Literary Taste: How to Form It With Detailed Instructions for Collecting a Complete Library of English Literature

by Arnold Bennett

EN·~2 hours·17 chapters

Chapters

17 total

Chapter I — THE AIM

8:39

Chapter II — YOUR PARTICULAR CASE

8:49

Chapter III — WHY A CLASSIC IS A CLASSIC

8:31

Chapter IV — WHERE TO BEGIN

8:42

Chapter V — HOW TO READ A CLASSIC

9:05

Chapter VI — THE QUESTION OF STYLE

16:28

Chapter VII — WRESTLING WITH AN AUTHOR

9:01

Chapter VIII — SYSTEM IN READING

8:09

Chapter IX — VERSE

16:02

Chapter X — BROAD COUNSELS

7:45

Description

This eBook is taken from a 1914 re-printing of a 1909 edition. See also: #13852 taken from a 1913 edition.

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Literary Taste: How to Form It With Detailed Instructions for Collecting a Complete Library of English Literature With Detailed Instructions for Collecting a Complete Library of English Literature

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Duration

~2 hours (140K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

Jan 1, 2003

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/3640

Subjects

English literature -- Bibliography Books and reading -- Great Britain Book collecting -- Great Britain Best books -- Great Britain PN

About the author

Arnold Bennett

1867–1931

Best known for vivid novels set in England’s Potteries, this prolific writer turned everyday places and ordinary ambitions into rich, memorable fiction. He also worked as a journalist, playwright, critic, and essayist, building one of the busiest literary careers of his time.

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