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ISBN: 0684859076

ISBN13: 9780684859071

How to Read and Why

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Information is endlessly available to us; where shall wisdom be found?" is the crucial question with which renowned literary critic Harold Bloom begins this impassioned book on the pleasures and benefits of reading well. For more than forty years, Bloom has transformed college students into lifelong readers with his unrivaled love for literature. Now, at a time when faster and easier electronic media threatens to eclipse the practice of reading, Bloom draws on his experience as critic, teacher, and prolific reader to plumb the great books for their sustaining wisdom.
Shedding all polemic, Bloom addresses the solitary reader, who, he urges, should read for the purest of all reasons: to discover and augment the self. His ultimate faith in the restorative power of literature resonates on every page of this infinitely rewarding and important book.

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outstanding

I've read "Mutiny on the Bounty" more times than I can count since I was a teenager and I've read just about everything I have been able to find about the Bounty since then. "Mutiny" is not a history but a romantic novel about the ship and crew. In that regard it paints Bligh as the villain and Christian as the hero. The reality was that Bligh's biggest problem was with his harsh tongue and that Christian's act of mutiny...

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No More Holywood Versions!

I finally got a copy of this book after a lifetime of seeing the story altered and parodied in cinema and television. If you want a great account of the events, that is also interesting reading, look no further. Dont bother to rent the DVD version of the movie, which has just been released. Otherwise you would think that Bligh returns to tahiti to capture Christian personally, which isn't in the book. You would think that...

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Thrilling classic of adventure at Sea

Although "Mutiny" may be one of the "classics" usually thoroughly despised by young people I must say that after reading it I have a much more open mind when it comes to other "classics". "Mutiny of the Bounty" is a thrilling historical fiction adventure at sea. One of the most amazing things about the book is that it has the excitement of a fiction book while staying fairly true to its historical roots. It is a harsh demonstration...

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Classic that anyone can enjoy

Mutiny on the Bounty is a stunning work of historical fiction that is a pleasure to read. The novel chronicles the events of the HMS Bounty as seen through the eyes of Roger Byam, a midshipman on the infamous Bounty. Through his eyes, the reader sees the terrible events unfold aboard the ship--the cruelty of Capt. Bligh that ultimately leads Fletcher Christian and much of the crew to mutiny against the captain. With Bligh...

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