How Should One Read a Book?

'Where are we to begin? How are we to bring order into this multitudinous chaos and so get the deepest and widest pleasure from what we read?'Published for the first time as a standalone volume, Virginia Woolf's short, impassioned essay, How Should One Read a Book? celebrates the enduring importance of great literature. In this timeless manifesto on the written word, rediscover the joy of reading and the power of a good book to change the world.One of the most significant modernist writers of the 20th Century, Virginia Woolf and her visionary essays are as relevant today as they were nearly one hundred years ago.Features a new introduction by Sheila Heti.

Product details

• Authors: Sheila Heti, Virginia Woolf
• Assisted by: Sheila Heti (Introduction)
• Publisher: Orion
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2020
• EAN: 9781786277527
• ISBN: 978-1-78627-752-7
• Dimensions: 115 mm x 185 mm x 10 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Social sciences, law, business; Santa, PHILOSOPHY / General, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors, Literaturgeschichte; Frauenbewegung; Bloomsbury Gruppe; Verstehen; Literaturkritik; Schriftstellerin; Lesen; Pazifismus; Autorin; Manifest; Literatur; Anleitung, Literary essays, Anthologies: general, stocking filler stuffer secret