Reviews for 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology

The average rating for 50 Essays: A Portable Anthology based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-08-22 00:00:00 ANNA WADE I ended up reading this entire book even though I only need to read like six of the essays. There are a few really well know bits included (i.e. The Declaration of Independence) and but there are a lot that are taken from full works or practically unknown essays. A lot of them are really good, and there are a good chunk that are really boring and feel like a bunch of rambling. It's actually more enjoyable if you have someone to make you think about them, like a professor does.

Review # 2 was written on 2018-08-31 00:00:00 Patrick McGrath This is a review of the 3rd edition. 50 Essays: a Portable Anthology is about as exciting as it sounds. Some of the essays are quite good and interesting. And then there are the long, boring ones that almost put you to sleep. A nice thing about this collection is that most of the essays are relatively unknown, with obvious exceptions like "The Declaration of Independence". Essays I Like: The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me, Sherman Alexie Why Don't We Complain?, William F. Buckley Jr. Shooting an Elephant, George Orwell Kid Kustomers, Eric Schlosser The Men We Carry in Our Minds, Scott Russell Sanders Shooting Dad, Sarah Vowell Essays I didn't like: , Rachel Carson The one by Richard Rodriguez Notes of a Native Son, James Baldwin And I would lose interest on any essay that was over 12 pages