Selected Stories of Bret Harte (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781512284188)

The life of Bret Harte divides itself, without adventitious forcing, into four quite distinct parts. First, we have the precocious boyhood, with its eager response to the intellectual stimulation of cultured parents; young Bret Harte assimilated Greek with amazing facility; devoured voraciously the works of Shakespeare, Dickens, Irving, Froissart, Cervantes, Fielding; and, with creditable success, attempted various forms of composition. Then, compelled by economic necessity, he left school at thirteen, and for three years worked first in a lawyer's office, and then in a merchant's counting house.

Author: Bret Harte
ISBN-10: 1512284181
ISBN-13: 9781512284188
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/19/2015
Pages: 104
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.58lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.22d