Question

Write a critical appreciation of the essay ""A Conversation with a Reader"".

Answer 1

Answer:

Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953) was a broadly prolific English author whose many works – from the late 1890s to the early 1950s – have fallen into considerable neglect. Like his friend and contemporary G.K. Chesterton (whose “The True Romance” and “A Piece of Chalk” are also on our reading list), he was a champion of older and more settled values in a time now mainly remembered for its modernism and constant change. Nevertheless, in his prime he was, with Chesterton, H.G. Wells and George Bernard Shaw, one of the biggest names in English literature.