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Classics for Pleasure

By Michael Dirda

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| Hardcover | 9780151012510

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This is not your father's list of classics. In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Dirda introduces nearly ninety of the world's most entertaining books. Writing with affection as well as authority, Dirda covers masterpieces of fan Continue

This is not your father's list of classics. In these delightful essays, Pulitzer Prize winner Michael Dirda introduces nearly ninety of the world's most entertaining books. Writing with affection as well as authority, Dirda covers masterpieces of fantasy and science fiction, horror and adventure, as well as epics, history, essay, and children's literature. Organized thematically, these are works that have shaped our imaginations. "Love's Mysteries" moves from Sappho and Arthurian romance to Soren Kierkegaard and Georgette Heyer. In other categories Dirda discusses not only "Dracula" and "Sherlock Holmes" but also the Tao Te Ching and Icelandic sagas, Frederick Douglass and Fowler's "Modern English Usage". Whether writing about Petronius or Perelman, Dirda makes literature come alive. "Classics for Pleasure" is a perfect companion for any reading group or lover of books.

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  • English Books
  • Hardcover 384 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 0151012512
  • ISBN-13: 9780151012510
  • Publisher: Harcourt Publishers,U.S.
  • Publish date: 2008-01-03
  • Dimensions: 229 mm x 152 mm x 33 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback
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