The Spirit of the Age: Contemporary Portraits

Published in 1825, this book is a collection of essays by William Hazlitt, one of the finest literary critics of his day. In these essays, Hazlitt provides portraits of contemporary figures in literature, politics, and the arts, including William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Lord Byron, and Sir Walter Scott. His insights into their lives and works are informed by a penetrating intelligence and a profound sensitivity to human nature.

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