Writings from The New Yorker 1927-1976

by E.B. White

Book Overview

A wise, witty, spirited collection of short pieces and essays by the inimitable E. B. White.Written for the New Yorker over a span of forty-nine years, these 161 pieces show White's changing concerns... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060921234
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 7.9"

Customer Reviews

read it again--and again

I say, and not for the first time or after reading his first book (I've read them all, again and again) that anyone who wants to learn to write contemporary English as it should be written should close himself in a room with EB White for as long as it takes. He or she might even learn to be a better person from the example.

Writings from The New Yorker by E. B. White

I intend to have the very first item in this read at my memorial service - which I hope won't be soon! Some of this was slightly dated, but always good reading. He had such a unique take on his world and such a down-to-earth way of looking at the goings-on around him.

eclectic selection of his writings

This book is perfect for the business traveller. It is a quick read in part because the pieces are brief, and in part because of E.B. White's flawless command of the English language. The compilers of this anthology may not have a key to E.B. White's soul, as other reviewers expected, but why should that matter?