Arnold Bennett describes a method for enjoying literature, and suggests the contents of a comprehensive library. Chapters 1-10 and 14 describe his method for learning to enjoy literature. Chapters 11, 12, and 13 contain detailed lists of the 337 volumes required to complete a comprehensive library of English works. This reading is from the 1913 version at Project Gutenberg, and so does not contain the revisions made by Swinnerton for the 1939 edition, which included authors of the early Twentieth Century. Swinnerton's revisions are available from Wikipedia. (Summary by Timothy Ferguson)
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Chapters
- Chapter 1
01- The Aim
10:18 - Chapter 2
02 - Your Particular Case
09:56 - Chapter 3
03 - Why a Classic is a Classic
09:15 - Chapter 4
04 - Where to Begin
11:06 - Chapter 5
05 - How to Read a Classic
11:22 - Chapter 6
06 - The Question of Syle
18:41 - Chapter 7
07 - Wrestling with an Author
12:00 - Chapter 8
08 - System in Reading
09:46 - Chapter 9
09 - Verse
19:09 - Chapter 10
10 - Broad Counsels
09:14 - Chapter 11
11 - An English Library: Period I
11:14 - Chapter 12
12 - An English Library: Period II
08:23 - Chapter 13
13 - An English Library: Period III
19:42 - Chapter 14
14 - Mental Stocktaking
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