1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
by:
Peter Boxall (author)
Paperback. Pub Date :2012-10-01 Pages: 960 Language: English Publisher: Cassell Illustrated Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections. this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have excited the worlds imagination. This authoritative...
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Paperback. Pub Date :2012-10-01 Pages: 960 Language: English Publisher: Cassell Illustrated Completely revised and updated to include the most up-to-date selections. this is a bold and bright reference book to the novels and the writers that have excited the worlds imagination. This authoritative selection of novels. reviewed by an international team of writers. critics. academics. and journalists. provides a new take on world classics and a reliable guide to whats hot in contemporary fiction. Featuring more than 700 illustrations and photographs. presenting quotes from individual novels and authors. and completely revised for 2012. this is the ideal book for everybody who loves reading.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781844037407 (1844037401)
ASIN: 1844037401
Publish date: October 1st 2012
Publisher: Cassell Illustrated
Pages no: 960
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Non Fiction,
Writing,
Reference,
Language,
Literature,
Criticism,
Literary Criticism,
Books About Books,
Literary Fiction,
Anthologies,
Collections
Series: 1001 Before You Die
(Original Review, 2010-04-18)I found this list rather heavy on very recent fiction. There is also no way of knowing whether books published a few years ago will withstand the test of time, and I suspect many won´t. This is a reason why, apart from a handful of favourites, I tend to restrict my (sadl...
Edytorsko ładny, sympatycznie grubaśny tom. Zwięzłe i zachęcające opisy książek, które wywarły i nadal wywierają wpływ na literaturę. Książka wg mnie dobra, ale tylko tyle, ponieważ wybór dzieł jest zbyt tendencyjny. Autor pominął po wielkopańsku starożytność, a przecież dzieła Homera (pominięte!) m...
After reading this (yes, the whole book) I created my own list of 1001 books to read before I die, compiled from the classics and some newer popular titles (to replace the ones it looked like it was going to be impossible to get ahold of). I wrote it a few years ago and I've read 200 or so of the ...
After reading this (yes, the whole book) I created my own list of 1001 books to read before I die, compiled from the classics and some newer popular titles (to replace the ones it looked like it was going to be impossible to get ahold of). I wrote it a few years ago and I've read 200 or so of the ...
Peter Boxall and his panel of high-falutin' lit'ry types got together and made a list of 1001 books they think everyone should read before they die. Now the title might rub some folks the wrong way - hey, who are you, you high-falutin' lit'ry types, up in your academic towers, telling us what we mus...