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    Essays, First Series
    Essays, First Series
    Essays, First Series
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    Essays, First Series

    Written by Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Narrated by George Doyle and Catherine Abbott

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    Essays: First Series, is a series of essays written by Ralph Waldo Emerson, published in 1841, concerning transcendentalism. This book contains 12 essays: History, Self-Reliance, Compensation, Spiritual Laws, Love, Friendship, Prudence, Heroism, The Over-Soul, Circles, Intellect, and Art.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAudioliterature
    Release dateAug 7, 2017
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson

    Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) was a prolific essayist, public philosopher, poet, and political commentator who became world famous in his lifetime and influenced authors as diverse as Walt Whitman, Emily Dickinson, Friedrich Nietzsche, W. E. B. DuBois, and others.

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    • 1/5
      This is the wrong book, exactly what the other reviewer mentioned is accurate. NOT Emerson's "First Essays".
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      THIS IS AN AUDIO OF THE WRONG BOOK! It is NOT "Essays, First Series" BY Ralph Waldo Emerson. It is "Self And Self Management Essays About Existing" by Arnold Bennet.