Words Into Bytes

The Little Minister.
J.M. Barrie.
New York Charles Scribner’s Sons.

The Outermost Dream: Essays and Reviews
William Maxwell
Alfred A. Knopf, New York 1989

Endangered Pleasures: In Defense of Naps, Bacon, Martinis, Profanity, and Other Indulgences.
Barbara Holland.

Carrington: Selected Letters & Extracts from Her Diaries.
Edited by David Garnett.
1970.

Nan: The Life of an Irish Travelling Woman.
Sharon Gmelch.
W. W. Norton. 1986

Clear and Simple as the Truth: Writing Classic Prose
Francis-Noel Thomas & Mark Turner
Princeton University Press. 1994.

This book defines one type of style, classic, and its elemental principles. The classic style is contrasted to other styles, such as, romantic, contemplative, and reflexive.

As the Twig is Bent: Sketches of a Bittersweet Life.
Winifred Foley.
Taplinger Publishing Company, New York. 1978.
Published in England as: A Child in the Forest. 1974.

Sketches of early twentieth century life as an impoverished coal miner’s daughter in rural Gloucestershire.

Daddy-Long-Legs.
Jean Webster.

Another example of problematic modifiers.

Cranford.
Elizabeth Gaskell.
Oxford University Press.
ISBN 0-19-283209-3
Originally published as a series of stories between 1851 and 1853, and then as a book in 1853. This edition includes an excellent introduction, a chronology of Elizabeth Gaskell’s life, and an essential section of explanatory notes.