Oscar Rickett
Contributor
Oscar Rickett is a freelance writer from London. He has written on twentieth-century American literature, nineteenth-century English literature, and modern Argentina. He is also a contributor to 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2012), where an earlier version of this Britannica entry first appeared.
Primary Contributions (4)
Examination of Country Magistrates, watercolor painting that was created by an unknown artist during the Qing dynasty in China and that dates from about 1700–20. It is held by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France in Paris. The Qing dynasty, which was established in 1644, retained all the protocols…
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Publications (1)
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (2001)
Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections, this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have excited the world's imagination. This authoritative selection of novels, reviewed by an international team of writers, critics, academics, and journalists, provides a new take on world classics and a reliable guide to what's hot in contemporary fiction. Featuring more than 700 illustrations and photographs, presenting quotes from individual...
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