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Why Read the Classics?

Language EnglishEnglish
Book Paperback
Book Why Read the Classics? Italo Calvino
Libristo code: 04027320
Publishers Penguin Books, May 2009
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"Why Read the Classics?" is an elegant defence of the value of great literature by one of the finest authors of the last century. Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic (number one - classics are those books that people always say they are 'rereading', not 'reading'), this is an absorbing collection of Italo Calvino's witty and passionate criticism.

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About the book

Full name Why Read the Classics?
Author Italo Calvino
Language English
Binding Book - Paperback
Date of issue 2009
Number of pages 288
EAN 9780141189703
ISBN 0141189703
Libristo code 04027320
Publishers Penguin Books
Series Penguin Modern Classics
Weight 218
Dimensions 127 x 198 x 17

Categories

Biography, Literature & Literary studies > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies: general > Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000
Biography, Literature & Literary studies > Biography & non-fiction prose
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