How to Read a Novel A User's Guide |
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Author:
| Sutherland, John |
Series title: | Profile Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-86197-986-5 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2007 |
Publisher: | Profile Books Limited
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $23.95 |
Book Description:
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John Sutherland takes the reader on a literary journey from the first English novels of three hundred years ago to the present avalanche of ten thousand a year. In a series of informed and intelligent conversations set around a variety of exemplary texts he shows that reading a novel is not a spectator sport, but an intense participatory activity. People of all ages, classes and nationalities read novels - Sutherland gives us new insights into what we read, new questions to pose and...
More DescriptionJohn Sutherland takes the reader on a literary journey from the first English novels of three hundred years ago to the present avalanche of ten thousand a year. In a series of informed and intelligent conversations set around a variety of exemplary texts he shows that reading a novel is not a spectator sport, but an intense participatory activity. People of all ages, classes and nationalities read novels - Sutherland gives us new insights into what we read, new questions to pose and the means to pursue them.