Why I read, the serious pleasure of books, Wendy Lesser
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Why I read, the serious pleasure of books, Wendy Lesser
Language
eng
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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contains biographical information
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Why I read
Nature of contents
bibliography
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859252933
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Wendy Lesser
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the serious pleasure of books
Summary
"Lesser draws on a lifetime of pleasure reading and decades of editing one of the most distinguished literary magazines in the country ... to describe her love of literature"--Front flap of jacket
Table Of Contents
Prologue: why I read -- Character and plot -- The space between -- Novelty -- Authority -- Grandeur and intimacy -- Elsewhere -- Inconclusions -- Afterword: the book as physical object -- A hundred books to read for pleasure
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