Why we should read--

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mais, S. P. B. (Stuart Petre Brodie), 1885-1975.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource : multiple file formats

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg,

Summary:

"Why We Should Read" by S. P. B. Mais is an educational work written in the early 20th century. The book presents a passionate argument advocating for the appreciation of literature, exploring various classic and contemporary works and their authors. It seeks to rekindle interest in reading by illustrating the significance of literature in enriching human experience and understanding. The opening of the text serves as an introduction to the author's perspective on reading and literature. Mais critiques contemporary reading habits, emphasizing the pitfalls of superficiality in book selection. He highlights the importance of developing a critical sense towards literature, presenting an array of classic English authors and their works, such as Fielding's "Tom Jones" and Brontë's "Wuthering Heights," to exemplify the joy and depth that literature can offer. The author asserts that reading is not only a leisure activity but a way to establish enduring bonds with authors and their characters-essentially inviting readers to join him in an exploration of literary appreciation. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Contents:

pt. I. Some English classics: Tom Jones. Wuthering Heights. Charles Lamb. James Boswell. William Hazlitt. Samuel Pepys. Walter Savage Landor. John Donne. Such a book as The beggar's opera

pt. II. Some contemporaries: George Santayana. The poems of Francis Brett-Young. The poems of Iris Tree. The poems of Aldous Huxley. The poems of Robert Graves. J. D. Beresford. Night and day. E. C. Booth. Ford Madox Hueffer. The ballad of the white horse. E. M. Forster. Sheila Kaye-Smith

pt. III. Books on the English language: A history of modern colloquial English. The romance of words. The romance of names. The English language

pt. IV. Certain foreigners: Montaigne. Nekrassov. Pushkin. Lèrmontov. Gogol. Turgenev. Goncharov. Dostoievsky. Tolstoy. Tchekov.

Credits:

Produced by Jana Srna, Anna Hall and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Notes:

Reading ease score: 65.0 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read.

Release date is 2012-11-04