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The Reader Over Your Shoulder

The Reader Over Your Shoulder

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The Reader Over Your Shoulder: A Handbook for Writers of English Prose

by Robert Graves & Alan Hodge

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ISBN 13
9780394729367
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GRAVES, Robert & HODGE, Alan: The Reader Over Your Shoulder: A Handbook for Writers of English Prose. New York, Vintage Books, 1979. Originally published in 1943. Second Edition (1947), revised and abridged by the authors. Reprinted: 1979. Softcover, 290 pp. Subject: Nonfiction / Language Arts / English Prose Literature – History, Criticism and Style / English Language-Idioms, corrections and errors / Writing: How-To. Condition: Very Good Minus. Light curling to the book covers, but unbent. Pages unmarked but with normal age-toning. A copy in near first-rate condition. Written by two masters of English prose (Graves is the author of the classic fictional biography, I, Claudius and other notable works). Forty-one principles are set down as a concise and readable guide to those who write. More than half of these principles are concerned with clarity of statement, the remainder deal with grace of expression. An essential guide for the everyday practitioners of English prose. ISBN: 0394729366

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
The Reader Over Your Shoulder
Author
Robert Graves & Alan Hodge
Format/Binding
Softcover
Book Condition
Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition
No DJ
Quantity Available
1
Edition
2nd Edition (1947) - Reprinted 1979
Binding
Paperback
ISBN 10
0394729366
ISBN 13
9780394729367
Publisher
Vintage Books
Place of Publication
New York
Date Published
1943
Pages
290
Keywords
Nonfiction / Language Arts / English Prose Literature – History, Criticism and Style / English Language-Idioms, corrections and errors / Writing:  How-To.
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