July 16th, 2009 by Amanda
From the estimable C.S. Lewis: There is no clearer distinction between the literary and the unliterary. It is infallible. The literary man rereads, other men simply read. A novel once read is to them like yesterday’s newspaper. One may have hopes of a man who has never read The Odyssey or Malory, or Boswell, or [...]
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July 16th, 2009 by Amanda
This reading list is for my husband who wants to be a more well-rounded reader. His own inclinations are to read almost exclusively books of adventure – true stories like Shakelton’s Endurance – and to read modern books of history about battles and wars like Strong Men Armed and Black Hawk Down. He asked me [...]
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