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Imaginary portraits

by Walter Pater · 1887

Politics & Society · ranked #18 in category

Walter Pater is best known for his Studies in the History of the Renaissance (1873) and for his first novel Marius the Epicurean (1885). His short fiction deserves a much wider audience. This edition

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Category
Politics & Society
First published
1887 · 1880s
Author
Walter Pater
Standing
Recommended

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