poetry
Faber book of useful verse
The Faber Book of Reportage
Edited by John Carey.
London: Faber & Faber, 1987, 2005. Paperback.
"What was it like to be caught in the firestorm that destroyed Pompeii? To have dinner with Attila the Hun? To watch the charge of the Light Brigade? To see the Titanic slide beneath the waves? John Carey's best-selling Faber Book of Reportage draws its eyewitness account from hundreds of memoirs, travel books and newspapers. This is history with the varnish removed." (Source: Good Reads)
"A quite stunning collection. There are descriptions in this book so fresh that they sear themselves into the imagination". -- Jeremy Paxman, Newsnight, BBC Two
"This excellent book of eye-witness accounts ranges from Thucydides reporting on the plague at Athens in 420 BC to James Fenton wandering through the Marcos's boudoir after the coup d'etat in Manila . . . This book is vigorous and vivid; and it is an assertion of the importance and power of the written word.' -- Kenneth Baker, The Times
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'"A wonderful book to browse in - a treasury of curios, touching memorabilia, shocking facts . . . It deserves a place by the bedside of every literary insomniac.' -- Jonathan Raban, Observer
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