An edition of How to read a book: the art of getting a liberal education (1940)

How to read a book

the art of getting a liberal education

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An edition of How to read a book: the art of getting a liberal education (1940)

How to read a book

the art of getting a liberal education

by , , and

  • ★★★★ 4.33 ·
  • 15 Ratings
  • 424 Want to read
  • 57 Currently reading
  • 19 Have read

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Simon and Schuster
Language
English
Pages
398

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Subjects
Reading, Psychology of, Open Library Staff Picks, Psychology of Reading, Books and reading, Lecture, Reading, Long Now Manual for Civilization, Books, Reading (Adult education)

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How to Read a Book
July 1997, MJF Books
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How to read a book
1972, Simon and Schuster
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How to read a book
1972, Touchstone Books, Simon and Schuster
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1963, Simon and Shuster
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1940, Simon and Schuster
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Table of Contents

PART I. THE ACTIVITY OF READING
1. To the Average Reader Page 3 2. The Reading of "Reading" Page 16 3. Reading Is Learning Page 33 4. Teachers, Dead or Alive Page 48 5. "The Defeat of the Schools" Page 65 6. On Serf-Help Page 101
PART II. THE RULES
7. From Many Rules to One Habit Page 119 8. Catching on From the Title Page 140 9. Seeing the Skeleton Page 160 10. Coming to Terms Page 185 11. What's the Proposition and Why Page 209 12. The Etiquette of Talking Back Page 235 13. The Things the Reader Can Say Page 251 14. And Still More Rules Page 266
PART III. THE REST OF THE READER'S LIFE
15. The Other Half Page 295 16. The Great Books Page 322 17. Free Minds and Free Men Page 354 APPENDIX. A List of the Great Books Page 373 INDEX. Page 391

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"A list of the great books": p. 373-389.
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028
Library of Congress
PN83 .A43 1940a

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ix p., 2 l., 3-398 p., 1 l.
Number of pages
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