The Pleasure of Reading

43 Writers on the Discovery of Reading and the Books that Inspired Them

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Books & Reading, Essays & Letters, Essays
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Author: Lady Antonia Fraser ISBN: 9781632862297
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Publication: October 20, 2015
Imprint: Bloomsbury USA Language: English
Author: Lady Antonia Fraser
ISBN: 9781632862297
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Publication: October 20, 2015
Imprint: Bloomsbury USA
Language: English

In this delightful collection, forty acclaimed writers explain what first made them interested in literature, what inspired them to read, and what makes them continue to do so. First published in 1992 in hardback only, original contributors include Margaret Atwood, J. G. Ballard, Melvyn Bragg, A. S. Byatt, Catherine Cookson, Carol Ann Duffy, Germaine Greer, Alan Hollinghurst, Doris Lessing, Candia McWilliam, Edna O'Brien, Ruth Rendell, Tom Stoppard, Sue Townsend, and Jeanette Winterson. The new edition will include essays from ten new writers.

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In this delightful collection, forty acclaimed writers explain what first made them interested in literature, what inspired them to read, and what makes them continue to do so. First published in 1992 in hardback only, original contributors include Margaret Atwood, J. G. Ballard, Melvyn Bragg, A. S. Byatt, Catherine Cookson, Carol Ann Duffy, Germaine Greer, Alan Hollinghurst, Doris Lessing, Candia McWilliam, Edna O'Brien, Ruth Rendell, Tom Stoppard, Sue Townsend, and Jeanette Winterson. The new edition will include essays from ten new writers.

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