The Citizen of the World

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The Citizen of the World
Folio Society
Literature

The Citizen of the World

Oliver Goldsmith
Edition year 1969
Binding Cloth
Illustrator Cecil Keeling
Weight 1.25 Kg
Pages 352
Dimensions 22.7 × 14.8 cm

Edition details

The Citizen of the World, by Oliver Goldsmith. Introduction by Rosalind Vallance. Decorations by Cecil Keeling. Quarter blue cloth binding with Cockerell marbled paper boards. Cream endleaves decorated with 12 of Keeling's decorations in brown. Cream slipcase. 22.7x14.8cm. 352pp.

About the book

Oliver Goldsmith's The Citizen of the World is a series of satirical letters supposedly written by a Chinese visitor observing eighteenth-century English society. Through the outsider's perspective, Goldsmith is able to examine familiar British customs as though they were strange and unfamiliar. The letters comment humorously on fashion, politics, wealth, social behaviour and national prejudice. Beneath the comedy lies a thoughtful critique of society and the assumptions people make about cultures other than their own.

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