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    Why Read the Classics?

    €12.50
    Beginning with an essay on the attributes that define a classic, this collection provides the author's criticism.
    ISBN: 9780141189703
    AuthorCalvino, Italo
    SubAuthor1McLaughlin, Martin
    SubAuthor2McLaughlin, Martin
    Pub Date28/05/2009
    BindingPaperback
    Pages288
    AvailabilityCurrently out of stock. If available, delivery is usually 5-10 working days.
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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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    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.