The Young and Field Literary Readers

The Young and Field Literary Readers

Author: Walter Taylor Field

Publisher: Library of Alexandria

Published: 1916-01-01

Total Pages: 138

ISBN-13: 1465517987

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Once upon a time there was a little princess. Her name was Ellen. She lived with her mother the queen in a great house by the sea. She had three brothers. One day, as they were playing ball, one of her brothers threw the ball over the house. Ellen ran to get it, but she did not come back. The three brothers looked for her. They looked and looked, but they could not find her. Day after day went by. At last the oldest brother went to a wise man and asked what to do. "The princess is with the elves. She is in the Dark Tower," said the wise man. "Where is the Dark Tower?" asked the oldest brother. "It is far away," said the wise man. "You cannot find it." "I can and I will find it. Tell me where it is," said the oldest brother. The wise man told him, and the oldest brother set off at once. The other brothers waited. They waited long, but the oldest brother did not come back. Then the next brother went to the wise man. The wise man told him as he had told the oldest brother. Then the next brother set out to find the Dark Tower. The youngest brother waited. He waited long, but no one came. Now the youngest brother was called Childe Rowland.


How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

Author: Pierre Bayard

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2010-08-10

Total Pages: 129

ISBN-13: 1596917148

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In this delightfully witty, provocative book, literature professor and psychoanalyst Pierre Bayard argues that not having read a book need not be an impediment to having an interesting conversation about it. (In fact, he says, in certain situations reading the book is the worst thing you could do.) Using examples from such writers as Graham Greene, Oscar Wilde, Montaigne, and Umberto Eco, he describes the varieties of "non-reading"-from books that you've never heard of to books that you've read and forgotten-and offers advice on how to turn a sticky social situation into an occasion for creative brilliance. Practical, funny, and thought-provoking, How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read-which became a favorite of readers everywhere in the hardcover edition-is in the end a love letter to books, offering a whole new perspective on how we read and absorb them.