Classics : 62 great books from the Iliad to Midnight's children / Jane Gleeson-White
- Bib ID:
- 3994986
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Gleeson-White, Jane, 1961-
- Description:
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- North Sydney, N.S.W. : Random House Australia, 2007
- 403 p. ; 20 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781741664737
- Summary:
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Mark Twain defined a literary classic as 'something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read'. But what was true in the nineteenth century doesn't hold today. Mr Darcy is hotter than he ever was, and Brad Pitt fought to fill Achilles' sandals. Teachers and reading groups hunger for recommendations from 'the canon', which is no longer taught. This accessible, impassioned and inspiring guide to the great books of the past will be eagerly embraced and discussed by passionate and grateful readers.
- Notes:
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- N copy signed and inscribed by the author, 3 August 2013.
- Bibliography: p. 395-402.
- Subject:
- Also Titled:
- Classics : sixty two great books from the Iliad to Midnight's children
- Copyright:
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- Literary Dramatic Musical
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- Publication date:
- 2007
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