The Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters English Literary Life Since 1800

Penguin Books Ltd, Harmondsworth, Middlesex Penguin Books Australia Ltd, Ringwood, Victoria, Australia __
First published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1969 Published in Pelican Books 1973 __
Copyright © John Gross, 1970 __
Made and printed in Great Britain by C. Nicholls & Company Ltd Set in Monotype Times

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