Book Cover of Prejudices, First Series

Prejudices, First Series

by H.L Mencken

The late war, very unpopular at the start, was “sold” to them, as the advertising phrase has it, by representing it as a campaign for the salvation of democracy, half religious and wholly altruistic. So represented to them, they embraced it; represented as the highly obscure and complex thing it actually was, it would have been beyond their comprehension, and hence abhorrent to them.”
Books in 'Prejudices' series
Prejudices, First Series by H.L Mencken

Book Details

Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1919

Authors

H.L Mencken image

H.L Mencken

United States

As a scholar, Mencken is known for The American Language, a multi-volume study of how the English language is spoken in the United States. As an admirer of the German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche,...

Books by H.L Mencken

Listen/Download Audiobook

Read by:
00:00
Playback Speed 1.0
00:00
  • Select Speed

Related books

Appreciations, with an Essay on Style  Cover image

Appreciations, with an Essay on Style by Walter Pater

Appreciations, with an Essay on Style, is a collection of Walter Pater's previously-published essays on literature. The collection was well received b...

Literature in the Making, by Some of its Makers Cover image

Literature in the Making, by Some of its Makers by Joyce Kilmer

Published in 1917, "Literature in the Making" is a collection of essays by Joyce Kilmer, a poet and critic of the time. Kilmer's intention was to brid...

Tradiciones Argentinas Cover image

Tradiciones Argentinas by Pastor Servando Obligado

Tradiciones Argentinas, by Pastor Servando Obligado, delves into the rich tapestry of Argentine life at the beginning of the 20th century. It presents...

Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion Cover image

Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion by Mark Twain

'Some Rambling Notes of an Idle Excursion' is a collection of essays written by Mark Twain about a leisurely trip to Bermuda with friends. The work ca...

Anarchism and Other Essays Cover image

Anarchism and Other Essays by Emma Goldman

Anarchism and Other Essays is a 1910 essay collection by Emma Goldman, first published by Mother Earth Publishing. The essays outline Goldman's anarch...

Culture and Cooking; Or, Art in the Kitchen Cover image

Culture and Cooking; Or, Art in the Kitchen by Catherine Owen

An exploration of the intersection between culture and cooking, this book aims to provide a deeper understanding of the culinary arts, challenging the...

The Columbian Orator Cover image

The Columbian Orator by Caleb Bingham

The Columbian Orator is a collection of political essays, poems, and dialogues collected and written by Caleb Bingham. Published in 1797, it includes...

Souls of Black Folk Cover image

Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. Du Bois

The Souls of Black Folk is a well-known work of African-American literature by activist W.E.B. Du Bois. The book, published in 1903, contains several...

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 02 Cover image

The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 02 by National Geographic Society

National Geographic (formerly the National Geographic Magazine, sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is the long-lived official monthly magazine of the Natio...

From the Easy Chair Vol. 2 Cover image

From the Easy Chair Vol. 2 by George William Curtis

The second volume of essays and observations From the Easy Chair of William Curtis, editor of Harper's Weekly and one of the founders of the American...

Reviews for Prejudices, First Series

No reviews posted or approved, yet...