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Ask Yc:are there any other popular essayists

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Post by yearsinrock » Fri, Apr 18, 2008, 3:25 PM UTC

i love reading PG essays are there any other popular essayists ?

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Post by wheeler » Fri, Apr 18, 2008, 4:31 PM UTC

George Orwell. I recommend "Shooting an elephant":

http://www.george-orwell.org/Shooting_an_Elephant/0.html

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Post by kradic » Fri, Apr 18, 2008, 4:49 PM UTC

E.B. White, Emerson, Addison, Steele, Johnson, Montaigne, Bacon

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Apr 18, 2008, 5:07 PM UTC

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Post by yan » Fri, Apr 18, 2008, 5:08 PM UTC

kradic wrote: post #3

E.B. White, Emerson, Addison, Steele, Johnson, Montaigne, Bacon

+1 for R.W. Emerson

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