Sitemap - 2026 - The Common Reader
The Wealth of Nations is a classic of English Literature
Ruth Scurr: The Life and Work of John Aubrey
Through the carnage I moved with a callous composure.
Do more people write poetry than read it?
Further thoughts on some of the topics from my 'Conversation with Tyler'
250 years of The Wealth of Nations
My appearance on Conversations with Tyler
Naomi Kanakia: How Great Are the Great Books?
C19th English novels overrated?
Lázár, Pound, Kees, Lavoie, Smith, Shklovsky, Fantastic, England, Updike
Elizabeth Bowen on Jane Austen's Englishness
The Liberal Spirit of Literary Criticism
Underground aliens and the future of humanity in 1871
Pricks, Devils, and Phlegm. John Aubrey and the Fertile Facts of English Biography.
Are books and babies compatible?
Fierce, wild, intractability. Emily Brontë's untameable spirit
Twenty-one reactions to Wuthering Heights
Confederate flags and Shenandoah's timelessness
How Naomi Kanakia read the Great Books
Hermione Lee: Tom Stoppard. “It’s Wanting to Know That Makes Us Matter”
HENRY JAMES. Plus: Small, Engines, Fairies, Wardrobe, Measure, Mirth, Life, Weird, Affinities
Come and be my intern (to talk about J.S. Mill)
Andrew Gelman reviews Erin Somers
Good letters made good men. Why should we kick against the Pricks, when we can walk on Roses?
Bacon, Swift, Smith: Three anniversaries in 2026
Literature, politics, and the future of the humanities
An economist asks: What is the value of reading great literature like Eliot and Tolstoy?